- Engineers
- Maintenance/Reliability Engineer
- NOCs #2132, #0714
Maintenance/Reliability Engineer
Maintenance engineers are part scientist, part mathematician and part detective. They use their specific set of skills to make sure that all of the equipment and machinery used in the energy industry is working properly at all times. Their role covers everything from making sure the correct equipment and parts are purchased to overseeing the installation, operation, and maintenance of the machinery.
The successful operation of energy production requires the reliable working of large numbers of equipment, machinery, systems and infrastructure. Maintenance/reliability engineers play a key role in supporting safe operations and ensuring the integrity of assets by ensuring that machinery and equipment run smoothly and reliably. They are responsible for overseeing the evaluation, installation, operation and maintenance of machinery, equipment, mechanical systems and infrastructures. A primary objective is to always seek operational efficiency while safely meeting production requirements.
Maintenance/reliability engineers typically work within larger teams. They may lead and oversee work done by the maintenance/asset integrity departments or specialize in areas such as maintenance turn arounds, pipelines or processing facilities.
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- Sub-sector Exploration and production, Oil and gas services, Pipelines, Offshore, Oil sands
- Environment Primarily indoor/office work
- Average Salary $73,000 to $129,000
- Education Post-secondary degree
- Career Demand Growing
In this occupation activities may include:
- Overview planning of scheduled maintenance programs.
- Performing equipment reliability analysis to identify main drivers of equipment downtime and leading the process to determine cost effective solutions.
- Researching, designing, evaluating, installing, operating or maintaining mechanical products, equipment, systems or processes.
- Supervising technicians, technologists and other engineers by reviewing and approving designs, calculations and cost estimates.
- Developing maintenance standards, schedules and programs and providing guidance to industrial maintenance crews.
Education
- A bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or in a related engineering discipline is typically required.
- A master’s degree or doctorate in a related engineering discipline may be required.
Licensing
- Licensing by a provincial or territorial association of professional engineers is required to approve engineering drawings and reports and to practise as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.).
- Engineers are eligible for registration following graduation from an accredited educational program, and after three or four years of supervised work experience in engineering and passing a professional practice examination.
Additional Requirements
- Depending on the company and responsibilities, typical requirements may include:
- Familiarity with API, ASME, NACE, CSA and other relevant codes and standards, as well as jurisdictional and legal requirements for pressure equipment
- Experience with incident investigation and root cause failure analysis (RCA/RCFA)
- Specific health and safety certifications may be required, determined by location of work and company requirements
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to oil and natural gas include:
- Travel likely required
- Primarily indoor/office work
- Work not physically demanding
- Work away from home/in camps
You know why problems arise in your facility and know how to properly solve them. When equipment isn’t working properly, you step in to investigate the cause, to diagnose faulty operations and recommend solutions. You also develop alternate designs or processing methods to find if there are better ways to operate existing machinery. You are key to keeping everything running smoothly.
- Design Creation
- Application of Engineering Design and Technology
- Mechanical Engineering
- Production and Processing
- Preventative Maintenance
- Operations Design Analysis
- Systems Evaluation and Analysis
- Technology Design
- Professional Judgment and Decision Making
- Mechanical Operation
- Sub-sector Carbon capture, utilization and storage, Emissions reduction, Well site decommissioning
- Environment Primarily indoor/office work
- Average Salary Equal to oil and gas
- Education Post-secondary degree
- Career Demand Growing
- Skills Upgrading None
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Good news! The skills gained as a mechanical engineer in oil and natural gas are directly transferable to cleantech.
In this occupation activities may include:
- Overview planning of scheduled maintenance programs.
- Performing equipment reliability analysis to identify main drivers of equipment downtime and leading the process to determine cost effective solutions.
- Researching, designing, evaluating, installing, operating or maintaining mechanical products, equipment, systems or processes.
- Supervising technicians, technologists and other engineers by reviewing and approving designs, calculations and cost estimates.
- Developing maintenance standards, schedules and programs and providing guidance to industrial maintenance crews.
Education
- A bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or in a related engineering discipline is typically required.
- A master’s degree or doctorate in a related engineering discipline may be required.
Licensing
- Licensing by a provincial or territorial association of professional engineers is required to approve engineering drawings and reports and to practise as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.).
- Engineers are eligible for registration following graduation from an accredited educational program, and after three or four years of supervised work experience in engineering and passing a professional practice examination.
