Senior Discipline Lead Process Engineer – Gas Processing

Equinox Engineering Ltd., a leading EPCM firm headquartered in Calgary, specializes in oil and gas processing, providing comprehensive services in facilities design, implementation, and operational support for natural gas, conventional, and heavy oil projects. Our clientele includes major oil and gas producers in Canada and globally, and we are actively engaged in diverse sweet gas, sour gas, conventional oil, heavy oil facility, and pipeline projects.

Job Overview

Equinox Engineering is seeking an accomplished Senior Discipline Lead Process Enginee

r with extensive experience in gas processing to join our team in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. This role is a senior technical position responsible for overseeing the design, execution, and optimization of natural gas processing facilities for customers, including sweet and sour gas treatment, NGL recovery, acid gas injection, sulphur recovery, and turbo-expander applications. The successful candidate will provide technical expertise to client requests, lead teams of Process Engineers and ensure that projects meet safety, regulatory, and performance standards

Key Responsibilities

- Lead the design, review, and execution of gas processing projects across all engineering stages, including Feasibility and Process Studies, Conceptual Design, DBM Development, FEED, and Detailed Engineering Design.

- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to intermediate and junior process engineers and global workshare resources.

- Manage project discipline budgets, schedules, and risk assessments, ensuring alignment with client expectations.

- Collaborate with PMPE, other technical disciplines, vendors, clients, and stakeholders to progress project deliverables and address complex engineering challenges.

- Develop and validate process simulations and modeling for gas processing facilities.

- Author, review, and stamp critical design documents, including heat and material balances, line lists, PFDs, P&IDs, shutdown keys, control narratives and Process Engineering reports.

- Perform line hydraulics, transient analysis, and other related pipeline calculations.

- Determine or validate line and PSV sizing.

- Provide input into equipment and instrumentation datasheets.

- Oversee and/or participate in P&ID and PHA (HAZOP) reviews to ensure compliance with safety and operational requirements.

- Ensure regulatory compliance by adhering to API, ASME, ISO, and other industry standards.

- Offer technical support during facility commissioning, start-up, and operational troubleshooting and optimization.

Skills, Knowledge and Expert

- Extensive knowledge of sweet and sour gas facility design, field facilities, well sites, gathering systems, compression, and grassroots gas processing plants.

- Expertise in NGL recovery, acid gas injection, dehydration, refrigeration, sulphur recovery, turbo-expanders, and gas sweetening processes.

- Strong understanding of process safety, risk management, and regulatory compliance within gas processing.

- Proficiency with HYSYS and other Process Engineering simulation software, as well as industry engineering codes.

- Demonstrated technical leadership with strong problem-solving capabilities.

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams.

- Proven ability to manage multiple projects while maintaining quality and efficiency.

- Committed to mentoring junior engineers and global workshare teams, supporting technical development and knowledge transfer.

- Comprehensive understanding of applicable Canadian Codes and Standards.

- Excellent time-management and organizational skills.

- Diplomatic, client-focused approach with a commitment to maintaining positive and productive client relationships.

Education and Qualifications:

Mandatory:

- Professional Engineer (P. Eng.) designation with APEGA.

- Chemical Engineering degree from an accredited Post Secondary institution.

- A minimum 12 years of industry experience in gas processing.

- A proven track record of leading Process Engineering teams and executing complex gas processing projects.

Preferred:

- Experience within an EPCM environment.

- Professional Engineer (P. Eng.) designation with EGBC.