Instrumentation and Controls Senior Engineer

at  Enmax

Current ENMAX employees are encouraged to apply through their internal Workday access.
Posted: November 12, 2024
Closing Date: November 19, 2024
Position Type: Permanent
Union: Exempt (MP)
ENMAX Values – Safety, Integrity, Accountability, Service, Teamwork, Agility, Innovation
PEOPLE. That’s the power behind ENMAX Corporation. As one of Alberta’s leading energy and utility providers, our employees are the strength and knowledge that continue to drive our success. At the ENMAX group of companies, we look for energy solutions for today, while knowing we have the power to provide for a better tomorrow.
The Senior Instrumentation & Control System Engineer, reporting to the Manager, Automation Engineering, will work in a focused team environment taking a leadership role in providing discipline specific technical support and commissioning oversight, technical requirements/directions related to field instrumentation, fieldbuses and OT network technologies, project execution management, engineering procedures, analytical systems, and plant control systems within power generating facilities. As well, they will evaluate new and emerging technologies for use within ENMAX’s generating assets.

Major Responsibilities:

• Leadership role in the design, planning, coordination, management, technical oversight, and supervision of:
• Execution, construction and commissioning of new sustaining capital and optimization projects
• Operations and maintenance improvement initiatives for existing generation facilities
• Collaboration with other engineering team members in support of optimization and asset management initiatives
• Development of engineering design specifications, standards, and procedures
• Relationships across engineering, maintenance, and operations to achieve business goals
• Lead troubleshooting of process and control related issues for ENMAX Energy’s Generating assets.
• Lead the development and revisions to I&C Engineering and Maintenance standards, procedures, and processes. This includes, but not limited to, job planning, outage organization, and Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) compliance.
• Lead the development and execution of sustaining capital projects including the development of scope, cost, schedule, evaluation of alternatives, business case development, tender evaluations and recommendations, contract administration, project coordination, construction, turnaround support, and project commissioning, and enhancement programs.
• Develop and implement instrumentation, analytical, plant controller support systems including calibration management and field device asset management systems for existing and new operating plants.
• Support operations and maintenance personnel with troubleshooting and resolution of emergent instrumentation and control system related issues at ENMAX generating sites.
• Collaboration with OT Cybersecurity and Plant Network specialists to support effective cybersecurity processes including security patch management assessment and mitigation within the OT environment, vulnerability risk management, incident response and recovery.
• Mentoring of Junior I&C Engineers in the development of their technical competency.

Education Required:

• Must possess a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical or Computer Process Control Engineering and be registered, or qualified to immediately register, with APEGA as a Professional Engineer within the province of Alberta.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in instrumentation and control systems
• Direct experience with operational knowledge of simple and combined cycle power plants, gas turbines, boilers and associated control systems.
• Thorough knowledge of field instrumentation, valves & actuators, automation field bus networking, operational technology cyber security best practices and associated systems.
• Practical experience with Rockwell Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and their use in industrial processes.
• Expert level competency with Distributed Control System (DCS) technologies, specifically with Siemens T3000 and Emerson Ovation deployments and support systems.
• Proficient in data acquisition and analysis through corporate historians, such as OSI PI.
• Competent in evaluation and assessment of risk as related to process safety.
• Site experience in an operating facility considered an asset.

Competencies:

• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills and the ability to build key relationships with stakeholders and operating personnel.
• Exceptional problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• Utilizes collaboration with colleagues of varying disciplines to foster a professional, positive and fun environment.
• Able to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and concisely to multiple levels of management.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced dynamic environment and work under pressure.
• Must be able to adapt to changing priorities and make decisions as appropriate.

Did we mention the ENMAX Advantage?
We offer competitive compensation including a comprehensive flexible benefits program, non-downtown location that includes great building amenities such as free onsite fitness facility, onsite massage, onsite child care centre (upon availability, offered from our ENMAX Place location 141 – 50 Ave. SE), free parking and much more. If you share our values and would like to make a difference with your career, join the team and see where the ENMAX possibilities can take you.
Location: 141 - 50th Avenue SE, Calgary, AB
Location: This role will be part of our hybrid (home and office) work force with office workspace located at ENMAX Place (141 - 50th Avenue SE, Calgary, AB). You will work from home on Mondays and Fridays and in the office on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

Note:

• Initial interviews may be done virtually as well as parts of our on-boarding and job training may be completed remotely.
• If we can provide an accommodation or adjustment to make the process more accessible for you, please let us know. ENMAX welcomes all qualified applicants to apply and is committed to a safe and respectful workplace. It is our aim to have a workplace which is inclusive and values safety, diversity, personal integrity, respect for individual differences, and encourages ownership and accountability for our actions.
• Every ENMAX employee is responsible to take reasonable care to protect the health and safety of themselves, of all other workers, and of the public. Each employee must become familiar with safety procedures and rules applicable to their job and are required to follow them while working at ENMAX.
• Must be legal to work in Canada and requires the successful completion of a criminal background check. Two pieces of valid Government issued ID will be required.
• Two professional references will be requested.
• Applicants will be required to provide a current driver’s abstract (those with more than 6 demerits will not be considered) and must be able to meet ENMAX’s insurance requirements.

In the spirit of reconciliation, we respectfully acknowledge that we live and work on the traditional lands of Indigenous Peoples. ENMAX headquarters is in Calgary, Alberta, the traditional territory of the Blackfoot Confederacy, comprised of the Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, and Amskapi Piikuni Nations; the Tsuut’ina Nation; and the îyârhe Nakoda Nations of Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney, and home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, as well as many diverse Indigenous people who have made the city their home. We are committed to strengthening relationships with Indigenous Nations and peoples in all communities where we operate, through respect and collaboration.
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• Leadership role in the design, planning, coordination, management, technical oversight, and supervision of:
• Execution, construction and commissioning of new sustaining capital and optimization projects
• Operations and maintenance improvement initiatives for existing generation facilities
• Collaboration with other engineering team members in support of optimization and asset management initiatives
• Development of engineering design specifications, standards, and procedures
• Relationships across engineering, maintenance, and operations to achieve business goals
• Lead troubleshooting of process and control related issues for ENMAX Energy’s Generating assets.
• Lead the development and revisions to I&C Engineering and Maintenance standards, procedures, and processes. This includes, but not limited to, job planning, outage organization, and Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) compliance.
• Lead the development and execution of sustaining capital projects including the development of scope, cost, schedule, evaluation of alternatives, business case development, tender evaluations and recommendations, contract administration, project coordination, construction, turnaround support, and project commissioning, and enhancement programs.
• Develop and implement instrumentation, analytical, plant controller support systems including calibration management and field device asset management systems for existing and new operating plants.
• Support operations and maintenance personnel with troubleshooting and resolution of emergent instrumentation and control system related issues at ENMAX generating sites.
• Collaboration with OT Cybersecurity and Plant Network specialists to support effective cybersecurity processes including security patch management assessment and mitigation within the OT environment, vulnerability risk management, incident response and recovery.
• Mentoring of Junior I&C Engineers in the development of their technical competency