Additional Requirements
- Depending on the company and responsibilities, typical requirements may include:
- Familiarity with API, ASME, NACE, CSA and other relevant codes and standards, as well as jurisdictional and legal requirements for pressure equipment
- Experience with incident investigation and root cause failure analysis (RCA/RCFA)
- Specific health and safety certifications may be required, determined by location of work and company requirements
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to cleantech include:
- Primarily indoor/office work (CCUS | emissions reduction | well site decommissioning)
- Travel required (CCUS | emissions reduction | well site decommissioning)
- Agile/flexible approach to work (CCUS | emissions reduction | well site decommissioning)
- Less formal organizational structure (CCUS | emissions reduction | well site decommissioning)
- Lower-risk tolerant culture (CCUS | emissions reduction | well site decommissioning)
- Safety-sensitive environment (CCUS | emissions reduction | well site decommissioning)
- Transition to a similar level (CCUS | emissions reduction | well site decommissioning)
- Urban location (CCUS | emissions reduction | well site decommissioning)
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to oil and natural gas include:
- Travel likely required
- Primarily indoor/office work
- Work not physically demanding
- Work away from home/in camps
You know why problems arise in your facility and know how to properly solve them. When equipment isn’t working properly, you step in to investigate the cause, to diagnose faulty operations and recommend solutions. You also develop alternate designs or processing methods to find if there are better ways to operate existing machinery. You are key to keeping everything running smoothly.
- Design Creation
- Application of Engineering Design and Technology
- Mechanical Engineering
- Production and Processing
- Preventative Maintenance
- Operations Design Analysis
- Systems Evaluation and Analysis
- Technology Design
- Professional Judgment and Decision Making
- Mechanical Operation
- Environment Primarily indoor/office work
- Average Salary Equal to oil and gas
- Education Post-secondary degree
- Career Demand Growing
- Skills Upgrading None
-
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Congratulations! The skills gained a mechanical engineer in oil and natural gas are directly transferable to LNG facility operation.
In this occupation activities may include:
- Overview planning of scheduled maintenance programs.
- Performing equipment reliability analysis to identify main drivers of equipment downtime and leading the process to determine cost effective solutions.
- Researching, designing, evaluating, installing, operating or maintaining mechanical products, equipment, systems or processes.
- Supervising technicians, technologists and other engineers by reviewing and approving designs, calculations and cost estimates.
- Developing maintenance standards, schedules and programs and providing guidance to industrial maintenance crews.
Education
- A bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or in a related engineering discipline is typically required.
- A master’s degree or doctorate in a related engineering discipline may be required.
Licensing
- Licensing by a provincial or territorial association of professional engineers is required to approve engineering drawings and reports and to practise as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.).
- Engineers are eligible for registration following graduation from an accredited educational program, and after three or four years of supervised work experience in engineering and passing a professional practice examination.
Additional Requirements
- Depending on the company and responsibilities, typical requirements may include:
- Familiarity with API, ASME, NACE, CSA and other relevant codes and standards, as well as jurisdictional and legal requirements for pressure equipment
- Experience with incident investigation and root cause failure analysis (RCA/RCFA)
- Specific health and safety certifications may be required, determined by location of work and company requirements
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to LNG include:
- Potential for relocation
- Primarily indoor/office work
- Lower-risk tolerant culture
- Safety-sensitive environment
- Transition to a lower level
- Career development fostered/supported
- Rural location
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to oil and natural gas include:
- Travel likely required
- Primarily indoor/office work
- Work not physically demanding
- Work away from home/in camps
You know why problems arise in your facility and know how to properly solve them. When equipment isn’t working properly, you step in to investigate the cause, to diagnose faulty operations and recommend solutions. You also develop alternate designs or processing methods to find if there are better ways to operate existing machinery. You are key to keeping everything running smoothly.
- Design Creation
- Application of Engineering Design and Technology
- Mechanical Engineering
- Production and Processing
- Preventative Maintenance
- Operations Design Analysis
- Systems Evaluation and Analysis
- Technology Design
- Professional Judgment and Decision Making
- Mechanical Operation
- Environment Primarily indoor/office work
- Average Salary Equal to oil and gas
- Education Post-secondary degree
- Career Demand Growing
- Skills Upgrading None
-
Direct
Good news! The skills gained as a mechanical engineer in oil and natural gas are directly transferable to petrochemicals and refining.
In this occupation activities may include:
- Overview planning of scheduled maintenance programs.
- Performing equipment reliability analysis to identify main drivers of equipment downtime and leading the process to determine cost effective solutions.
