Director, Health and Safety

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: Calgary Head Office (with frequent travel to field operations, pipeline rights‑of‑way, and project sites)

Department: Health & Safety

Reports to: Vice President, Operation Services

Worker Type: Employee

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 Director, Health and Safety. In this position, you are accountable for establishing, executing, and continuously improving the safety strategy, management systems, and safety culture across the organization. This role provides highly visible, field‑connected leadership to eliminate serious incidents and ensure full regulatory compliance across all assets.

Operating at the critical intersection of three business pillars, this position acts as a strategic partner to Operations (ensuring day‑to‑day safety and operational reliability), Major Projects (driving safety governance across complex, contractor‑intensive capital builds), and Engineering (embedding safety‑by‑design and proactive risk mitigation into the earliest phases of sustaining capital lifecycles).

Key Responsibilities

• Cross-Functional Strategic Partnership
  • Operations Support: Partner with regional operations leadership to embed safety management systems into daily maintenance, compression/pumping station operations, and integrity programs. Drive field‑level engagement and verification programs.
  • Major Projects Governance: Oversee health and safety execution for multi‑million/billion‑dollar capital projects. Collaborate with Project Management Teams (PMTs) to establish safety expectations, a strong safety culture, clear site governance, and construction risk management frameworks.
  • Engineering Collaboration: Work closely with Engineering to oversee the health and safety of the sustaining capital program and ensure safety‑by‑design principles are applied during project development, hazard identification, and Management of Change (MOC) processes.
• Contractor Safety & Management
  • Establish, monitor, and enforce stringent contractor safety standards, pre‑qualification requirements, and onboarding programs.
  • Partner with Supply Chain and Project Execution teams to ensure safety metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) are deeply integrated into contracting models and scopes of work.
  • Conduct field‑level verifications and audits to ensure third‑party contractors operate as a seamless, compliant extension of the company’s safety culture.
• Regulatory Compliance & Management Systems
  • Ensure absolute compliance with federal, provincial, and provi