Assurance Advisor
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.
Location: Calgary Head Office
Department: Compliance
Reports to: Manager, Compliance
Worker Type: 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 an Assurance Advisor (Contract). In this position, you will play a key role in providing independent and objective assurance over compliance, risk, controls, corrective and preventive action (CAPA), and management system effectiveness. The successful candidate will demonstrate expertise in assessing whether governance requirements are implemented, controls operate effectively, and corrective actions are sustainable, while maintaining independence from the activities being evaluated.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop assurance criteria to assess management system governing requirements against.
- Develop and execute assurance plans, audits, reviews, and validation activities using approved assurance criteria and evidence standards.
- Validate control effectiveness, governance implementation, CAPA closure quality, and compliance with established requirements.
- Identify systemic issues, recurring deficiencies, control weaknesses, and improvement opportunities.
- Produce objective, evidence‑based assurance findings that support management decision‑making and regulatory defensibility.
- Confirm effectiveness of implemented actions where validation is required.
- Maintain audit‑ready assurance documentation and records.
- Post‑secondary education in Business, Risk Management, Compliance, Quality Management, Engineering, Audit, or related discipline.
- Minimum 6 years of progressive experience.
- Diploma or certification in Management Systems, Organizational Effectiveness, Change Management, or Process Improvement considered an asset.
- A Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE) designation is considered an asset.
- ISO Management Systems training, such as ISO 9001, ISO 31000, or ISO 45001, is considered an asset.
- Experience conducting audits, compliance reviews,…
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