Field Inspector, Matting, TMEP (term)

Job Description

As a Field Inspector, Matting with Trans Mountain, you’ll have the opportunity to work with a progressive and fast-paced group of project management professionals in the Major Projects department as part of the Owner Managed Execution team. The Field Inspector will optimize and ensure matting is being managed properly and minimize damage and costs as mats are demobilized and moved along the spreads. This position is field based, near Chilliwack or Valemount and reports to the Field Matting Coordinator.   

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring the matting contractors are following safety procedures
• Working closely with the GCC and Matting Contractor to plan mat usage including forwarding mats to other areas of the spreads and sourcing matting as needed
• Rental Mat Management
• Ensuring that this is being tracked and invoiced properly and identifying when to use using rental mats vs Trans Mountain mats
• Minimizing damage on rental mats
• Spot checking inventory and ensuring the matting contractor has appropriate equipment and manpower and is demobilizing any equipment or crews not needed
• Ensuring that the RACI chart is being followed and the GCC’s are only handling the matting when they should be
• Conducting ROW checks to see how and when the matting is being damaged and potentially mitigating the damage
• Work with environmental contractor and the matting contractor on cleaning requirements and proper documentation

Qualifications and Professional Experience

• 5 + years of pipeline construction experience with a strong background in access
• Good understanding of proper utilization of matting and matting logistics
• Access Mats
• Rig Mats
• Digging Mats
• Experience in HDD pad construction and earthworks would be an asset

Other Requirements and Information

• Must have a valid driver’s license and ability to travel as required
• Site based work in BC and working a 6/1 schedule
• Safety sensitive role, subject to Drug and Alcohol testing as a pre-employment requirement

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:

• A place to share a sense of purpose and build relationships.
• Meaningful work that makes a difference.
• An opportunity within the Canadian energy industry.

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 existing, and expansion, pipeline corridor.

In Alberta, the existing 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 Diversity and Inclusion

Trans Mountain is committed to supporting diversity and individual differences.  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.  Trans Mountain welcomes new team members from traditionally underrepresented groups, including women, Indigenous Peoples, members of visible minorities and persons with disabilities

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