13 Oct
Vista Projects
Calgary
What Vista Does
Vista Projects is an integrated industrial engineering firm that helps clients navigate the digital transformation of their projects and operations. Our proven project execution process is based on a "single source of truth" model that eliminates the potential for inefficient engineering designs, cost overruns and project completion delays.
Why We Do It
We believe the world needs industrial projects and that intelligent engineering data can increase the likelihood of innovative solutions getting to market. Over the years, our multi-discipline teams have conceptualized and designed some of the most challenging and successful industrial processing projects in the North American energy sector.
Vista has established itself as a trusted industrial engineering partner for all types of projects, from conceptual studies and pilots to large-scale commercial expansions.
Where We Work
The benefits of our approach apply to new asset developments and brownfield optimization projects across several industrial markets. This includes biofuels and produced water treatment to natural gas and petrochemical processing. We are headquartered in Calgary and maintain a satellite office in Houston.
What You Would Do in This Role
The Logistics Coordinator is responsible for performing activities to ensure the timely delivery of materials and equipment to meet project requirements. Duties include:
- Working within a project team environment, potentially on multiple projects
- Ensuring timely and cost-effective logistics planning while adhering to client requirements and proper practices
- Creating, updating, and maintaining status reports
- Preparing requisitions for heavy haul/over-dimensional competitive bids
- Attending project and vendor meetings, as required
- Executing appropriate hauling strategies
- Attesting and validating carrier invoices
- Assisting in the negotiation of carrier service rates
- Developing and managing carrier relationships
- Assisting with expediting, as required
- Performing other duties as requested
- Communicating with carriers to resolve issues
- Attending status meetings with suppliers
- Coordinating with project team members for status updates
Requirements
- Minimum (3) years of logistics experience in engineering, procurement, construction environment
- Contract development experience related to transportation
- Excellent organizational and communication skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Problem solving and decision-making skills
- Ability to adapt in a changing environment
- Ability to work without supervision
- In-office work is required for this position
Preferred
- Post-secondary certification or equivalent
- Four-plus years of project freight coordination experience
Why People Like Working with Us
Working with Vista is a chance to contribute to the type of challenging municipal and industrial projects that the world requires. If that doesn't excite you, this role likely won't be a fit.
Challenging projects require focus, and we enable our people to do their best work with modernized project systems that are based on our leading use of intelligent data-centric execution architecture.
Our staff and clients like that it gives them real-time access to validated data shared across all project departments. This fosters project design and business decisions based on a single, authoritative source of truth and provides increased transparency and collaboration with team members and clients, leading to improved engineering quality and a product we can all take pride in.
What We Offer
An opportunity with Vista is not just a job; it is a chance to tackle challenging projects with colleagues who are among the most recognized and accomplished in their disciplines.
Vista offers all employees
- A stimulating, fast-paced and challenging work environment where you will contribute to the interesting municipal and industrial engineering projects
- A robust and consistent recruitment process that ensures your colleagues are likeminded and comparably capable
- An opportunity to be a part of an entrepreneurial, technically skilled team which has established leadership in innovative engineering solutions
- A strong value-based philosophy that provides an informal, close-knit team environment, where you and your family feel like a part of our organization, and not just an employee number
- Competitive compensation and benefits, including a performance-linked variable pay program
- Company-sponsored social events and team sports
- Flexible work schedules, half-day Fridays and free parking
- An organization that values and encourages diversity
How to Apply
Please complete the application form below and include a cover letter concisely demonstrating how your skills and experience align with our job posting. By submitting this application, you consent to our Privacy Policy (https://www.vistaprojects.com/privacy/) , and you consent to receive transactional electronic messages from Vista and third parties acting on our behalf.
Note: As part of the interview process there will be a technical testing component that will take up to two hours and can be completed at home on your own timeline. Candidates may be required to complete a security clearance procedure prior to receiving an offer.
▶️ Logistics Coordinator
🖊️ Vista Projects
📍 Calgary