Hydraulics & Capacity Technologist/Engineer

At South Bow, we do one thing, and we do it well: safely moving oil between some of the world's most critical markets. We're building our high-performing team with versatile thinkers who thrive on solving big challenges together. If you're ready for a position where your skills are highly valued and your work is incredibly important, we want to meet you. Bring your talents to a new streamlined energy company, dedicated to operational, commercial and safety excellence as we pursue our critical purpose of delivering the energy people need. 

The Opportunity 
We are seeking a Hydraulics and Capacity Engineer or Technologist to support operational capacity management for South Bow's crude oil pipelines. This role requires an advanced ability to collaborate with and influence decisions with multiple stakeholders including scheduling, control center, work management, field operations, asset management, SCADA, and engineering teams.  The successful candidate will manage the monthly capacity of South Bow's assets while minimizing operating costs. 

What you'll do  

• Understand and manage the capacity and variable operating costs of our pipelines

• Collaborate with the Asset Management and Commercial Operations teams to set/change target rates to ensure monthly commitments are met

Steady-State Hydraulic Analysis

• Perform steady-state hydraulic analysis and interface with the Liquids Pipeline Control Centre (LPCC) to ensure Drag Reducing Agent (DRA) injection parameters are optimized

• Review hydraulic bottlenecks and adjustment of the DRA injection coefficients

• Set daily flow rate targets and update throughout the month based on operational and market conditions

• Complete hydraulic analysis for both scheduled maintenance and unscheduled outages to quantify the capacity impact and the cost of mitigation with DRA; make decisions on the path forward by collaborating with internal stakeholders

• Participate in evaluating risk/costs/benefits of taking an unplanned capacity impact

• Assist with monitoring temperature limits on the system to manage stress

• Provide oversight of DRA deliveries to the field

Outage Management and Optimization

• Key stakeholder during planned pipeline outages – point of contact for coordination with LPCC and Field Operations

• Coordinate the batch requirements and bypass schedules for tool runs with Oil Scheduling

• Review outage plans provided by the Liquids Work Management Team to evaluate opportunities for optimization

• Review and approve Operational Notifications (ON) for outages on the system – communicate requirements to LPCC utilizing the Daily Operations Plan (DOP)

Capacity Forecasting

• Assist in preparing monthly available capacity forecasting for the Commercial team before Nominations

• Assist in the preparation and presentation of the monthly updates to the one-year forecast

• Assist in the preparation of the commercial capacity forecast (2-3 year look ahead) during budgetary cycles and variable toll preparation

• Prepare reporting on system performance metrics as required

Minimum Qualifications

• 4+ years of related experience in the oil and gas industry    

• Technical credentials, one of the following: Engineering degree, Bachelor's (Science, Computer Science, etc.), Engineering Technologist diploma, Bachelor's in a related field, Journeyperson certification

Preferred Qualifications

• General understanding of fluid dynamics/hydraulics 

• Experience using Power BI and/or Python 

• Registered with APEGA as a Professional Engineer, in good standing   

• Demonstrated ability to adapt to a fast-paced work environment with continuously changing priorities 

• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills 

• Proven ability to deliver practical technical solutions to complex, ambiguous problems.

• Demonstrated strength in troubleshooting and clearly communicating technical issues to a wide range of stakeholders.

• Self-motivated/results driven mentality 

This position requires candidates to:

• Have current, valid authorization to travel internationally (including but not limited to Canada, and US)

• Travel to other company locations for temporary assignments, meetings, or training (estimated up 10% of work schedule)

• Be part of an on-call rotation and provide emergency support as required

• Successfully complete pre-employment Bankruptcy, Credit, Civil and Criminal background checks   

About our business

South Bow's existing oil & liquids pipeline infrastructure connects Alberta crude oil supplies to U.S. refining markets in Illinois, Oklahoma, Texas and the U.S. Gulf Coast.  We remain committed to meeting the energy needs of North Americans today, while advancing our Liquids Pipelines System for the demands of the future. Connecting growing Canadian and U.S. crude oil supply to key markets, leveraging existing assets and seeking new opportunities to continue to provide our customers with access to the destinations they need.
South Bow is an equal opportunity employer and participates in the E-Verify program supervised by the U.S. government.
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