Plant Foreman

Pembina Pipeline Corp.; Grande Prairie; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Pembina Pipeline Corporation in Grande Prairie, AB, is seeking a Plant Foreman to provide frontline leadership for facility operations and maintenance, ensuring safe, reliable and compliant performance.

You will lead staffing, budgeting, and continuous improvement initiatives while collaborating with Engineering and contractors, and you must have a 10-year oil and gas track record and relevant certifications; this role is safety sensitive.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of oil and gas experience in operations and frontline leadership.
• Journeyperson Certificate in Mechanical, Electrical, or Instrumentation, a Fourth Class Power Engineering Certificate, or Gas Plant Operator Certification.
• Experience leading employees and contractors in an operational environment.
• Strong knowledge of facility operations, maintenance practices, safe work procedures, and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and other business systems; SAP is an asset.
• Valid Class 5 Driver's License; and

Responsibilities

• Provide frontline leadership for facility operations and maintenance teams, including staffing and scheduling.
• Lead the development and execution of annual operational, regulatory, and corporate compliance plans, adjusting priorities as requirements evolve.
• Provide day-to-day leadership for Operations and Maintenance employees and contractors, including staffing, scheduling, overtime, time administration, shift coverage, training, competency development, coaching, performance feedback, and succession planning.
• Ensure work is executed in accordance with applicable policies, safety procedures, workflow processes, permits, and regulatory requirements, and maintain complete and accurate operational, safety, and compliance records.
• Lead hazard assessments, inspections, incident investigations, corrective action follow-up, and emergency response activities during routine, abnormal, and emergency operating conditions.
• Lead Management of Change (MOC) activities and ensure operational readiness for facility and process changes through effective planning, training, documentation, communication, and timely completion of assigned actions.
• Collaborate with peers, customers, Engineering, and other stakeholders to support new construction and site upgrades, optimize processes, and ensure work is completed in accordance with Pembina Maintenance Management guidelines.
• Manage financial performance within the area of responsibility by contributing to budget development, controlling expenditures, and complying with purchasing, procurement, and spending authority requirements.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve safety, reliability, efficiency, workforce effectiveness, and overall operational performance.
• Maintain clear communication and positive relationships with employees, customers, communities, and other stakeholders.
• Model and promote learning agility by adapting quickly to change, encouraging experimentation, and continuously integrating new insights into team strategies and practices; and
• Participate and support an equitable, diverse, and inclusive workplace.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Education

Journeyperson Certificate (Mechanical)

Journeyperson Certificate (Electrical)

Journeyperson Certificate (Instrumentation)

Fourth Class Power Engineering Certificate

Gas Plant Operator Certification

Tools

Microsoft Office

SAP

Job description

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Pembina Pipeline Corporation is a dynamic energy transportation and midstream provider, serving customers for more than 70 years. Chances are, we do more than you think. We own pipelines that transport hydrocarbon liquids and natural gas products produced primarily in Western Canada. We also own gathering and processing facilities and an oil and natural gas liquids infrastructure and logistics business. Our operations along the hydrocarbon value chain allow us to offer a full state of midstream and marketing services to our customers in the energy industry.

We are an organization that cares not only about results, but how those results are achieved. Our organization is grounded in the values of Safe, Trustworthy, Respectful, Collaborative and Entrepreneurial Pembina has a diverse and inclusive working environment that provides employees with a positive and engaging work experience where they are recognized and empowered. Learn more about our values and strategy .

We value the safety of our communities, customers, contractors and employees, and believe that all incidents are preventable. Compliance with all policies, procedures and regulations is a requirement, and our Life Saving Rules are basic rules. Employees embed physical, psychological, and cyber safety into all work practices while taking personal accountability to maintain compliance, support audit readiness, proactively identify risks, and protect our people, assets, and data. Working for Pembina means working safely.

Overview:

Pembina Pipeline Corporation’s Grande Prairie office is actively hiring for a Plant Foreman to join the team. This position reports to the District Manager within Pembina’s Operations business.

The Plant Foreman provides frontline leadership and operational oversight for facility operations and maintenance activities, ensuring safe, reliable, environmentally responsible, and compliant operations. The role plays a critical part in supporting Pembina's operational excellence strategy through effective leadership, workforce development, stakeholder collaboration, and continuous improvement initiatives.

This position follows a Monday to Friday schedule, working 8 hours per day.

Responsibilities may include but not limited to:

• Champion Pembina’s Zero by Choice safety culture and Life Saving Rules by embedding physical, psychological, and cyber safety into all work practices while maintaining compliance, supporting audit readiness, proactively managing risk, and protecting our people, assets and information;
• Lead the development and execution of annual operational, regulatory, and corporate compliance plans, adjusting priorities as requirements evolve;
• Provide day-to-day leadership for Operations and Maintenance employees and contractors, including staffing, scheduling, overtime, time administration, shift coverage, training, competency development, coaching, performance feedback, and succession planning;
• Ensure work is executed in accordance with applicable policies, safety procedures, workflow processes, permits, and regulatory requirements, and maintain complete and accurate operational, safety, and compliance records;
• Lead hazard assessments, inspections, incident investigations, corrective action follow-up, and emergency response activities during routine, abnormal, and emergency operating conditions;
• Lead Management of Change (MOC) activities and ensure operational readiness for facility and process changes through effective planning, training, documentation, communication, and timely completion of assigned actions;
• Collaborate with peers, customers, Engineering, and other stakeholders to support new construction and site upgrades, optimize processes, and ensure work is completed in accordance with Pembina Maintenance Management guidelines;
• Manage financial performance within the area of responsibility by contributing to budget development, controlling expenditures, and complying with purchasing, procurement, and spending authority requirements;
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve safety, reliability, efficiency, workforce effectiveness, and overall operational performance;
• Maintain clear communication and positive relationships with employees, customers, communities, and other stakeholders;
• Model and promote learning agility by adapting quickly to change, encouraging experimentation, and continuously integrating new insights into team strategies and practices; and
• Participate and support an equitable, diverse, and inclusive workplace.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 10 years of oil and gas industry experience, including experience in operations and frontline leadership;
• Journeyperson Certificate in Mechanical, Electrical, or Instrumentation, a Fourth Class Power Engineering Certificate, or Gas Plant Operator (GPO) Certification;
• Demonstrated experience leading employees and contractors in an operational environment;
• Strong knowledge of facility operations, maintenance practices, safe work procedures, and regulatory compliance requirements;
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and other business systems;
• Experience with SAP is considered an asset;
• Proven ability to demonstrate learning agility by rapidly adapting to changing business environments, embracing feedback, and continuously evolving leadership approaches to drive team and organizational success;
• Valid Class 5 Driver's License; and
• Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

This position is considered “Safety Sensitive” and so will require Pre-Employment Drug & Alcohol Testing which includes testing for marijuana metabolites.

You may also be required to provide a Driver’s Abstract.

The successful candidate must live within 100 km of Grande Prairie, AB

The successful candidate must be legally able to work in the country of the position. The final candidate will be required to undergo Pre-Employment Background Checks including a Criminal Record Check.

This position is scheduled to be posted until end of day:11/03/2026. In rare circumstances, a position may be posted for less time if there has been significant interest in the role.

Our expectations are high, and our total rewards package reflects this.

Diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences contribute to our collective successand enrich our workplace culture. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences. If you're contacted to set up an interview and you require accessibility accommodations, please let your Talent Acquisition Advisor know at that time.