Senior Legal Counsel (Contract)
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Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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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
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Calgary Head Office
Department
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Legal
Reports to
:
Chief Legal Officer
Worker Type
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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 Senior Legal Counsel. The Senior Legal Counsel leads complex legal transactions and contracting matters, advises senior and executive leaders and governance bodies, and works across multidisciplinary teams to protect Trans Mountain’s interests while enabling timely, defensible decisions. The Senior Legal Counsel strengthens legal governance, contracting discipline, issue resolution and organizational capability, and escalates material matters with clear options, consequences and recommended actions.
The successful candidate will be assigned to support strategic project-related work, and other business priorities as organizational needs evolve.
Key Responsibilities
Legal Strategy and Decision Support
Agreements and Transactions
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