Instrumentation Technician

Location:

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

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:

Burnaby/Westridge

Department:
Burnaby Terminal

Reports to:

Shift Supervisor, Operations

Worker Type:
Full time

Schedule Type:
Shift

Work Setting:
Site

Trans Mountain is seeking a collaborative, motivated, and values‑driven individual to join our dynamic team as an Instrumentation Technician. In this position, you will play a key role in providing instrumentation, operational, and emergency response support in a multi‑skilled work environment that promotes public safety, environmental stewardship, and pipeline integrity.

The successful candidate will demonstrate strong technical expertise in instrumentation calibration, troubleshooting, control systems, and maintenance documentation. This position offers the opportunity to support the safe and reliable operation of critical pipeline and terminal infrastructure while working closely with Operations, Maintenance, and other technical groups.

The Instrumentation Technician will follow a shift‑schedule of 12.33 Hours per shift on a day / night rotation. This position will be based at the Burnaby / Westridge Terminal location and will report to the Shift Operations Supervisor.

• Install, calibrate, troubleshoot, and maintain process instrumentation, communication networks, and control equipment, including flow computers, tank gauging systems, custody‑transfer metering, and associated systems.
• Utilize electrical and instrumentation drawing sets and schematics; update as‑built documentation as required.
• Support programming and troubleshooting of Local Operator Interfaces and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), with Rockwell PLC and HMI software as the current Trans Mountain standard.
• Provide instrumentation support and maintenance to ensure equipment and system reliability.
• Perform and document instrumentation maintenance tasks as defined by maintenance tracking software.
• Analyze, interpret, and apply information from SCADA systems, HMI displays, and P& to ensure safe facility operations.
• Support Emergency Response initiatives, including required training and participation in exercises and scenarios.
• Provide operational support to ensure throughput and system reliability.
• Support marine vessel mooring and release activities.
• Assist other technical groups, including maintenance and operations, as needed.
• Provide contractor oversight and performance monitoring.

• High school completion.
• Minimum 3–5 years of industrial…