Damage Prevention Inspector Job Calgary area,Alberta Canada,Trades / Skilled Labor

Position: Damage Prevention Inspector (Contract)

Damage Prevention Inspector (Contract)

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Date: Jul 20, 2026

Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Company: Trans Mountain

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: All Field Locations

Department: Major Projects

Reports to: Damage Prevention Supervisor

Worker Type: Contractor

Schedule Type: Shift

Work Setting: Field

Trans Mountain is seeking a collaborative, motivated, and values driven individual to join our dynamic team as a Damage Prevention Inspector. In this position, you will play a key role in verifying that ground disturbance activities are conducted in accordance with the Damage Prevention Program (DPP), providing field oversight across pipeline and facility locations. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong expertise in damage prevention practices, utility coordination, and contractor oversight, acting as the Trans Mountain representative where work occurs near operating assets.

This position offers the opportunity to directly reduce damage risk, protect critical infrastructure, and contribute to the safe execution of major construction activities.

Key Responsibilities

Verifying that the contractor has all the required permits in place in the field before starting any GD work, particularly the 30m permit.

Reviewing GD permits and monitoring GD activities to ensure conformance with permit conditions.

Obtaining approvals for variance requests.

Visiting the worksite daily, or as regularly as required, before GD work starts to identify any existing or potential hazards and communicate these hazards and the required controls at the daily tailgate meeting.

Always being on site to observe construction GD activities in the safety hot zone, including inspecting all GD work in the safety hot zone, and visually monitor excavations in the prescribed area.

Ensuring that proper precautions are taken to protect Line 1 at pipeline crossings, including periodic monitoring of equipment and construction vehicle crossings to ensure that the crossings are properly maintained.

Confirming that the contractor has verified by hand…