Senior System Development Engineer

Overview:

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

The Senior Engineer of System Development combines commercial acumen, technical expertise, and market insight to advance Pembina’s growth strategy. The role evaluates customer and system opportunities, develops practical and innovative solutions, and translates them into clear, integrated work packages for safe and reliable project execution.

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.

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.

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 work practices while taking personal accountability to maintain compliance, support audit readiness, proactively identify risks, and protect our people, assets, and data;
• 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;
• Creation & analysis of complex hydraulic models for preliminary scoping & option vetting of commercial opportunities;
• 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;
• 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 that create value in alignment with Pembina’s values;
• Support and contribute to a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace by building productive working relationships, sharing technical knowledge, supporting team members, and demonstrating professionalism and respect in day-to-day interactions.

Qualifications:

• Degree in Engineering and registered and in good standing with APEGA;
• 10+ years of progressive engineering experience within pipeline and/or facility operations, with a proven track record of using hydraulic modelling to scope and advance projects;
• Advanced proficiency with hydraulic modeling software such as Synergi Pipeline Simulator (SPS), Synergi Gas or PipeSim;
• Extensive experience modelling, reviewing and consolidating hydraulic analyses for liquid and gas pipeline gathering systems (in static & dynamic conditions);
• Strong technical knowledge of liquid and gas pipeline hydraulics, pumps, compressors and integrated facility design;
• Strong midstream expertise with the ability to support customer requirements and partner with Commercial teams to advance business growth;
• Strong commercial acumen, including an understanding of volumes, fees, tolls, nominations, capital costs, operating expenses and value generation;
• Ability to identify and assess business opportunities and challenges, using data, metrics and sound judgement to articulate value;
• Strong understanding of project management, governance and project delivery processes, particularly project scoping and screening;
• Ability to translate complex technical and commercial opportunities into clear, practical recommendations for both technical and non-technical audiences;
• Strong prioritization and decision-making skills, balancing value, risk, customer requirements and operational needs;
• Highly adaptable and comfortable working through ambiguity, changing priorities and evolving business drivers;
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills, with the ability to influence, collaborate and build trusted relationships across multiple functions;
• Innovative problem solver with strong qualitative and quantitative analytical skills and the ability to work with a high degree of autonomy and professional judgement; and
• Collaborative, self-motivated team player with a strong work ethic and mentoring mindset, committed to building technical capability across the organization.
  
  

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