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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 Head Office

Reports to : Chief Legal Officer

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 energetic team as Senior Legal Counsel. The Senior Legal Counsel leads complex legal transactions and contracting matters, advises senior and executive leaders and governance bodies, and works across multidisciplinary teams to protect Trans Mountain’s interests while enabling timely, defensible decisions. The Senior Legal Counsel strengthens legal governance, contracting discipline, issue resolution and organizational capability, and escalates material matters with clear options, consequences and recommended actions.

The successful candidate will be assigned to support strategic project-related work, and other business priorities as organizational needs evolve.

Key Responsibilities

Legal Strategy and Decision Support

- Provide strategic legal advice across development, execution, operational readiness, technology, licensing, confidentiality, regulatory interfaces and the full delivery lifecycle.
- Advise senior and executive leaders and governance bodies on legal options, material risks, decision requirements and consequences, translating complex issues into clear, practical recommendations.




- Integrate legal considerations into business cases, stage-gate decisions, execution strategies, delivery plans, governance processes and readiness assessments.
- Identify matters requiring escalation and provide concise advice on available pathways, residual risk, accountable owners and required approvals.

Agreements and Transactions

- Lead the structuring, drafting, review, negotiation and execution of complex agreements, including development, engineering, skilled services, construction, technology, licensing, confidentiality, interface and other related arrangements.
- Develop transaction and negotiation strategies, establish appropriate legal positions and advise on non-standard terms, risk allocation, contractual remedies and departures from approved standards.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary input and required approvals to ensure agreements accurately reflect scope, accountabilities, interfaces, delivery expectations and risk ownership.
- Provide sustained legal support across the agreement lifecycle, including interpretation, amendments, claims, disputes, renewals, termination, close-out and lessons learned.

Legal Risk, Claims and Issue Resolution

- Identify, assess and communicate legal, contractual, regulatory and reputational risks and recommend mitigation strategies that protect Trans Mountain’s interests and support organizational objectives.
- Provide timely legal advice on emerging issues, changes, delays, performance concerns, claims and disputes, preserving rights and supporting disciplined resolution.
- Lead or support privileged reviews, legal risk assessments and dispute strategies, coordinating i

📌 Senior Legal Counsel (Canada)
🏢 Trans Mountain
📍 Canada