Assurance Specialist

Pembina Pipeline Corporation • Calgary, AB

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

Pembina Pipeline Corporation is a dynamic energy transportation and midstream provider with over 65 years of experience. The company owns pipelines, gathering and processing facilities, and an infrastructure and logistics business. Pembina emphasizes a culture grounded in values of Safe, Trustworthy, Respectful, Collaborative, and Entrepreneurial, fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. Safety is paramount, with a belief that all incidents are preventable and a requirement to comply with all policies, procedures, and regulations, including adherence to Life Saving Rules. The Calgary office is actively hiring for an Assurance Specialist to join the OEMS & Assurance team within the Safety Department. This team supports safe, reliable, and efficient operations across the business, working alongside other safety-focused departments. The Assurance Specialist is a senior role responsible for implementing, overseeing, and continuously improving Pembina’s Assurance Program within the Operational Excellence Management System (OEMS). This involves developing assurance plans, leading audits, and ensuring effective corrective action management across various programs including Security, Safety, Asset Integrity, Emergency Management, Environment, and Damage Prevention and Public Awareness.

Requirements

• Minimum 10+ years of experience conducting and coordinating assurance and audit activities for corporate management systems and programs, including significant internal experience within an organization in this capacity.
• Extensive experience within the energy, utilities, natural resources, midstream, or transportation industries.
• Demonstrated experience conducting assurance activities across multiple regulatory environments, including CER, provincial regulators, United States (OSHA, PHMSA), Canadian federally regulated worksites, and IMO/Marine contexts.
• Deep expertise in management systems assurance, risk-based auditing and corrective action management.
• Excellent analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage complex assurance issues and generate practical, risk-based solutions.
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to plan, coordinate, and track multiple assurance activities, manage competing priorities, and deliver work on schedule.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly document findings, provide guidance, and engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, with the ability to work well with others, influence across disciplines, and manage challenging situations while maintaining productive working relationships.
• Highly adaptable, ethical, and accountable, with the ability to perform effectively in a dynamic environment where priorities may change.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications and other tools used to support assurance planning, tracking, analysis, and reporting.
• Willingness to travel as required.
• Must be legally able to work in the country of the position.
• Must undergo Pre-Employment Background Checks including a Criminal Record Check.

Nice To Haves

• Relevant auditor certifications are strongly preferred, such as ISO Lead Auditor, Auditing Association of Canada Certified Health and Safety Management System Auditor (CHSMSA), Environmental Professional (Compliance Auditor) or Environmental Management Systems Lead Auditor, Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), or Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA).

Responsibilities

• Support Pembina’s safety culture of "Zero by Choice" and the “Life Saving Rules”.
• Lead the implementation, oversight, and continuous improvement of assurance activities in support of Pembina’s Assurance Program.
• Shape and support the maturity journey for Assurance at Pembina by developing, stewarding, and sustaining assurance standards, processes and tools to drive consistency and effectiveness across assurance activities.
• Develop risk-based annual assurance plans and schedules, including defining audit scope, aligned with OEMS objectives, program goals, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Lead and coordinate the execution of assurance audits, including managing resources, supervising subject matter experts and auditors, and ensuring activities are executed to professional standards.
• Manage the assurance budget and steward resources effectively to support the delivery of annual assurance plans.
• Ensure assurance findings are clearly documented and that corrective actions are appropriately defined, assigned, tracked, and closed within governance requirements.
• Communicate assurance results, trends, and insights to relevant stakeholders and governance bodies.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to identify risk-based opportunities and drive effective corrective actions to strengthen performance.
• Participate and support an equitable, diverse, and inclusive workplace.

Benefits

• Pembina’s Flexible Work Standard provides the option for eligible employees to work remotely on Fridays
• Our expectations are high, and our total rewards package reflects this.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed