Lead, Project Risk Management
Top Benefits
About the role
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, AB
Department: Major Projects Admin
Reports to: Manager, Project Governance
Worker Type: Employee
Position 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 Lead, Project Risk Management. In this position, you will lead risk governance for Trans Mountain’s capital projects portfolio, working within the Project Management Office (PMO) to ensure effective oversight of project risks. You will combine quantitative risk analysis expertise with strategic advisory capabilities to translate project-level risks into meaningful business insights for executives and senior leaders. The successful candidate will enhance organizational risk processes and partner closely with project teams to facilitate risk reviews and workshops, fostering a proactive and consistent risk‑management culture across the organization.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive continuous improvement in risk processes and champion a proactive risk culture.
- Deliver training and coaching to build organizational project risk capability.
- Develop and implement project risk management frameworks, standards, procedures, and tools for Major and Sustaining Capital projects.
- Designs and continuously improve risk management processes to ensure integration with project planning and governance.
- Provides direct support to project teams, facilitating risk identification workshops, quantitative risk analyses (QRAs), reviews, and mitigation planning sessions.
- Lead qualitative and quantitative risk assessments, including Monte Carlo simulations for cost and schedule.
- Translate complex risk data into clear, actionable insights and prepare executive-level reports and dashboards for senior leadership.
Qualifications And Professional Experience
- Post-secondary education in Business Administration, Finance or Economics, Engineering, Mathematics / Statistics, Data Analytics, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 10 years of project risk management experience within major capital projects (oil & gas preferred).
- PMI‑RMP (risk management professional), PMP, CAPM, or equivalent professional designation strongly preferred.
- Proficiency with risk tools such as @Risk, Safran Risk, Primavera Risk Analysis, Acumen Fuse/Risk is considered an asset.
- Strong understanding of project controls, cost/schedule integration, and stage-gate governance.
- Expertise in qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, with strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
- Exceptional communication and influencing skills, including experience engaging with senior leaders and executives.
- Proven organizational skills with the ability to manage complexity, ambiguity, and shifting priorities and meet deadlines in fast‑paced environments.
- Highly organized, detail‑oriented, adaptable, and able to work both independently and collaboratively.
- Strong attention to detail and consistency in methods and work products.
- Commitment to inclusive practices and a willingness to contribute positively to a supportive, engaging and dynamic workplace culture.
Working Conditions
- Willingness and ability to travel to field locations as required.
- May need to provide support outside of regular business hours during critical project phases.
Application Candidates may submit their application in English or French. To apply in French, please use our French careers site: Careers (French)
Relocation Eligibility We invite applicants from outside the position location to apply. Relocation to the position location will be required and domestic relocation assistance may be considered for the successful candidate.
At Trans Mountain, we believe in an inclusive, accessible, and barrier free recruitment and selection process for all applicants. If you require an accommodation at any point in the process, please contact us at: Talent@transmountain.com or the designated Talent Acquisition Advisor. Accomodation requests will not affect the assessment of your application or candidacy. 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 Mountain became a company in 1951 and it’s just as true today. We welcome new members to our team that embrace the qualities in our story, that thrive on the new path and directions we take. Our culture is one of care and taking our responsibilities seriously. If you would like to contribute to our culture, then join our journey.
A Rewarding Opportunity We offer:
- Valuable experience providing opportunity for professional development and career advancement;
- An opportunity to engage with and learn from some of the most talented and experienced people in the business;
- Competitive compensation;
- Comprehensive benefits programs including flexible benefits, pension and savings plans;
- A place to share a sense of purpose and build relationships;
- Meaningful work that makes a difference;
- An opportunity within the Canadian energy industry.
We value:
- The health, safety and wellness of everyone working in our company;
- Meaningful participation from Indigenous and local communities;
- The commitment and resilience of our people;
- Collaboration and achieving success together.
In keeping with Trans Mountain’s commitment to maximize benefits for communities, priority will be given to qualified candidates from Indigenous, local and regional communities along the Trans Mountain pipeline corridor.
In Alberta, the pipeline system spans the traditional territories of Treaty 6, 7 and 8, and the Métis Nation of Alberta (Zone 4).
In British Columbia, the system crosses the traditional territories of numerous First Nations that are affiliated with the Secwepemc, Dakelh (Carrier), Nlaka'pamux, Syilx/Okanagan, Interior and Coast Salish, Stó:lo, as well as the Métis.
Trans Mountain also operates through 15 First Nation Reserves located within the region spanning the BC interior through Fraser Valley.
Our Commitment to Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) Trans Mountain is committed to fostering inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility. The diverse viewpoints and cultural knowledge that our employees bring to work enrich our organization’s collective cultural understanding, which is reflected in the work we do every day. We strive to create an environment that is free of barriers to promote full participation in the workplace. Trans Mountain welcomes new team members from traditionally underrepresented groups, including but not limited to women, Indigenous Peoples, members of racialized groups, persons with disabilities and members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community.
