Senior Indigenous Relations Advisor in Calgary

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.

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.

Location: Calgary, AB

Department: Indigenous Relations

Reports to: Manager, Indigenous Engagement

Worker Type: Contract

Schedule Type: Full-time

Work Setting: In-office

Number of Positions: 3

Trans Mountain is seeking a collaborative, motivated, and values driven individual to join our dynamic team as a Senior Indigenous Relations Advisor (Contract). In this position, you will play a key role in leading complex Indigenous consultation, engagement and relationship-management. The successful candidate will serve as a senior point of contact for Indigenous communities and provide strategic and practical advice to leadership and multidisciplinary teams on consultation requirements, community interests, commitments, emerging issues and delivery risks. This role offers the flexibility to work remotely and requires frequent travel to Indigenous communities, project locations and field sites.

The successful candidate will be assigned to support strategic project-related work, and other business priorities as organizational needs evolve.

Key Responsibilities

• Indigenous Engagement and Relationship Stewardship
  • Build and sustain trusted, respectful relationships with Indigenous communities whose rights and interests may be affected by planned activities.
  • Serve as a senior point of contact for community leadership and representatives, coordinating meetings, round tables, site visits and other engagement activities.
  • Develop engagement strategies, briefing materials, presentations, correspondence and executive updates in collaboration with Indigenous Relations leadership.
  • Provide guidance to internal teams on respectful engagement practices and ensure community interests and concerns are directed to accountable decision-makers.
• Consultation Strategy and Execution
  • Lead the development and implementation of consultation approaches aligned with scope, regulatory requirements, permitting pathways and delivery timelines.
  • Plan and oversee consultation activities related to regulatory applications, permits, authorizations, field programs and construction work.
  • Coordinate integrated technical responses to Indigenous comments, information requests and concerns, ensuring actions are complete, accurate and timely.
  • Identify consultation dependencies, information gaps and schedule or execution risks, and recommend mitigation or escalation strategies to leadership.
• Regulatory and Permitting Integration
  • Advise project teams on Indigenous consultation requirements associated with federal and provincial regulatory and permitting processes.
  • Lead the preparation and quality review of consultation evidence, summaries, matrices and supporting information for applications, filings and permit submissions.
  • Monitor consultation-related conditions, commitments and information requests and coordinate accountable, defensible responses across functions.
  • Maintain awareness of legal, policy and regulatory developments affecting Indigenous consultation and communicate implications to leadership and project teams.
• Issues, Commitments and Risk Management
  • Provide senior-level insight on community interests, emerging issues and matters that may affect approvals, access, schedule, reputation or execution.
  • Develop issue-resolution approaches and advise leadership and project teams on practical, respectful and risk-informed responses to complex concerns.
  • Oversee commitment and action tracking, confirm accountable owners and drive timely completion of agreed follow-up.
  • Prepare clear decision materials outlining context, options, implications and recommended actions for sensitive or material matters.
• Consultation Records, Reporting and Assurance
  • Ensure consultation records are complete, accurate and defensible, including correspondence, meeting records, commitments, actions and external communications.
  • Maintain traceable and current information suitable for regulatory filings, permit processes, assurance activities and future reference.
  • Apply confidentiality, privacy, document-control, information-management and retention requirements to Indigenous Relations information.
  • Prepare regular leadership reporting on engagement progress, outstanding actions, upcoming activities, key decisions and material risks.
• Cross-Functional Leadership and Economic Participation
  • Lead cross-functional coordination to ensure engagement materials and responses accurately reflect technical scope, impacts, mitigation measures and execution plans.