Field Engineer-in-Training

Position: Field Engineer-in-Training (Contract)
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Location:

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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:

Burnaby, BC

Reports to:

Director, Field Engineering
Worker Type:  Contract
Schedule Type:  Full-time
Work Setting:  In-office
Trans Mountain is seeking a collaborative, motivated, and values - driven individual to join the Field Engineering team as Field Engineer-in-Training (Contract) . This early-career position supports the planning and safe execution of sustaining capital and operational work on pipeline and facility assets, with a specific focus on work at Westridge Marine Terminal.
The role is intended to build practical field engineering capability through progressively assigned work. The successful candidate will assist with plans, scopes, engineering documentation, and execution-readiness activities and will not independently lead, approve, or provide final technical assurance for complex or high-risk work.

Key Responsibilities     Assist the Senior Engineer with planning, scoping, coordination, and execution readiness for sustaining capital, major projects and operational work at Westridge Marine Terminal.
Support engineering activities associated with vapour recovery lines and related terminal piping systems, including gathering field information, confirming existing conditions, reviewing drawings, and assisting with work scope development.
Assist with the preparation of Engineered Job Plans (EJPs) for field execution activities, including line breaks, isolations, lockout, drain-down, purging, tie-ins, commissioning, and return-to-service activities.
Prepare draft EJP content, work plans, scope descriptions, marked-up drawings, checklists, and supporting technical documentation for review and approval by the Senior Engineer.
Participate in field walkdowns and job‑site reviews to verify conditions, identify constraints, document interfaces, and support constructability and execution planning.
Support the development of isolation boundaries, depressurization and drain-down plans, and commissioning or start‑up steps under the guidance of experienced engineering and operations personnel.
Assist sustaining capital and major project teams with scope definition, design reviews, field coordination, construction support, turnover, commissioning, and closeout activities.
Provide day‑to‑day engineering support to Operations by researching technical information, reviewing records and drawings, documenting field issues, and helping develop practical solutions…