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
Department: Pacific Link
Reports to: Director, Pipeline
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 Traffic Engineer (East), Pacific Link (Contract). The Traffic Engineer works closely with route planning, construction, logistics, permitting, stakeholder engagement, environmental, and regulatory teams throughout project development and execution.
The successful candidate will be responsible for developing, implementing, and monitoring traffic management strategies that support the safe and efficient execution of pipeline construction activities. The role ensures compliance with municipal, provincial, and regulatory requirements while minimizing impacts to the public, stakeholders, Indigenous communities, emergency services, and road users.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure an adequate number of access roads are identified for the construction crews.
- Work closely with the Pipeline Project Manager and the Pipeline Construction Manager in the development of the required engineered level traffic-management plans, traffic-control plans, road crossings, lane closures and related transportation approvals across the assigned sections of pipeline construction.
- Conduct traffic impact assessments for construction activities.
- Assess traffic volumes, roadway capacities, and safety considerations along the project corridor.
- Design temporary traffic control plans for road crossings, detours, lane closures, flagging operations, access roads, staging and laydown areas, and others as business needs require.
- Evaluate impacts of workforce transportation programs and construction camp operations
- Obtain required road use permits and approvals.
- Coordinate with municipalities, provincial transportation agencies, Indigenous governments, emergency services, highway authorities, and other key stakeholders as required.
- Ensure compliance with provincial traffic regulations, road occupancy permit requirements, transportation engineering standards, and project-specific commitments and permit conditions throughout the duration of the project.
Qualifications and Professional Experience
- Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation or eligibility is considered an asset.
- Approximately 5 or more years of relevant experience in traffic management, traffic control, transportation safety, road construction or major infrastructure construction.
- Experience coordinating traffic activities across contractors, active worksites or multiple work fronts.
- Working knowledge of traffic-management plans, traffic-control plans, lane closures, road crossings, access requirements and transportation permit conditions.
Working Conditions
- Willingness and ability to travel as required.
- Must have a valid Class 5 driver’s license.
- 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.
