Director, Engineering, Pacific Link

Trans Mountain Corporation operates Canada’s only pipeline system transporting oil products to the West Coast. We deliver approximately 890,000 barrels of petroleum products each day through a dual pipeline system of more than 1,150 kilometres of pipeline in Alberta, British Columbia and Washington state.

Trans Mountain also operates a state-of-the-art loading facility, Westridge Marine Terminal, with three berths providing tidewater access to global markets.  

As a federal Crown corporation, Trans Mountain continues to build on more than 70 years of experience delivering operational and safety excellence through our crude oil pipeline system. 

With our expanded pipeline system now in place, Trans Mountain provides enhanced direct access for Canadian crude oil to world markets. The expansion realizes a world-class system for oil transport, developed to Canada’s high standards within one of the most stringent regulatory regimes in the world, creating long-term economic benefits, enhanced marine protection, enhanced safety and emergency management capabilities, and enhanced skilled-worker capacity building in communities and Indigenous groups.

Our Core Values

Trans Mountain’s core values – Safety, Integrity, Respect and Excellence – guide our every step. Each obstacle we’ve overcome or success we’ve experienced has been the result of a shared commitment to living these values every day. Together, we’re focused on doing the right thing for each other and our communities. If you are looking for an opportunity to apply your strengths in an environment that encourages Safety, Integrity, Respect, and Excellence, we invite you to explore this opportunity with us!

Location: Calgary, AB                                      

Department: Pacific Link               

Reports to: Vice President, Pipeline and Project Services

Worker Type: Employee   

Schedule Type: Full-Time  

Work Setting: In-office     

Trans Mountain is seeking a collaborative, motivated, and values driven individual to join our dynamic team as a Director, Engineering, Pacific Link. In this position, you will play a key role in provides end-to-end leadership and single-point accountability for the engineering design of Pacific Link facilities, including the receipt terminal at Bruderheim, AB and the delivery terminal at Delta, BC, and the pipeline, including mainline block valve stations through engineering design and engineering field support to construction, procurement, construction, commissioning and startup.

The successful candidate will provide decision-ready advice to executive and project governance bodies. This position offers the opportunity to implement the engineering execution strategy; directs the integrated engineering team; and oversees engineering providers to achieve approved safety, scope, cost, schedule, quality, regulatory and operational objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Lifecycle Delivery and Accountability

• Provide full lifecycle leadership and single-point accountability for engineering design, from project definition through engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup.
• Implement the engineering design strategy, priorities and decision framework in alignment with the Pacific Link Project Execution Plan and approved business objectives.

Engineering and Technical Assurance

• Direct engineering design development, ensuring design basis, specifications, equipment requirements and interfaces satisfy applicable codes, standards, specifications, approvals, operational needs and project requirements.
• Ensure appropriate constructability, operability, maintainability, safety-in-design, value improvement and technical assurance reviews are completed, and direct resolution of material interfaces in design among terminals, facilities, pipeline systems, utilities, power infrastructure and existing operations.

Governance and Executive Decision Support

• Serve as the senior owner interface for the portfolio, ensuring alignment with stage-gate requirements, the Project Execution Plan, delegated authorities, corporate approvals and executive reporting expectations.
• Lead preparation of decision materials and recommendations, clearly presenting alternatives, dependencies, material risks and required decisions, and establish effective escalation pathways.

Integrated Project Delivery

• Lead an integrated engineering organization across Engineering, Construction, Supply Chain, Project Controls, Commissioning, Operations Readiness, Safety, Environment, Regulatory, Land, Stakeholder Engagement, Indigenous Relations, Security and Quality.
• Establish clear design interfaces and coordinated engineering priorities, and resolve cross-functional constraints affecting design maturity, procurement, site readiness, construction sequencing, commissioning and critical project milestones.

Commercial and Financial Stewardship

• Provide leadership for engineering estimates, budgets, forecasts and expenditure plans, ensuring assumptions reflect approved scope, execution strategy, schedule, market conditions and risk.
• In partnership with Supply Chain, implement procurement and contracting strategies; oversee consultants and supplier performance; and ensure disciplined scope, change, claims and commercial risk management.   

Project Controls, Risk and Performance

• Collaborate with the Director, Project Controls to integrate engineering scope into the Integrated Master Schedule, cost and progress reporting, forecasting, change control and performance-management framework.
• Direct identification, quantification and mitigation of material risks and opportunities, use performance information to challenge forecasts, and initiate corrective strategies to protect cost, schedule and regulatory commitments.

