Director, Regulatory

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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.

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

Department: Regulatory Services

Reports to: Vice President, Regulatory

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, Regulatory. In this position, you will provide regulatory leadership for the existing Trans Mountain Pipeline System including optimization and expansion projects, ensuring regulatory requirements are effectively managed and integrated into the corporation. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong regulatory knowledge of federal, state and provincial frameworks, understand the current opportunity to support regulatory reform, demonstrate strategic leadership, and the ability to support operational and project execution through effective team oversight and stakeholder collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

• Direct a team of experienced regulatory experts responsible for obtaining and managing authorizations from Federal Agencies including the Canadian Energy Regulator (CER), Environment and Climate Change Canada, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Parks Canada, as well as authorizations issued by provincial regulatory bodies (e.g. British Columbia Environmental Assessment Office) as required. The role will also support PHMSA and FERC requirements as needed.
• Influence and make recommendations to agencies and regulatory bodies to help streamline and make more efficient regulatory processes and approvals for the full life cycle of Trans Mountain assets.
• Oversee and lead the Regulatory Policy group in monitoring legislative changes and managing corporate input into proposed federal state or provincial legislation or regulations that may have an impact on the company.
• Development and execution of regulatory risk assessments and planning strategies for growth capital projects (including business development initiatives)/decommissioning/abandonment projects – supporting the Trans Mountain stage-gate process to ensure that tolls/tariff and regulatory facility considerations are embedded in commercial decisions.
• Oversee development and implementation of compliance plans to support consistency between externally driven compliance findings (Non-Compliances, Inspections, Corrective Action Plans, Audits) and internal systems/processes.
• Collaborate with the Trans Mountain permit team and functional teams , including Environment, Health and Safety, Engineering, and Quality, to ensure regulatory requirements are reflected in future project plans.
• Ensure capital project condition compliance and related filings are timely, high quality, and aligned with construction execution schedule requirements.
• Provide oversight for the Regulatory compliance team responsible for on-site regulator-led inspection support and Compliance Verification Activity processes and submissions.
• Engage with Subject Matter Experts and project leadership to ensure regulatory deliverables are completed in full, on sch