Process Mechanical Engineer, Senior (Process Controls)
$90,000–$130,000 year
HybridMississauga, Ontario, Canada
Job Summary
Lead the development of process control strategies for industrial fuel-burning equipment and define instrumentation, controls, and safety system requirements. Develop, review, and seal engineering design documentation including P&IDs, control narratives, and logic diagrams while establishing startup, shutdown, and abnormal operating strategies. Participate in hazard reviews such as HAZOP and PHA to identify process hazards and define mitigation strategies, ensuring designs align with regulatory codes and standards. Serve as the primary technical resource for process control and safety aspects, supporting proposal development, customer meetings, and system integration activities. Mentor junior engineers and drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance engineering quality and consistency.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical, Process Automation, or related discipline)
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation in good standing
- 10+ years of experience in process controls, industrial automation, process engineering, or related industrial environments
- Demonstrated experience developing and reviewing P&IDs
- Demonstrated experience developing and reviewing Instrument Indexes
- Demonstrated experience developing and reviewing Control Narratives
- Demonstrated experience developing and reviewing Functional Descriptions
- Demonstrated experience developing and reviewing Operating Philosophies / Procedures
- Demonstrated experience developing and reviewing Cause & Effect Matrices
- Demonstrated experience developing and reviewing Logic Diagrams / Control Schematics
- Demonstrated experience developing and reviewing Alarm and Interlock Philosophies
- Experience supporting multidisciplinary engineering projects from concept through commissioning
- Strong understanding of process safety principles and industrial control systems
- Excellent communication, troubleshooting, and customer-facing skills
Desired Qualifications
- Direct experience with fuel-burning equipment, combustion control systems, and CSA B149.3 field approval requirements
- Experience developing engineering deliverables for fuel-burning appliances, industrial combustion systems, fired equipment, thermal processes, or burner management systems
- Experience applying requirements contained within CSA B149.3
- Experience applying requirements contained within TSSA Fuels Safety requirements
- Experience applying requirements contained within TSSA Field Approval processes
- Experience applying requirements contained within NFPA 85
- Experience applying requirements contained within NFPA 86
- Experience applying requirements contained within ISA standards
- Experience applying requirements contained within IEC 61511 and functional safety principles
- Experience preparing engineering documentation to support field approvals, regulatory reviews, AHJ acceptance, and code compliance
- Experience with Burner Management Systems (BMS), Combustion Control Systems (CCS), Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS), PLCs, and DCS-based control architectures
- Experience facilitating or participating in HAZOP, SIL, PHA, or other process hazard and risk assessment studies
- Experience with boilers, process heaters, furnaces, thermal oxidizers, incinerators, kilns, dryers, flare systems, or other fuel-fired process equipment
- Experience with hydrogen systems, renewable fuels, landfill gas, biogas, syngas, refinery gas, or other alternative fuel applications
- Familiarity with other codes impacting the installation of Natural Gas (CSA B149.1) and Oil systems (CSA B139)
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