Director, Land, 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.

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

Department: Pacific Link

Reports to: Vice President, Regulatory, Land and Environment

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 a Director, Land, Pacific Link. In this position, you will be accountable for the land strategy, governance and delivery required to advance Pacific Link through development, regulatory review, construction, commissioning, and post-construction close-out.

The Director serves as Pacific Link’s senior land representative with landowners, Indigenous communities on land matters, regulators, government agencies, municipalities and other stakeholders. The successful candidate will lead internal and external land resources, establish clear accountabilities and controls, and integrate land requirements into project decisions, schedules, risk management, construction planning and transition to operations.

Key Responsibilities Land Strategy, Governance and Leadership

Lead the Pacific Link land strategy, roadmap, policies and execution plans across development, regulatory, construction, commissioning and post-construction phases.

Establish governance, decision rights, standards, controls and performance measures for land acquisition, consultation, agreements, records, claims and contractor delivery.

Advise the VP and project governance bodies on land strategy, critical dependencies, acquisition status, material risks, options and decisions required.

Lead and develop the land team and external service providers, setting clear accountabilities, priorities, quality expectations and escalation pathways.

Land Acquisition and Rights

Direct acquisition of the temporary and permanent land rights required for pipeline, facility, access, workspace and ancillary infrastructure scope.

Oversee voluntary acquisition, valuation, compensation and damage-assessment approaches and, where required, coordinate right-of-entry processes with Regulatory and Legal.

Ensure land tenure, crossing agreements, third-party agreements, easements, registrations, discharges, withdrawals, encumbrances and legal survey requirements are complete, accurate and defensible.

Provide land input to route selection, design development, constructability, access planning, cost estimates, schedules and risk assessments.

Landowner Consultation and Relationships

Establish and oversee the landowner consultation and engagement program, ensuring timely, respectful and consistent communication throughout the project lifecycle.

Serve as the senior escalation point for complex landowner matters, negotiations, disputes and issues with potential regulatory, legal, schedule, cost or reputational impact.

Coordinate land-related interfaces with Indigenous Relations, External Relations, Regulatory, Environment, Engineering, Construction and Legal.

Ensure commitments made to landowners are documented, assigned, tracked and fulfilled.

Regulatory and Project Integration