Senior Project Engineer, Thermal Power Generation

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The Opportunity
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Join our Power Generation team as a Project Engineer supporting gas-fired generation, cogeneration, and associated energy infrastructure projects across Canada.
Bring your engineering experience to multidisciplinary projects where you'll combine project engineering leadership with hands-on technical involvement. You'll contribute to simple-cycle gas turbine (SCGT), combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT), cogeneration, and related energy projects from concept development and FEED through detailed engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, start-up, and integration with the power end user.
Your Impact
Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering activities across process, mechanical, piping, civil/structural, electrical, instrumentation and controls, and other disciplines to achieve project objectives for safety, quality, schedule, cost, constructability, and technical performance.
Partner with project management and clients to align scope, schedule, budget, risks, priorities, and technical requirements, providing clear status updates and driving issues toward timely resolution.
Lead 3D model, design, constructability, and interdisciplinary reviews, coordinating technical interfaces, comments, decisions, and actions across engineering disciplines and project stakeholders.
Develop and review drawings, specifications, calculations, datasheets, vendor documentation, engineering schedules, deliverable registers, interface registers, and other execution documents to maintain alignment with the design basis, client requirements, codes, and good engineering practice.
Manage interfaces with equipment vendors, package suppliers, fabricators, contractors, construction teams, and other stakeholders, supporting equipment selection, technical bid evaluations, vendor document reviews, procurement, and integration of power generation and balance-of-plant systems.
Identify and resolve technical risks, design changes, scope changes, interdisciplinary interfaces, and emerging project issues, including supporting the technical justification of change orders where required.
Support construction, commissioning, and start-up by coordinating responses to technical queries, field design changes, vendor requirements, site issues, and integration with the power end user.
Mentor junior engineers and EITs while championing engineering quality, safety, constructability, operability, maintainability, and continuous improvement across the Project Engineering team.
The Skills That Set You Apart
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, or another relevant engineering discipline.
Registered P.Eng. in Canada.
6 to 10 years of progressive engineering experience, preferably within power generation, energy, industrial, or related infrastructure sectors.
Demonstrated Project Engineering experience on power generation, cogeneration, thermal power, utility, energy infrastructure, industrial facilities, or comparable multidisciplinary projects.
Experience with systems and equipment such as gas turbines, steam systems, generators, heat recovery equipment, fuel gas systems, electrical systems, utilities, balance-of-plant equipment, and associated mechanical and control systems is considered an asset.
Strong understanding of multidisciplinary project execution and interfaces across process, mechanical, piping, civil/structural, electrical, instrumentation and controls, and other engineering disciplines.
Working knowledge of applicable Canadian codes, standards, regulatory requirements, and industry practices relevant to power generation and industrial energy projects.
Demonstrated ability to manage client and stakeholder relationships, communicate technical information and project risks clearly, evaluate practical solutions, and drive decisions and actions to closure while remaining actively engaged in day-to-day technical execution.
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Compensation
AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YT: $106,800 – $141,400
MB & ON: $97,400 – $134,100
NB, NL, NS, PE & QC: $96,400 – $128,100
Disclosure:
The final salary awarded for this role may vary from the above range based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. The wage range provided in this job posting may be subject to change for business purposes.
Make Your Mark with WSP
If you're ready to bring your project engineering experience to complex power generation and energy infrastructure projects, apply today and help shape reliable, high-performing energy solutions from concept through start-up.

Skills
Project Management, Procurement, Documentation