Senior Project Engineer, Pipeline, Pacific Link (Contract)

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 & Project Services  

Worker Type: Contract     

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 Senior Project Engineer, Pipeline, Pacific Link (Contract). Reporting to the Vice President, Pipeline & Project Services, the role provides engineering leadership for the development and delivery of pipeline engineering through pre-FEED and FEED and is accountable for helping ensure designs and technical deliverables are safe, compliant, fit for purpose, cost-effective and aligned with key regulatory, permitting and project milestones.

Working closely with Pacific Link functional stakeholders, the Senior Project Engineer provides clear technical direction, coordinates multidisciplinary design reviews, resolves engineering requirements and issues, and drives the timely delivery of drawings, reports and other technical documentation. This position offers the opportunity to serve as a key interface between Pacific Link and UPI pipeline design teams, strengthening engineering performance, responsiveness and alignment while maintaining appropriate owner oversight of design quality, constructability, operability and long-term integrity.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead owner-side pipeline engineering activities through pre-FEED and FEED, ensuring designs and technical deliverables meet applicable safety, quality, regulatory and project requirements and are delivered in accordance with established milestones.
• Drive completion of the safe, quality and compliant pipeline pre-FEED design required for the January 31, 2027 submission, including drawings, material selection and preliminary design development, balancing safety, cost, constructability, long-term operability and asset integrity.
• Coordinate the timely preparation and quality review of drawings, reports and other technical documentation required to support permitting for the investigative program (February through August 2027) and the early works programs targeted for Q4 2027.
• Act as a key owner interface with UPI pipeline design teams and design leads, providing clear and timely direction on requirements from Pacific Link stakeholders and regulators and promoting alignment between owner expectations and Engineer of Record deliverables.
• Collaborate with UPI design teams to improve service standards, responsiveness, turnaround times, engineering quality and overall performance of the Engineer of Record.
• Conduct early and on-the-spot technical reviews of engineering deliverables and coordinate broader multidisciplinary or squad-check reviews during pre-FEED and FEED to identify and address issues before they affect regulatory submissions, permitting or downstream project activities.
• Identify, track and drive resolution of design requirements, technical queries, interfaces and engineering issues that are slowing or could constrain pipeline engineering progress, facilitate cross-functional resolution and escalate where required to maintain momentum and schedule.
• Coordinate across Pacific Link Engineering, Regulatory, Permitting, Operations, Integrity, Construction and other project stakeholders to ensure requirements are clearly defined, communicated, reviewed and appropriately incorporated into pipeline design and technical deliverables.
• Provide timely engineering status, risk and issue information to project leadership, highlighting material decisions, unresolved requirements, dependencies and actions required to protect submission, permitting and early works milestones.

Qualifications and Professional Experience

• Post-secondary education in Mechanical, Civil, Pipeline or a related engineering discipline.
• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation, or eligibility for registration with the applicable Canadian engineering regulator.
• 8 years of progressively responsible pipeline, major infrastructure, energy or comparable capital-project engineering experience, including experience supporting projects through pre-FEED and FEED.
• Strong knowledge of pipeline design, engineering deliverables, material selection, multidisciplinary design reviews and applicable technical, quality and regulatory requirements.
• Experience working in an owner organization or providing owner oversight of an Engineer of Record or external engineering consultant.
• Demonstrated ability to review technical deliverables, identify design and interface issues, and coordinate timely resolution across multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience supporting regulatory applications, permitting programs, investigative work or early works through complete, accurate and review-ready engineering documentation.
• Strong stakeholder and consultant-management skills, with the ability to translate project, regulatory and functional requirements into clear engineering direction.
• Sound technical judgment, communication and organizational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and time-sensitive project milestones in a complex project environment.

Working Conditions

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

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;
• 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.