Careers

NORAM Engineering and Constructors LTD is seeking a Technical Sales Representative to support the sales and customer management of NORAM’s high silicon stainless steel (NORAM SX®) and related products for demanding industrial applications.

In this role, you will manage customer inquiries and quotations, provide technical support, and coordinate orders and deliveries from initial inquiry through completion. You will work closely with customers, suppliers, shipping partners, and internal teams to understand customer requirements, develop appropriate solutions, and ensure a smooth sales and delivery process.

This is a hands-on, relationship-focused role suited to someone who enjoys combining technical understanding, customer interaction, sales coordination, and administration in an international business environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage incoming inquiries from new and existing customers and understand their technical and commercial requirements.
• Prepare, administer, and follow up on quotations, proposals, and pricing based on customer specifications.
• Provide technical guidance on NORAM SX® material, products, properties, and applications.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with customers, suppliers, and other business partners.
• Follow up proactively on quotations, opportunities, orders, and customer requests.
• Support order management and administration through internal business systems.
• Coordinate deliveries with customers, suppliers, shipping companies, and warehouse functions.
• Work closely with internal teams and international contacts to resolve technical, commercial, and delivery-related matters.
• Attend trade shows, customer meetings, and supplier visits as required, including occasional international travel.

About You

We are looking for someone who combines technical understanding with strong communication and organizational skills. You are comfortable speaking with customers, understanding their requirements, and coordinating multiple activities at the same time.

You take ownership of your work, follow through on commitments, and enjoy building long-term customer relationships. You are also comfortable working independently while collaborating closely with colleagues and business partners across different locations.

Qualifications & Experience

• Experience in technical sales, industrial sales, quotation work, order management, or a similar customer-facing role.
• Technical understanding and an interest in industrial products, materials, or applications.
• Ability to understand and work with technical specifications and customer requirements.
• Strong communication and customer relationship skills.
• Good administrative and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Experience working with Microsoft Office, CRM, or other business systems.
• Willingness to travel occasionally for trade shows, customer meetings, and supplier visits.
• Experience with specialty metals, alloys, process industry applications, manufacturing, fabrication, or industrial supply chains is considered an asset.

NORAM Engineering and Constructors Ltd. (NORAM) is looking for a skilled and self-motivated individual to join our team as a Junior / Intermediate Process Engineer. The successful candidate will have a strong background in process design and will work with our technical experts on developing new electrolysis technologies.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct feasibility studies and analysis to determine project requirements, goals and constraints.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including process, mechanical, and electrical engineers, designers and project managers, to execute and complete project deliverables.
• Create process flow diagrams and perform mass and energy balances.
• Size, design and specify equipment including heat exchangers, pump hydraulics, columns, vessels, instrumentation, piping specialty items and others.
• Develop P&ID’s and control strategy documents.
• Perform pressure relief studies according to applicable API or EN codes.
• Participate in hazard studies such as HazOp’s and LOPA’s.
• Write detailed process operating guidelines.
• Assist in site commissioning activities.
• Coordinate with external vendors to specify necessary equipment, materials and/or services.

The candidate must be results oriented and motivated to tackle new engineering challenges.

Desired Skills & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical or Process Engineering.
• 3+ years of experience as a process engineer; ideally in the chemical or sulphuric acid industries.
• Candidate must be registered, or eligible to register, as P.Eng. with EGB.
• Knowledge of electrochemical processing plant equipment, safety practices, and basic chemistry principles would be an asset.
• Experience with engineering programs such as Aspen Plus, Hysis, Heat Exchanger Design, AutoCAD.
• Ability to develop PFD’s and P&ID’s and perform mass and energy balances.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to make informed decisions in complex situations.
• Ability to work as a team independently and handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Detail-oriented with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management, communication and people skills.

About Us

The NORAM Group is a vertically integrated group of companies with over 35 years of experience in chemical process development, scale-up, and commercialization.

With the group we are advancing technologies that support the decarbonization of the hydrogen economy and improving other chemical processes that benefit from hydrogen recovery. Our work spans materials innovation and process development and engineering for enhanced chemical and hydrogen production and hydrogen separation/purification bridging the gap between laboratory research and industrial deployment:

• Hydrogen recovery from industrial gases
• Advanced solutions for both land-based and marine applications
• Decarbonization of existing chemical and hydrogen production infrastructure

Our Culture: Fast-Paced, Results-Driven

We operate in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment where strong technical execution and practical problem-solving are essential. Our work focuses on developing technologies that must perform reliably at an industrial scale, requiring both expertise and efficiency.

