Senior Quality Assurance Advisor, Pipeline, Pacific Link

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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.

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, AB
Department: Pacific Link
Reports to: Director, Pipelines
Worker Type: Contract
Schedule Type: Full-time
Work Setting: Office / Field

Trans Mountain is seeking a collaborative, motivated, and values driven individual to join our dynamic team as a Senior Quality Assurance (QA) Advisor, Pipeline, Pacific Link (Contractor). In this position, you will play a key role in providing quality assurance leadership and independent oversight for pipeline engineering, procurement, fabrication, and construction activities across the Pacific Link project. The successful candidate will demonstrate expertise in quality management systems, contractor and supplier quality assurance, audit and surveillance programs, non-conformance management, and pipeline construction quality controls.

This position offers the opportunity to influence project quality performance, support regulatory and contractual compliance, and help ensurethe successful delivery and turnover of critical pipeline infrastructure.

• Develop, implement, and maintain the Construction Quality Management Plan and associated quality assurance processes for pipeline delivery activities.
• Provide quality leadership and guidance to project teams, contractors, suppliers, and stakeholders, ensuring alignment with contractual, regulatory, code, and company requirements.
• Evaluate contractor, subcontractor, consultant, and supplier quality programs, plans, and procedures to verify compliance with project quality expectations.
• Support procurement, contractor onboarding, mobilization readiness, and bid evaluation activities by establishing and communicating project quality requirements.
• Review Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs) and coordinate risk-based inspection, surveillance, and quality assurance activities across fabrication and construction work fronts.
• Provide quality assurance oversight for pipeline construction activities, including materials management,…