As a Senior Project Engineer, Engineering Strategy you will work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams on projects using your engineering, stakeholder management and client relationship management skills. Your goal will be to help source and manage the best third party engineering resource/s to support projects on various capital programs. Your success in the role will be evident through the development of strong working relationships, demonstration of a strategic mindset and a passion for continual process and performance improvement.

What We Offer:
Work Environment - Work in our beautiful home office building with access to a fitness facility, onsite nurse, and a café
Hybrid Work Model - Allows for a blend of in-office and work-from-home days
Competitive Compensation - Including an annual bonus plan, pension plan, and parking allowance
Flexible Benefits Plan - in effect from day one and offers three levels of coverage to select from to meet your unique, personal needs.
Paid Vacation - Plus an annual option to purchase additional vacation, too
Wellness Support - With an annual wellness allowance, paid personal care days and a 24/7 Employee & Family Assistance Program
Opportunity to give back to some amazing causes in our community - Choose when and where to make an impact with a paid volunteer day, company volunteer opportunities, and a donation matching program

Your Responsibilities:
Support the development and implementation of the Third Party Engineering Sourcing Strategy for company
Support development of program or large project specific engineering resourcing and third party engineering sourcing strategies
Engage with various internal stakeholders (project managers, engineering managers, engineering discipline leads, project engineers and supply management representatives) to support resourcing and sourcing decisions.
Support development of third party engineering prequalification process, including building knowledge of specific company capabilities; and for specialist or novel services, identify suitable companies to support the project specific needs
Support continuous improvement of third party engineering performance and management framework; including investigating third party engineering issues, making recommendations for improvement to internal and external engineering processes and procedures.
Provide guidance on the third party engineering sourcing process to Project Engineers, including: advising on sourcing strategy and shortlist, and coaching on evaluation and selection process.

Your Skills :
Knowledge of design engineering concepts, practices, and procedures; including the interdependencies, methodologies and responsibilities of the varying design engineering disciplines. Preference for discipline experience in developing engineering deliverables in FEED and Detailed Design phases
Strong commercial acumen and awareness of Supply Management processes and procedures as you will need to work closely with our Supply Management team.
Excellent leadership, communication and interpersonal skills; able to influence without authority and lead stakeholder alignment amongst various internal and external organizations.
Ability to investigate and understand process and procedural issues, and make right sized recommendations for improvement of relevant tools and systems.
Able to articulate technical concepts and other project information in a clear, concise way, in writing and verbally, through various Microsoft office tools
This position will require you to be in the field periodically so you must be able to bend, stoop, crawl, and climb heights, while wearing all required PPE.

Your Experience:
University degree in engineering and P.Eng. designation, or immediate eligibility, is a requirement.
Minimum of 12 years of engineering experience on capital projects in the oil and gas, power or heavy industry sectors.
Minimum 5 years of this experience in Project Engineering, Engineering Management or Project Management.
Preference for experience on sustaining capital type projects or programs, as opposed to mega projects.
PMI or other project management designation is an asset.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:
Company pension
Dental care
Employee assistance program
Extended health care
Life insurance
Paid time off
Wellness program
Schedule:
Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:
Halifax, NS B0N 1Z0: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Halifax, NS B0N 1Z0