Senior Quality Assurance Advisor, 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.

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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. 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.

Director, Pipelines

Contract

Full-time

Office / Field Trans Mountain is seeking a collaborative, motivated, and values driven individual to join our dynamic team as a Senior Quality Assurance (QA) Advisor, Pipeline, Pacific Link (Contractor). In this position, you will play a key role in providing quality assurance leadership and independent oversight for pipeline engineering, procurement, fabrication, and construction activities across the Pacific Link project. The successful candidate will demonstrate expertise in quality management systems, contractor and supplier quality assurance, audit and surveillance programs, non-conformance management, and pipeline construction quality controls.

This position offers the opportunity to influence project quality performance, support regulatory and contractual compliance, and help ensurethe successful delivery and turnover of critical pipeline infrastructure. Develop, implement, and maintain the Construction Quality Management Plan and associated quality assurance processes for pipeline delivery activities. Provide quality leadership and guidance to project teams, contractors, suppliers, and stakeholders, ensuring alignment with contractual, regulatory, code, and company requirements.





Evaluate contractor, subcontractor, consultant, and supplier quality programs, plans, and procedures to verify compliance with project quality expectations. Support procurement, contractor onboarding, mobilization readiness, and bid evaluation activities by establishing and communicating project quality requirements.

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Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs) and coordinate risk-based inspection, surveillance, and quality assurance activities across fabrication and construction work fronts. Provide quality assurance oversight for pipeline construction activities, including materials management, welding, non-destructive examination, coating, pressure testing, traceability, and installation activities. Develop and execute quality audit and surveillance programs for contractors, suppliers, fabrication facilities, and construction sites.

Manage non-conformance reporting processes, including disposition reviews, corrective action plans, root cause investigations, and trend analysis. Monitor quality performance indicators and communicate emerging risks, lessons learned, and improvement opportunities to project leadership and stakeholders. Oversee quality record requirements, turnover documentation, traceability systems, and mechanical completion packages required for commissioning and operational readiness.

Prepare quality reports, dashboards, presentations, and assurance summaries supporting project governance and decision-making. Post-secondary education in Engineering, Welding Technology, Materials Technology, Construction Management, Quality Management, or a related discipline; Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in quality assurance, quality control, inspection, construction, or related roles within the pipeline, energy, industrial, or major infrastructure sectors. Demonstrated experience providing owner-side or independent quality oversight for pipeline construction projects.

Strong knowledge of pipeline construction practices, including materials management, welding, non-destructive examination (NDE), coatings, hydrostatic testing, traceability, and records management. Extensive experience developing and implementing construction quality management plans, inspection and test plans, audit programs, surveillance plans,



and quality assurance frameworks. Strong understanding of CSA Z662, pipeline regulatory requirements, applicable industry standards, and quality management principles.

Demonstrated experience leading audits, conducting quality assessments, facilitating root cause investigations, and verifying corrective action effectiveness. Ability to review and interpret engineering drawings, specifications, procedures, inspection reports, material test records, and quality documentation.

Experience coordinating inspection teams, independent inspection providers, and contractor quality personnel is considered an asset. Professional certifications such as Quality Auditor, API 1169 Pipeline Construction Inspector, Welding Inspector, or equivalent quality-related credentials are considered assets. Strong judgment, independence, and the ability to effectively challenge non-conforming work and elevate material quality concerns.

Proficiency with Microsoft 365, SharePoint, quality management systems, inspection databases, document control systems, and action-tracking tools. A track record of delivering high-quality work, managing competing priorities, and supporting key business processes or operational functions. Combination of office-based quality planning and reporting work, with regular travel to construction sites, fabrication facilities, supplier locations, and other project locations.

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Class 5 driver's license. Willingness to travel to project sites, fabrication facilities, supplier locations, and other project locations as required.

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Careers and Pipelines That Last

We welcome recent 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. Meaningful participation from Indigenous and local communities; 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). Our Commitment to Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA)

Trans Mountain is committed to fostering inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility.

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Mountain welcomes current 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. #

📌 Senior Quality Assurance Advisor, Pipeline, Pacific Link (Contract) (Calgary)
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