Exploration and production, Oil sands

In this occupation, activities may include:

• Providing process engineering and review at all stages of tailings projects including concept, technical requirements, design, construction, operations and decommissioning.
• Providing plans and assessments for the commissioning, operations and maintenance of tailings projects.
• Establishing and conducting quality control programs, operating procedures and control strategies to ensure consistency and adherence to standards for raw materials, products and waste products or emissions.
• Overseeing the design, construction, modification, operation and maintenance of tailings pilot plants, processing units or processing plants.
• Planning and managing projects, and preparing material, cost and timing estimates, reports and design specifications for machinery and systems.

Education

• A bachelor’s degree in mechanical or chemical engineering or in a related engineering discipline is 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

• Specific health and safety certifications may be required, determined by location of work and company requirements

• Travel likely required
• Primarily indoor/office work
• Work not physically demanding

• Chemistry
• Design Creation
• Application of Engineering Design and Technology
• Production and Processing
• Operations Design Analysis
• Systems Evaluation and Analysis
• Technology Design
• Complex Problem Solving
• Professional Judgment and Decision Making
• Planning and Organizing