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Director, Indigenous Relations, Pacific Link (Calgary or Vancouver)

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.

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Location: Calgary or Vancouver

Reports to: Vice President, External Relations and Indigenous Relations, Pacific Link

Worker Type: Employee

Schedule Type: Full-time

Trans Mountain is seeking a collaborative, motivated, and values driven individual to join our dynamic team as a Director, Indigenous Relations, Pacific Link. Reporting to the Vice President, External Relations and Indigenous Relations, Pacific Link,



the Director is responsible for establishing and maintaining trusted relationships with at least 134 communities impacted by the Project.

In this position, you will play a key role in providing leadership and delivery of Pacific Link’s Indigenous Relations program, including support for and implementation of an engagement program, a framework for Indigenous economic participation, and a framework for Indigenous partnership opportunities on the project including Impact Benefit Agreements. The successful candidate will inform executive and governance decisions on material projects, regulatory, commercial and reputational matters and drives assurance, risk management, commitment fulfilment and measurable partnership outcomes. This position offers the opportunity to build and steward enduring Indigenous relationships and strategic partnerships.

Key Responsibilities

Engagement Strategy and Business Alignment

- Lead the team in an engagement strategy that recognizes the distinct rights, interests and relationships of all Indigenous communities impacted by the Project.
- Develop the Indigenous Relations engagement strategy and roadmap in a complex and highly regulated environment, lead implementation and adjust priorities based on project milestones and objectives and external conditions.
- Collaborate with Pacific Link Directors and functional leaders across Project Delivery, Regulatory and Environment,



Legal, Commercial, Supply Chain, Human Resources, External and Government Relations, Finance, Risk and Operations to integrate Indigenous rights, interests, commitments and participation objectives into project and business decisions.
- Advise senior leaders on Indigenous Relations engagement options, risks and implications, translating approved direction into clear functional priorities and accountabilities.
- Build trusted partnerships that support meaningful participation and mutually beneficial outcomes while respecting each Nation's rights, governance, culture and priorities.
- Monitor external trends and emerging regional issues, represent Pacific Link in relevant industry and Indigenous forums, and inform coordinated advocacy and response strategies.
- Supports the development of and implements programs for Indigenous communities to meaningfully participate in the Project, inclusive of Indigenous procurement, employment, skills training, Indigenous monitoring and environmental and cultural input;
- Supports the development of opportunities for Indigenous communities to acquire a meaningful equity interest in the Project at a minimum of 10 per cent;
- Develop structures to address equity eligibility and allocation, valuation, financing and governance.
- Develops and implements an Impact Benefit Agreement framework for Indigenous communities who may be impacted by the Project.
- Develop negotiation strategies in a complex workplace with communities with different interests;
- Lead or oversee complex negotiations, establishing objectives, parameters and escalation points with Legal, Commercial and project leadership;

📌 Director, Indigenous Relations, Pacific Link (Vancouver)
🏢 Trans Mountain
📍 Vancouver