Senior Legal Counsel

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: Director, Commercial Law

Worker Type: Employee

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 Senior Legal Counsel, Commercial and Supply Chain Management. In this position, you will provide strategic, practical, and risk-based advice on commercial, operational, procurement, and supply chain matters. You will help lead transactions, advise senior and executive leaders, build trusted business partnerships, and strengthen legal capability and contracting governance, escalating matters as appropriate.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide legal guidance on commercial matters, including projects, operations, technology, licensing, confidentiality, and procurement matters.
• Lead the structuring, drafting, review, negotiation, and execution of agreements, including strategic commercial arrangements, master services agreements, purchase and supply agreements, professional services agreements, construction-related agreements, technology agreements, licenses, and non-disclosure agreements.
• Develop transaction and negotiation strategies, help establish appropriate legal positions, and advise senior and executive leaders on non-standard terms, risk allocation, contractual remedies, and proposed departures from approved standards.
• Identify, assess, and communicate legal, contractual, commercial, regulatory, and reputational risks, and recommend mitigation strategies that protect Trans Mountain’s interests while supporting business objectives.
• Provide sustained legal guidance across the contract and transaction lifecycle, advising on planning, due diligence, approvals, interpretation, amendments, claims and disputes, renewals, terminations, and lessons learned to preserve organizational knowledge and protect long-term business interests.
• Serve as a trusted senior legal advisor to business units and Supply Chain Management, building effective relationships and aligning contract…