We are looking for individuals who:

• Take ownership of their work and are comfortable adapting to changes in response to new data and priorities
• Are comfortable working hands-on with high pressure and/or temperature systems
• Maintain a high standard for safety, execution and data analysis

You will work closely with a multidisciplinary team across the NORAM Group, including BC Research Inc. (BCRI), contributing to technologies moving from lab-scale validation to pilot and commercial deployment.

Position Summary

We are seeking a Research Engineer/Scientist to join our multidisciplinary team. You will report directly to the Chief Technology Officer. The successful candidate will primarily contribute to new materials and process development through hands on pilot operations/testing and data analysis, as well as the design, modification, and troubleshooting of bench- and pilot-scale systems. Depending on background and project needs, the candidate may also be involved in technology development (process and materials) and process engineering.

We are looking for a multi-talented, enthusiastic, and fast-learning individual to fill this key role and join our technology development team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Run bench- and pilot-scale hydrogen separation/storage tests on a daily basis.
• Lead hands-on work in troubleshooting, assembly, and modification of testing setups as needed.
• Perform data analysis and provide insights into results and future work.
• Support the maintenance, specification, procurement and assembly of custom systems.
• Support on and offsite analytical support.
• Provide technical support to the development team.

Project & Collaboration

• Work closely with cross-functional teams (process, chemists, mechanical, etc.).
• Provide technical documentation as needed, including weekly presentations, formal reports, and safety documentation.
• The successful candidate will be primarily located at our BC Research facility at 12920 Mitchell Road, Richmond (Mitchell Island) and will be required to follow all safety policies and other requirements imposed by facility management there. Working hours at the facility are 8 hours per day Monday to Friday with a 30-minute lunch and flexible start time ranging from 7 to 8 am.

Qualifications

• Must have extensive theoretical knowledge of metallic hydrogen storage materials, particularly AB, AB2 and AB5 types.
• Must have extensive experience preparing and testing metallic hydrogen storage materials.
• Experience with the operation and/or design of high-temperature/pressure systems, especially those involving hydrogen, is a strong asset.
• Relevant process engineering background (e.g., M&E, PFDs, P&IDs, component specification and selection) is an asset.
• Knowledge of thermodynamic (FactSage) and process (Aspen Plus, HYSYS) simulation software is an asset.
• Leadership potential to take on management of the R&D testing team as it grows.
• A master’s degree in chemical engineering, chemistry, or a related field is preferred.
• Strong problem-solving skills, safety awareness, and communication skills.
• Legally eligible to work in Canada.

Pay: Depending on qualifications

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• Paid time off

Work Location: In person

How to Apply?

Please submit your application by emailing your resume to aebneyamini@noram-eng.com. Please include the following information in your email:

• Your experience with hydrogen storage materials
• Any experience with the design and/or operation of high-temperature systems (if applicable)
• Relevant engineering background (if applicable)
• Experience with process or thermodynamic modeling software (if applicable)

We appreciate all interested candidates, but only selected individuals will be contacted due to high volume of applications.

Work Mode: Onsite
Work Type: Full-Time
Travel: <5%, and primarily domestic Location: NORAM Group R&D Facility (Richmond, BC)

NORAM Engineering is a Vancouver based innovative engineering technology company with offices located adjacent to all public transportation hubs in downtown Vancouver as well as research and development facilities situated on Mitchell Island.

NORAM has successfully engineered and supplied patented and proprietary processes and equipment to the chemical process industry in more than 40 countries spanning more than 35 years.  NORAM’s technologies have supported industries such as lithium, sulfuric acid, nitration, wastewater and pulp and paper.

NORAM is seeking self-motivated and skilled mechanical engineering candidates to creatively contribute to our multi-disciplinary project teams that design innovative proprietary plant layouts and equipment including reactor vessels, heat exchangers and mixing tanks for the chemical industry globally.   Project team roles from junior engineer to senior engineer are currently available.  Mentorship will depend upon candidate’s relevant experience.  Candidates should have strong written and verbal communication skills and must be (or eligible to be) registered with EGBC as a PEng or an EIT.

An important aspect of the mechanical engineering positions at NORAM is the ability and desire to travel to client’s sites both domestically and internationally as the project phases evolve.  Vendor visits, client meetings, conferences and product commissioning are all components of a mechanical engineer’s role at NORAM.

The successful candidate(s) could expect to be involved in:

• Reactor, vessel, heat exchanger design and innovation.
• Selection and specification of rotating equipment.
• Piping and ducting design inclusive of pipe routing.
• Overall chemical plant layout.
• Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and/or Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).
• Inspection of fabricated equipment at fabricators located globally.
• Supporting local and international clients during installation, construction and field evaluation of equipment and systems.

Qualified candidates should send cover letter, resume and transcript to careers@noram-eng.com.