Engineer-in-Training

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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.

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

Reports to: Director, Engineering & Business Development

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 an Engineer‑in‑Training. In this position, you will play a key role in developing and maintaining pipeline simulation models, perform various engineering calculations such as equipment sizing/specifications, pressure loss, throughput impacts, and power requirements.

This position offers the opportunity to get involved in future system optimization and new pipeline opportunities including pipe size optimization, route optimization, system configuration and code compliance.

• Participate as a member of project origination teams to understand the business objectives, define alternatives, analyze hydraulics, operational impacts and recommend the best alternative to meet the business objectives.
• Support project management activities such as equipment sizing/specifications, construction impacts on systems, power requirements, operational training for commissioning, and more.
• Performing Trans Mountain pipeline system optimization and system performance analysis regularly including throughput analysis, operating efficiency analysis, power analysis and batch analysis, providing the operation support to control center, regulatory affairs, scheduling and power group.
• Maintain, update and develop Trans Mountain hydraulic model database, perform steady state and transient state hydraulic studies to ensure system operational safety and providing operating limits and support.
• Troubleshooting any operating failure or inefficiencies. Analyze and identify the system bottlenecks and de‑bottlenecks. Identify opportunities for pipeline optimization (capacity and energy).
• Providing the pipeline new technology analysis, preparing site test plan and evaluating the results (Drag Reducing Agent, etc.).
• Work closely with business development team to provide support for future system optimization/expansion and new pipeline opportunities including hydraulic modeling, system configuration and code compliance.

• Degree in Engineering with Civil, Chemical, Mechanical or Process preferred.
• Must be an eligible professional Engineer; eligible or current APEGA or APEGBC member
• This opportunity is open to new grads up to 3 years…