Senior System Development Engineer

Overview:

Would you like to play a pivotal & instrumental role in the integration of Pembina Pipeline’s midstream asset base, across ~ 18,000+ km of pipe, facilities & infrastructure in an evolving energy market?

Pembina’s Calgary Office is actively hiring 2 Senior System Development Engineers.  These positions report to the Supervisor, System Development; a core part of Pembina’s Project Enablement team within the Engineering & Construction Group.

The Senior Engineer, System Development role requires the convergence of commercial acumen, hydrocarbon processing & hydraulic expertise, and an understanding of market fundamentals to culminate in a realization of Pembina strategy. The position leverages a unique blend of highly technical expertise with a practical and innovative mindset. This remains a highly dynamic & involved role, balancing customer requests & timelines with realistic functional scoping; our aim is to grow the business while arming the Execution teams with integrated, clear work packages for safe & reliable Project delivery.

The System Development team is the engineering destination for all commodity movements across Pembina’s pipeline networks, developing functional scopes for commercial negotiations & opportunity vetting across the business. This role requires a keen interest in hydrocarbon transport & processing, with a creative & solutions focused mindset to support Pembina’s 3 C Strategy – Capture, Connect & Catalyze. The team integrates commercial opportunities within existing & new assets - identifying infrastructure to enhance Pembina’s service offering along the molecular value chain. System Development is a highly collaborative team with our many partners – serving Commercial Services and Business Development through coordination of Operations, Hydraulics, Logistics, and Project Execution Teams in pursuit of Pembina’s vision.

Responsibilities may include but not limited to:

• Champion Pembina’s Zero by Choice safety culture and Life Saving Rules by embedding physical, psychological, and cyber safety into all HR practices. Ensure compliance and audit readiness while empowering employees to speak up, remain vigilant to risks, and actively protect our people, assets, and data; Life Saving Rules, visit pembina.com/safety;
• Working with multi-disciplinary teams; engagement of internal and external stakeholders to develop efficient fit for purpose & cost-effective proposals, projects and solutions for customers;
• Maximization of value and market performance by evaluating alternative services for existing assets;
• Collaborating with Operations, Logistics, Scheduling and Hydraulic teams to maximize existing assets and throughputs;
• Rapidly defining, quantifying and evaluating pipeline system opportunities/risks, to enable rationalization and prioritization against business performance criteria;
• Creation & analysis of hydraulic models for preliminary scoping & option vetting of commercial opportunities;
• Identifying new opportunities, generating preliminary work packages for schedule & cost estimation;
• Supporting the generation of pipeline service agreements & contracts;
• Acting as a safety role model within commercial & technical discussions, ensuring safety remains foundational to scope, schedule & business decisions;
• Establishment & communication of system & pipeline capacities, alignment across working groups to define & establish pipeline metrics;
• Providing ongoing Business Development and Commercial support for preliminary project vetting, leveraging expertise for initial option analysis;
• Occasional travel to field locations for project scoping & integration;
• Developing & building functional documents & system reports to summarize technical data & modeling; distillation of complex ideas and challenges into consumable, business relevant deliverables;
• Actively supporting & generating deliverables in support of complex & multi-disciplinary projects to support business growth;
• Presenting summarized ideas & reviewing technical information across a wide array of audiences;
• Amalgamation & modeling of contractual obligations, operational requirements, volumetric throughput, capacity & system changes;
• Ability to think broadly, across opportunities and challenges to arrive at new alternatives and that create value in alignment with Pembina’s values;
• Visibly demonstrate our commitment and personal accountability to Pembina’s “Zero by Choice” safety culture and foster this across the team;
• Incorporate & enhance safety processes and practices to all work-related activities; safe operating and design limits; and
• Active participation and support of Pembina’s equitable, diverse, and inclusive workplace.

Qualifications:

• Candidates will have a degree in Engineering and be registered and in good standing with APEGA;
• 10+ years of engineering experience, including a strong track record in project definition and hydraulic modeling, combined with over 10 years supporting pipeline and facility operations;
• Experience with hydraulic modeling/software experience would be considered an asset (Synergi Pipeline Simulator (SPS), Synergi Gas, PipeSim, SynergiGas);
• Robust technical understanding of liquid & gas pipeline hydraulics, pumps/compressors, and operation of gas & liquid pipelines;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to convey & present complex technical solutions, influence and collaborate at all levels;
• Ability to present & distill down complex, far reaching opportunities for technical & non technical audiences;
• Strong commercial acumen spanning from product volumes, contractual concepts (fees, tolls, nominations etc.) to capital costs, operating expenses and the resulting value generation for Pembina;
• Ability to thrive in ambiguous situations - flexible, adaptable, and a quick learner that demonstrates courage and perseverance;
• Highly organized & adaptable to shift course as business drivers shift;
• High business acumen with an ability to identify prospective opportunities and challenges, summarize & articulate value through metrics and analytics (in both data rich and data poor scenarios);
• Exceptional presentation skills for creation & delivery of material across varied audiences, tailoring technical information into concise & digestible content;
• Strong triage, prioritization and decision-making skills based on value, risk and operational needs, with a willingness to take measured risks for the benefit and success of the enterprise;
• Outstanding interpersonal skills with the ability to establish trust and build relationships; ability to bring multiple departments, drivers and perspectives together to create success;
• Strong work ethic and positive ‘can-do’ attitude – willing to take on challenging tasks; a highly collaborative and self-motivated team starter;
• Strong verbal, visual, and written communication skills to communicate across broad working groups & audiences combined with midstream expertise to support external customer demands with commercial teams contributing to business growth;
• Thorough understanding of project management processes; project governance & delivery lifecycle deliverables in support of project scoping & screening;
• Ability to creatively solution complex problems while summarizing outcomes into pragmatic & understandable components for project progression;  
• A detail-oriented mindset with adaptive qualitative and quantitative analytic skills; the ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy & professional judgement; and
• Strong team contributor with mentoring mindset to cultivate, enhance, and broaden technical knowledge base across internal & adjacent working groups.
  
  
  

Pembina’s Flexible Work Standard provides the option for eligible employees to work remotely on Fridays.