Construction Support and Quality

• Provide senior owner engineering support of construction and ensure contractor’s technical plans and procedures align with approved plans, design requirements, contractual obligations and expectations for safety, environmental protection, quality, cost and schedule.
• Establish engineering provider performance and assurance mechanisms, including cold eyes reviews, audits, review and approval processes, corrective actions and escalation of systemic issues.

Commissioning, Operational Readiness and Turnover

• Ensure engineering design contributes to delivering a safe, reliable and operable asset.
• Support testing, pre-commissioning, commissioning and startup.

Compliance, Stakeholder Integration and Leadership

• Integrate into engineering design all regulatory approvals, permits and commitments, together with Safety, Environment, Land, Indigenous Relations, Stakeholder Engagement, Damage Prevention, Security and Quality requirements.
• Build and lead a high-performing engineering organization of employees, contractors, consultants and delivery partners with clear accountabilities, technical authority, resource plans and performance expectations; represent the portfolio in project, executive and partner governance forums.

Qualifications and Professional Experience

• Post-secondary education in Engineering.
• 20+ years of progressively responsible experience in engineering design of major pipeline or pipeline facilities projects, including substantial leadership accountability for complex engineering scope.
• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation and registration, or eligibility for registration, with the applicable Canadian provincial engineering association is preferred. PMP, major-project leadership training and/or graduate business education are assets.
• Demonstrated experience leading the design of major scopes through development, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, startup and turnover in a highly regulated environment.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary owner teams and overseeing engineering design and specialist engineering providers.
• Strong knowledge of pipeline and pipeline facility engineering, construction, commissioning, operational readiness, technical assurance and owner-contractor interfaces.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, including CAPEX management, estimating, contracting, procurement, change management, claims and commercial risk.
• Demonstrated knowledge of project controls, integrated scheduling, cost forecasting, stage-gate governance, regulatory compliance and project risk management.
• Executive-level communication, negotiation and decision-making skills, with the ability to align diverse internal, partner and contractor interests and provide clear recommendations on complex matters.

Working Conditions

• Willingness and ability to travel as required.
• May need to provide support outside of regular business hours and/or on the weekend.

At Trans Mountain, we believe in an inclusive, accessible, and barrier free recruitment and selection process for all applicants. If you require an accommodation at any point in the process, please contact us at: Talent@transmountain.com or the designated Talent Acquisition Advisor. Accommodation requests will not affect the assessment of your application or candidacy or the designated Talent Acquisition Advisor. Accommodation requests will not affect the assessment of your application or candidacy.

We Build Careers and Pipelines That Last

Our story is about determination, resourcefulness and resilience. It’s about charting our own course, finding innovative solutions to challenging problems and doing the right thing. It was true when Trans Mountain became a company in 1951 and it’s just as true today. We welcome new members to our team that embrace the qualities in our story, that thrive on the new path and directions we take.  Our culture is one of care and taking our responsibilities seriously. If you would like to contribute to our culture, then join our journey.

A Rewarding Opportunity

We offer:

• Valuable experience providing opportunity for professional development and career advancement;
• An opportunity to engage with and learn from some of the most talented and experienced people in the business;
• Competitive compensation;
• Comprehensive benefits programs including flexible benefits, pension and savings plans;
• A place to share a sense of purpose and build relationships;
• Meaningful work that makes a difference;
• An opportunity within the Canadian energy industry.

We value:

• The health, safety and wellness of everyone working in our company;
• Meaningful participation from Indigenous and local communities;
• The commitment and resilience of our people;
• Collaboration and achieving success together. 

In keeping with Trans Mountain’s commitment to maximize benefits for communities, priority will be given to qualified candidates from Indigenous, local and regional communities along the Trans Mountain pipeline corridor.

In Alberta, the pipeline system spans the traditional territories of Treaty 6, 7 and 8, and the Métis Nation of Alberta (Zone 4).

In British Columbia, the system crosses the traditional territories of numerous First Nations that are affiliated with the Secwepemc, Dakelh (Carrier), Nlaka'pamux, Syilx/Okanagan, Interior and Coast Salish, Stó:lo, as well as the Métis.

Trans Mountain also operates through 15 First Nation Reserves located within the region spanning the BC interior through Fraser Valley.

Our Commitment to Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA)

Trans Mountain is committed to fostering inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility.  The diverse viewpoints and cultural knowledge that our employees bring to work enrich our organization’s collective cultural understanding, which is reflected in the work we do every day.  We strive to create an environment that is free of barriers to promote full participation in the workplace. Trans Mountain welcomes new team members from traditionally underrepresented groups, including but not limited to women, Indigenous Peoples, members of racialized groups, persons with disabilities and members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community.