Senior Purchasing Specialist, 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

Department: Pacific Link

Reports to: Manager, Supply Chain Management Purchasing

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 Purchasing Specialist, Pacific Link (Contract). In this position, you will play a key role in developing and executing sourcing and procurement strategies for critical project materials and equipment, while ensuring compliance with supply chain policies, governance requirements, and industry best practices.

The successful candidate will demonstrate expertise in strategic procurement, contract and purchase order management, supplier performance, stakeholder collaboration, and managing commercial risks related to market conditions and regulatory requirements. This position offers the opportunity to help establish foundational supply chain processes for a major project, influence procurement outcomes, and contribute to the successful delivery of Pacific Link objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Purchasing Strategy and Planning

- Develop and execute purchasing strategies and plans for assigned equipment, materials, fabrication and assembly packages.
- Assess supplier capacity, lead times, market conditions, tariffs,



trade requirements and sourcing constraints.
- Align purchasing requirements with technical specifications, project schedules, logistics and handling needs and recommend mitigation for supply and schedule risks.

Solicitation, Evaluation and Award

- Prepare and issue sourcing and prequalification documents, maintain approved supplier information, and develop bidder lists and evaluation criteria.
- Coordinate bidder communications and technical, quality, schedule and commercial evaluations.
- Lead commercial negotiations, manage exceptions, and prepare clear recommendations for award and approval.

Purchase Order Formation and Execution

- Draft, negotiate and finalize purchase orders, amendments and related commercial documentation.
- Ensure purchase orders clearly address scope, pricing, delivery, quality, reporting, logistics, risk allocation, remedies and close‑out requirements.
- Coordinate required reviews and approvals, maintain complete auditable records, and support accurate supplier master data.

Supplier Performance, Expediting and Delivery

- Manage supplier relationships and monitor production, documentation, quality and delivery commitments through reporting and expediting.
- Coordinate Engineering, Quality, Logistics, Construction and Materials Management inputs to resolve fabrication, inspection, customs, transportation and delivery issues.
- Identify delays, non‑performance, changes and claims, and advance timely corrective action, escalation and resolution.

Stakeholder Integration and Advisory Support

- Collaborate across project and business functions to align purcha

📌 Senior Purchasing Specialist, Pacific Link (Calgary)
🏢 Trans Mountain
📍 Calgary