Assurance Specialist

Pembina Pipeline Corporation is a dynamic energy transportation and midstream provider, serving customers for more than 65 years. We own pipelines that transport hydrocarbon liquids and natural gas products, as well as gathering and processing facilities, an oil and natural gas liquids infrastructure, and a logistics business. Our operations throughout the hydrocarbon value chain allow us to offer a full spectrum of midstream and marketing services.

We are an organization that cares not only about results, but how those results are achieved. Our core values are Safety, Trustworthiness, Respect, Collaboration, and Entrepreneurship. We provide a diverse and inclusive environment where employees are recognized and empowered.

We value the safety of our communities, customers, contractors, and employees, and believe that all incidents are preventable. Compliance with all policies, procedures, and regulations is required, and our Life Saving Rules are basic guidelines.

Pembina Pipeline Corporation’s Calgary office is actively hiring an Assurance Specialist to join the team. This position reports to the Manager, OEMS & Assurance within the Safety Department of Pembina’s Operations division.

The OEMS & Assurance team sits within the Safety Department, alongside Occupational Safety, Process Safety, Emergency Management, and Corporate Security, working together to support safe, reliable, and efficient operations across the business.

The Assurance Specialist is a senior assurance professional responsible for the implementation, oversight, and continuous improvement of Pembina’s Assurance Program within the Organizational Excellence Management System (OEMS). Working closely with stakeholders across the business, the role develops assurance plans, leads assurance activities and audits, and ensures effective corrective action management across a broad range of programs and scopes under the OEMS, including Security, Safety, Asset Integrity, Emergency Management, Environment, Damage Prevention, and Public Awareness.

• Support the safety culture of “Zero by Choice” and the Life Saving Rules.
• Lead the implementation, oversight, and continuous improvement of assurance activities in support of Pembina’s Assurance Program.
• Shape and support the maturity journey for Assurance by developing, stewarding, and sustaining assurance standards, processes, and tools to drive consistency and effectiveness.
• Develop risk‑based annual assurance plans and schedules, including defining audit scope aligned with OEMS objectives, program goals, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Lead and coordinate the execution of assurance audits, managing resources, supervising subject matter experts and auditors, and ensuring activities comply with professional standards.
• Manage the assurance budget and steward resources effectively to support the delivery of annual assurance plans.
• Ensure assurance findings are clearly documented and corrective actions are appropriately defined, assigned, tracked, and closed per governance requirements.
• Communicate assurance results, trends, and insights to stakeholders and governance bodies.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to identify risk‑based opportunities and drive effective corrective actions to strengthen performance.
• Participate and support an equitable, diverse, and inclusive workplace.

• Minimum 10+ years of experience conducting and coordinating assurance and audit activities for corporate management systems and programs, including significant internal experience within an organization in this capacity.
• Extensive experience within the energy, utilities, natural resources, midstream, or transportation industries.
• Demonstrated experience conducting assurance activities across multiple regulatory environments, including CER, provincial regulators, United States (OSHA, PHMSA), Canadian federally regulated work sites, and IMO/Marine contexts.
• Deep expertise in management systems assurance, risk‑based auditing, and corrective action management.
• Relevant auditor certifications strongly preferred (e.g., ISO Lead Auditor, CHSMSA, Environmental Professional, EM Systems Lead Auditor,…