Manager, Engineering Services
PetroChina Canada (PCC) is a wholly owned subsidiary of PetroChina Company Limited which is partially owned by China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), a state-owned enterprise. CNPC is China's largest oil company and the world's third largest oil company, operating 91 energy-related projects in over 35 countries and regions. PCC has invested billions of dollars in an asset-rich portfolio of upstream, midstream and downstream operations. In Alberta, this includes our MacKay River and Dover oilsands projects, Duvernay Shale Gas and a 50% interest in the Grand Rapids Pipeline. In British Columbia, we hold joint venture interests in the Groundbirch tight gas project and LNG Canada.

Detailed Job Description
PetroChina Canada is recruiting for a Manager, Engineering Services to join the Engineering & Construction Team in Calgary.

Reporting to the Director, Engineering & Construction, the Manager, Engineering Services will lead PetroChina Canada’s (PCC) Surface Engineering function. Leading a team of employees and contractors, the Manager, Engineering Services is accountable for engineering technical integrity and assurance, Process Safety Management (PSM), Management of Change (MOC), and facility inspection and integrity management across PCC’s operated assets.

This role provides support to the MacKay River Commercial Project (MRCP), Duvernay Shale Gas operations, and future PCC-operated assets throughout the facility lifecycle, from concept development and design through construction, commissioning, operations support, modification, optimization, integrity management and decommissioning.

Accountabilities

Engineering Leadership & Technical Authority:

Lead the multidisciplinary Surface Engineering team, ensuring priorities are set based on risk, operational requirements, and business objectives

Serve as the senior technical authority for surface facilities

Provide technical assurance throughout project lifecycles, including concept selection, FEED, detailed design,



construction readiness, and start-up

Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, industry codes, standards, and professional engineering obligations

Process Safety Management (PSM):

Own and govern the company's Process Safety Management program

Establish PSM policies, standards, performance expectations, and continuous improvement initiatives

Lead process safety incident investigations and corrective action development

Oversee PSM audits, assurance activities, and performance reporting

Asset Integrity & Inspection:

Lead Inspection and Asset Integrity programs

Own Pressure Equipment Integrity Management programs, including:

Risk-Based Inspection (RBI), Fitness-for-Service (FFS) assessments, integrity evaluations, repair and replacement strategies

Establish safe operating envelopes and facility operating limits

Operations Support & Optimization:

Support commissioning, start-up, operations, facility modifications, turnarounds, and decommissioning activities

Identify optimization, debottlenecking, reliability, and efficiency opportunities

Lead technical studies related to capacity, feasibility, integrity, and emerging technologies

Regulatory & External Stakeholder Management:

Ensure compliance with all relevant regulatory requirements (e.g. AER, ABSA, API, NFPA, APEGA, among others)

Act as a senior technical representative with regulators and external organizations

Strategic Planning & Financial Management:

Participate in annual and long-range asset planning, including developing engineering-driven capital plans and sustaining capital requirements

Manage engineering department budgets,



forecasts, and OPEX

Leadership & Reporting:

Provide leadership, coaching, and direction to employees and contractors

Deliver engineering, integrity, and process safety performance reporting to executive and operational leadership teams

Support EPC/EPCM contractors and ensure technical quality and execution excellence

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from a recognized university

Registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in good standing with APEGA

Minimum 15+ years of progressive engineering experience in the oil and gas or broader energy sector

Extensive experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams

Strong background in surface facilities engineering within an operating asset workplace

Experience managing engineering consultants, contractors, technical specialists, external service providers

Strong knowledge of Alberta regulatory requirements and industry codes and standards

Technical Expertise in:

Surface facility design, operation, and optimization

Process Safety Management (PSM)

Engineering risk management

Technical assurance and governance.

Asset integrity and reliability management

Regulatory compliance and engineering standards

Ability to provide senior technical leadership and mentorship

Demonstrated sound engineering judgment

Strong risk-based decision-making skills

SAGD/heavy-oil and/or natural-gas-processing experience an asset

Experience supporting both operating assets and capital projects

Experience with ABSA-regulated pressure equipment and asset-integrity programs

Experience with PSM, HAZOP/PHA, LOPA, MOC and PSSR

Experience with RBI, fitness-for-service and inspection/integrity-management programs

Experience supporting major turnarounds, commissioning and facility start-up

Adoption and demonstration of PetroChina Canada’s Values (Honorable, Unified, Passionate and Accountable)

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📌 Manager, Engineering Services (Alberta)
🏢 PetroChina Canada
📍 Alberta