Lead, Project Risk Management
Top Benefits
About the role
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, AB
Department: Major Projects Admin
Reports to: Manager, Project Governance
Worker Type: Employee
Position 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 Lead, Project Risk Management. In this position, you will lead risk governance for Trans Mountain’s capital projects portfolio, working within the Project Management Office (PMO) to ensure effective oversight of project risks. You will combine quantitative risk analysis expertise with strategic advisory capabilities to translate project-level risks into meaningful business insights for executives and senior leaders. The successful candidate will enhance organizational risk processes and partner closely with project teams to facilitate risk reviews and workshops, fostering a proactive and consistent risk‑management culture across the organization.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive continuous improvement in risk processes and champion a proactive risk culture.
- Deliver training and coaching to build organizational project risk capability.
- Develop and implement project risk management frameworks, standards, procedures, and tools for Major and Sustaining Capital projects.
- Designs and continuously improve risk management processes to ensure integration with project planning and governance.
- Provides direct support to project teams, facilitating risk identification workshops, quantitative risk analyses (QRAs), reviews, and mitigation planning sessions.
- Lead qualitative and quantitative risk assessments, including Monte Carlo simulations for cost and schedule.
- Translate complex risk data into clear, actionable insights and prepare executive-level reports and dashboards for senior leadership.
Qualifications And Professional Experience
- Post-secondary education in Business Administration, Finance or Economics, Engineering, Mathematics / Statistics, Data Analytics, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 10 years of project risk management experience within major capital projects (oil & gas preferred).
- PMI‑RMP (risk management professional), PMP, CAPM, or equivalent professional designation strongly preferred.
- Proficiency with risk tools such as @Risk, Safran Risk, Primavera Risk Analysis, Acumen Fuse/Risk is considered an asset.
- Strong understanding of project controls, cost/schedule integration, and stage-gate governance.
- Expertise in qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, with strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
- Exceptional communication and influencing skills, including experience engaging with senior leaders and executives.
- Proven organizational skills with the ability to manage complexity, ambiguity, and shifting priorities and meet deadlines in fast‑paced environments.
- Highly organized, detail‑oriented, adaptable, and able to work both independently and collaboratively.
- Strong attention to detail and consistency in methods and work products.
- Commitment to inclusive practices and a willingness to contribute positively to a supportive, engaging and dynamic workplace culture.
Working Conditions
- Willingness and ability to travel to field locations as required.
- May need to provide support outside of regular business hours during critical project phases.
Application Candidates may submit their application in English or French. To apply in French, please use our French careers site: Careers (French)
Relocation Eligibility We invite applicants from outside the position location to apply. Relocation to the position location will be required and domestic relocation assistance may be considered for the successful candidate.
At Trans Mountain, we believe in an inclusive, accessible, and barrier free recruitment and selection process for all applicants. If you require an accommodation at any point in the process, please contact us at: Talent@transmountain.com or the designated Talent Acquisition Advisor. Accomodation requests will not affect the assessment of your application or candidacy. 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 Mountain became a company in 1951 and it’s just as true today. We welcome new members to our team that embrace the qualities in our story, that thrive on the new path and directions we take. Our culture is one of care and taking our responsibilities seriously. If you would like to contribute to our culture, then join our journey.
A Rewarding Opportunity We offer:
- Valuable experience providing opportunity for professional development and career advancement;
- An opportunity to engage with and learn from some of the most talented and experienced people in the business;
- Competitive compensation;
- Comprehensive benefits programs including flexible benefits, pension and savings plans;
- A place to share a sense of purpose and build relationships;
- Meaningful work that makes a difference;
- An opportunity within the Canadian energy industry.
We value:
- The health, safety and wellness of everyone working in our company;
- Meaningful participation from Indigenous and local communities;
- The commitment and resilience of our people;
- Collaboration and achieving success together.
In keeping with Trans Mountain’s commitment to maximize benefits for communities, priority will be given to qualified candidates from Indigenous, local and regional communities along the Trans Mountain pipeline corridor.
In Alberta, the pipeline system spans the traditional territories of Treaty 6, 7 and 8, and the Métis Nation of Alberta (Zone 4).
In British Columbia, the system crosses the traditional territories of numerous First Nations that are affiliated with the Secwepemc, Dakelh (Carrier), Nlaka'pamux, Syilx/Okanagan, Interior and Coast Salish, Stó:lo, as well as the Métis.
Trans Mountain also operates through 15 First Nation Reserves located within the region spanning the BC interior through Fraser Valley.
Our Commitment to Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) Trans Mountain is committed to fostering inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility. The diverse viewpoints and cultural knowledge that our employees bring to work enrich our organization’s collective cultural understanding, which is reflected in the work we do every day. We strive to create an environment that is free of barriers to promote full participation in the workplace. Trans Mountain welcomes new team members from traditionally underrepresented groups, including but not limited to women, Indigenous Peoples, members of racialized groups, persons with disabilities and members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community.