- Researching, designing, evaluating, installing, operating or maintaining mechanical products, equipment, systems or processes.
- Supervising technicians, technologists and other engineers by reviewing and approving designs, calculations and cost estimates.
- Developing maintenance standards, schedules and programs and providing guidance to industrial maintenance crews.
Education
- A bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or in a related engineering discipline is typically required.
- A master’s degree or doctorate in a related engineering discipline may be required.
Licensing
- Licensing by a provincial or territorial association of professional engineers is required to approve engineering drawings and reports and to practise as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.).
- Engineers are eligible for registration following graduation from an accredited educational program, and after three or four years of supervised work experience in engineering and passing a professional practice examination.
Additional Requirements
- Depending on the company and responsibilities, typical requirements may include:
- Familiarity with API, ASME, NACE, CSA and other relevant codes and standards, as well as jurisdictional and legal requirements for pressure equipment
- Experience with incident investigation and root cause failure analysis (RCA/RCFA)
- Specific health and safety certifications may be required, determined by location of work and company requirements
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to petrochemicals and refining include:
- Primarily indoor/office work
- Lower-risk tolerant culture
- Safety-sensitive environment
- Transition to a lower level
- Potentially unionized
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to oil and natural gas include:
- Travel likely required
- Primarily indoor/office work
- Work not physically demanding
- Work away from home/in camps
You know why problems arise in your facility and know how to properly solve them. When equipment isn’t working properly, you step in to investigate the cause, to diagnose faulty operations and recommend solutions. You also develop alternate designs or processing methods to find if there are better ways to operate existing machinery. You are key to keeping everything running smoothly.
- Design Creation
- Application of Engineering Design and Technology
- Mechanical Engineering
- Production and Processing
- Preventative Maintenance
- Operations Design Analysis
- Systems Evaluation and Analysis
- Technology Design
- Professional Judgment and Decision Making
- Mechanical Operation
- Sub-sector Geothermal, Wind
- Environment Primarily indoor/office work
- Average Salary Equal to oil and gas
- Education Post-secondary degree
- Career Demand Growing
- Skills Upgrading None
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Direct
Good news! The skills gained as an mechanical engineer in oil and natural gas are directly transferable to the geothermal and wind sub-sectors of renewables.
In this occupation activities may include:
- Overview planning of scheduled maintenance programs.
- Performing equipment reliability analysis to identify main drivers of equipment downtime and leading the process to determine cost effective solutions.
- Researching, designing, evaluating, installing, operating or maintaining mechanical products, equipment, systems or processes.
- Supervising technicians, technologists and other engineers by reviewing and approving designs, calculations and cost estimates.
- Developing maintenance standards, schedules and programs and providing guidance to industrial maintenance crews.
Education
- A bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or in a related engineering discipline is typically required.
- A master’s degree or doctorate in a related engineering discipline may be required.
Licensing
- Licensing by a provincial or territorial association of professional engineers is required to approve engineering drawings and reports and to practise as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.).
- Engineers are eligible for registration following graduation from an accredited educational program, and after three or four years of supervised work experience in engineering and passing a professional practice examination.
Additional Requirements
- Depending on the company and responsibilities, typical requirements may include:
- Familiarity with API, ASME, NACE, CSA and other relevant codes and standards, as well as jurisdictional and legal requirements for pressure equipment
- Experience with incident investigation and root cause failure analysis (RCA/RCFA)
- Specific health and safety certifications may be required, determined by location of work and company requirements
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to renewables include:
- Primarily indoor/office work (geothermal | wind)
- Agile/flexible approach to work (geothermal | wind)
- Temporary/project-to-project work (wind)
- Higher-risk tolerant culture (wind)
- Transition to a similar level (geothermal | wind)
- Career development fostered/supported (wind)
- Urban location (geothermal | wind)
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to oil and natural gas include:
- Travel likely required
- Primarily indoor/office work
- Work not physically demanding
- Work away from home/in camps
You know why problems arise in your facility and know how to properly solve them. When equipment isn’t working properly, you step in to investigate the cause, to diagnose faulty operations and recommend solutions. You also develop alternate designs or processing methods to find if there are better ways to operate existing machinery. You are key to keeping everything running smoothly.
- Design Creation
- Application of Engineering Design and Technology
- Mechanical Engineering
- Production and Processing
- Preventative Maintenance
- Operations Design Analysis
- Systems Evaluation and Analysis
- Technology Design
- Professional Judgment and Decision Making
- Mechanical Operation
