Land Agent

Trans Mountain operates Canada’s only pipeline system transporting oil products to the West Coast. We deliver approximately 300,000 barrels of petroleum products each day through 1,150 kilometres of pipeline in Alberta and British Columbia, and 111 kilometres of pipeline in Washington state.

**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.

As a Land Agent with Trans Mountain, you’ll have the opportunity to work with a progressive and fast-paced group of professionals in the Land department.

The Land Agent is primarily responsible for establishing and maintaining positive relationships with landowners, land users, and other parties, the negotiation and resolution of various land and right-of-way issues, landowner concerns, and claims. The position will provide a wide range of real property services relating to the acquisition, development, and disposition of land interests for the Trans Mountain pipelines and their operation. The land agent is also key to monitoring land use, identifying risks, and providing mitigation for encroachments, incompatible land use, and class change triggers.

**The position will be located out of **Sumas,** BC on a full-time basis.**

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Builds and maintains positive relationships with landowners through ongoing engagement, responds to the landowners’ inquiries and addresses their concerns;
- Educates landowners on safe pipeline operations;
- Collaborates with leaders to formulate solutions for landowner and land use problems, concerns, and issues;
- Arranges entry on lands, negotiates, and settles land files (claims, concerns, issues, conflicts, information on respective contractual or statutory rights, and damage prevention issues);
- Communicates, responds to, and anticipates stakeholder concerns, needs, and requests, while maintaining Trans Mountains’ commitments to stakeholders’ milestones and objectives;
- Provides correspondence to stakeholders as necessary for managing the varied land interests held by Trans Mountain, including correspondence with government authorities;
- Directly engages and communicates with landowners and land users regarding project information, damage prevention, or public awareness files and supports the delivery of landowner packages, new landowner engagement procedures, and unauthorized activity documentation;
- Provides advisory services regarding land use to internal and external parties, as well as delivers new land permanent land rights or temporary rights to use land in support of non-routine projects;
- Establishes and maintains lines of communication with field operation staff and external parties such as landowners and government authorities to ensure an effective transfer of knowledge between all stakeholders; and
- Investigates information on tenures to both internal and external parties which may result in undertaking other communications as necessary.

**Qualifications and Professional Experience**:

- Completion of post-secondary education with a Bachelor of Arts, Commerce and/or;
- Over 10 years of experience;
- University level degree, Diploma program in Urban Land Economics in BC or Land Agent License in AB, or experience equivalent;
- Valid Provincial Driver’s License;
- Experience assessing claims and other conflict situations, as well as developing strategies & tactics to successfully resolve issues while maintaining cooperative relationships;
- Must be familiar with the Canada Energy Regulator (CER) Act, the CER Pipeline Damage Prevention Regulations, BC Oil and Gas Commission/Alberta Energy Regulator legislation and regulations as it pertains to the CER-regulated pipelines and land taking affected Crown lands;
- Must be able to make decisions and work efficiently and quickly often under time pressure using effective time management and taking the initiative to resolve issues;
- Experience working with a multi-disciplinary team of project professionals;
- Experience with regulatory agencies and knowledge of the CER Act and Regulations is an asset;
- Strong communication and ability to work collaboratively with others;
- Ability to analyze and troubleshoot complex problems and make sound decisions;
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
- Strong organizational skills;
- Ability to attend to detail and work in a time-conscious and time-effective manner; and
- Ability to work within tight deadlines and multiple project demands.

**We Build Careers and Pipelines That Last**

Our story is about determination, resourcefulness and resilience. It’s about charting our own course, finding innovative solutions to challenging problems and doing the right thing. It was true when Trans Mountai