Senior Specialist, Regulatory

NorthRiver Midstream; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Mentorship and learning culture

Downtown Calgary gym access

Job summary

NorthRiver Midstream in Calgary seeks an experienced regulatory professional with strong Alberta Energy Regulator experience to drive high-quality regulatory applications, sustain compliance, and build practical tools and processes that make regulatory work proactive and insight-driven. You will collaborate with operations, engineering, environment, and legal teams in a lean, fast-moving environment.

You bring sound judgment, curiosity, and initiative to identify risks, improve processes, and

Qualifications

• Certificate, diploma or degree in a related field.
• 5+ years of experience.
• Strong knowledge of Alberta Energy Regulator requirements.
• Experience preparing regulatory applications and regulator correspondence.
• Strong writing and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support regulatory applications and filings under AER requirements.
• Develop regulatory strategies for projects and asset changes.
• Track conditions, permits, notices, information requests and compliance obligations throughout lifecycle.
• Support regulatory inspections, audits, assessments and compliance verification activities.
• Translate regulatory requirements into clear actions with cross-functional teams.
• Prepare, review and coordinate regulatory submissions and responses.
• Contribute to due diligence and asset transitions in regulatory workstreams.
• Participate in regulatory consultations and industry fora to anticipate regulator expectations.

Skills

Regulatory knowledge

Regulatory filings

Communication

Attention to detail

Writing skills

Education

Certificate/Diploma/ Degree in related field

Job description

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NorthRiver Midstream (NorthRiver) is one of North America's leading gas gathering and processing businesses on an exciting path of expansion and innovation that's not slowing down. We do energy differently.

• We are a lean, agile, customer driven company with an asset base primarily located in the rich Montney reserves of Northeast British Columbia.
• We have a proud and well-earned reputation for safe, reliable operations.
• We've made real commitments to measurable emission reductions and sustainability, and our results back this up.
• We have a verifiable track record of meaningful indigenous partnership founded on mutual respect.
• Our culture is one of partnership, collaboration, ownership and an unwavering commitment to finding solutions together.

Why work for us?

• We're a team that cares about each other. We've got each other's back.
• We believe that the best ideas win, no matter where they come from.
• We're the perfect size - lean and agile.
• We're big enough that there are great opportunities for career growth and personal development.

We’re looking for a regulatory professional with strong Alberta Energy Regulator experience who can help NorthRiver deliver high-quality regulatory applications, sustain compliance across operations and projects, and build practical tools and processes that make regulatory work more proactive, consistent and insight-driven. You bring sound judgment, curiosity, and the confidence to identify risks, improve ways of working, and take initiative in a lean, fast-moving environment.

• An AER specialist with broader regulatory range:You bring strong working knowledge of AER requirements and processes and are interested in expanding your exposure to CER-regulated assets and, where needed, BCER matters. You can apply regulatory requirements to business decisions and explain them clearly to projects, operations, environment, engineering and commercial teams.
• A practical problem solver:You can break down complex regulatory issues, identify what matters, and recommend practical paths forward. You balance attention to detail with commercial awareness, know when to escape, and help the business move with discipline.
• Someone who takes ownership and initiative:You spot gaps, clarify accountabilities, propose improvements, and follow through. You are comfortable moving between applications, compliance obligations, regulator correspondence, field-facing support and internal process improvement.
• A forward-looking regulatory thinker:You are interested in moving regulatory work from reactive response to proactive risk management. You see value in trackers, playbooks, lessons learned, technology, clear records, and business intelligence that help the organization anticipate issues and make better decisions.

What you’ll do:

In this role, your workdays may include:

• Lead and support regulatory applications, notifications, amendments and filings under AER requirements, with opportunities to support CER and other provincial filings as business needs evolve.
• Develop and execute regulatory strategies for projects, operations, asset changes, deactivations, reactivations, leave-to-open activities, transfers, reporting obligations and other lifecycle matters.
• Track conditions, commitments, permits, notices, information requests, compliance obligations and evidence through the project and asset lifecycle.
• Support regulatory inspections, audits, assessments and other compliance verification activities by helping prepare records, coordinate subject matter experts, respond to information requests, and track lessons learned and corrective actions.
• Partner with operations, projects, engineering, environment, legal, commercial and field teams to translate regulatory requirements into clear actions and maintain inspection-ready records.
• Prepare, review and coordinate regulatory applications, notifications, amendments, information request responses, stakeholder intervention responses, compliance filings and required submissions.
• Contribute to due diligence, asset transition, abandonment funding, liability management and other regulatory workstreams associated with transactions, asset changes and evolving business priorities.
• Participate in regulatory consultations, industry associations and forums to understand emerging regulator expectations and translate external developments into internal awareness and action.
• Help build a future-ready regulatory function by improving trackers, templates, playbooks, dashboards, record structures and technology-enabled reporting that support proactive risk identification and consistent execution.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary and benefits package (health, dental, vision, and more).
• A culture of continuous learning and mentorship from the best in the business (and fun!).
• An opportunity to work in the heart of downtown Calgary with great amenities including a brand new, subsidized gym and meeting spaces.

What you bring:

Required

• Certificate, Diploma or Degree in a related field
• 5+ years of experience
• Strong working knowledge of Alberta Energy Regulator requirements and processes, with exposure to federal regulation through the Canada Energy Regulator or a demonstrated willingness and ability to learn CER requirements quickly.
• Strong communication and excellent attention to detail.
• Experience preparing, reviewing or coordinating regulatory applications, filings, information request responses, compliance reports or regulator correspondence for energy infrastructure or related industrial operations.
• Sound judgment, strong writing skills and the ability to turn complex regulatory requirements into clear advice, recommendations and action plans.

Preferred

• Experience supporting inspections, audits, assessments, field compliance activities, management system reviews or corrective action tracking.
• Curious, forward-thinking and comfortable using technology, data, trackers or reporting tools to improve regulatory visibility, consistency and business intelligence.
• Ability to build credible working relationships across all levels of the organization, including operations, projects, environment, engineering, legal, commercial and field teams.
• Ability to identify and define issues, exercise judgment without perfect precedent, recommend practical courses of action, and help improve processes so the team can manage recurring regulatory work more proactively.

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It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of accountability, qualifications, or other aspects of the job.

At NorthRiver Midstream we embrace a culture of diversity and inclusion with equal access to opportunities based on individual merit by creating an environment which encourages all employees to contribute their unique capabilities and perspectives.

We appreciate your interest in working with us; however only those applicants selected for interviews will be contacted.