Hydraulics Supervisor

Overview:

Pembina Pipeline Corporation Operations Services Unit is actively hiring a Supervisor, Pipeline Hydraulics to join our Calgary-based team. The Supervisor reports to the Manager of Development & Hydraulics and is responsible for leading and collaborating across various areas of the company that include Operations, Engineering, Construction, Integrity, the Control Center, SCADA/Leak Detection, System Development, and Commercial teams. Furthermore, the Supervisor will oversee and assist a team committed to guaranteeing safe, dependable, and efficient product movement while navigating the company through volumetric fluctuations and variations in system demand.

The Hydraulics Team plays a critical role in enabling Pembina to move high-margin commodities efficiently and safely through our pipeline systems—from gathering to transmission—by serving as a central source of insight into system performance and limitations, supporting safe, efficient, and informed decision-making across the business.

The successful candidate must live within 100 km of Calgary

Responsibilities may include but not limited to:

Hydraulic Governance & Technical Support

• Hydraulic Council Leadership: Triage, prioritize, and delegate hydraulics support requests spanning the asset lifecycle—from early design through to operations, optimization, and integrity. Rapidly assess and quantify opportunities using hydraulic and data models;
• Hydraulic Authority: Provide consistent, risk-informed, safety-conscious, and commercially balanced guidance to stakeholders, supporting sound, risk-aware decision-making; and
• System Capacity Stewardship: In collaboration with the System Development team, act as a central source of truth for pipeline capacities, hydraulic behavior, and system limitations.

Operational Excellence & System Optimization

• Advance Hydraulic Performance: Challenge current practices and introduce system-level thinking to improve volumetric performance, bringing customer value and operational efficiency to the forefront;
• Coordinate safety-oriented and cost-effective hydraulic solutions, including DRA, backpressure management, and power optimization, ensuring compliance with applicable codes and regulations;
• Oversee the development and maintenance of hydraulic models across all Business Units, and deliver clear, comprehensive hydraulic simulation reports with documented assumptions, risks, and constraints; and
• Provide actionable insights through steady-state and transient simulations to support safe operations, including abnormal events such as pipeline filling, purging, start-ups, or integrity-related scenarios.

Operational Support & Risk Management

• Support Pembina’s Management of Change (MOC) processes, including design, operations, maintenance reviews, and safety assessments such as PHAs and HAZOPs; and
• Participate in incident investigations by articulating hydraulic impacts, supporting coordination with Integrity, Operations, Control Center, Engineering, and Commercial groups.

Team Leadership & Talent Development

• Lead and develop a high-performing hydraulics team, fostering a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and continuous learning;
• Support career development, coaching, performance management, and succession planning in alignment with Pembina’s talent strategies and goals;
• Advance team capabilities through mentorship, technical oversight, and targeted development opportunities;
• Promote and support diversity, equity, and inclusion across all aspects of team leadership; and
• Model and promote learning agility by adapting quickly to change, encouraging experimentation, and continuously integrating new insights into team strategies and practices.

Professional and Regulatory Responsibility

• Provide oversight and validation for engineering work, direction for hydraulic practices, and authentication of documents in accordance with APEGA and Pembina requirements.

Safety & Culture

• Support Pembina’s safety culture of "Zero by Choice" and the “Life Saving Rules”. To read more about our Life Saving Rules, visit pembina.com/safety;
• Ensure that hydraulic design and operational limits reflect safe and sustainable practices across systems; and
• Participate and support an equitable, diverse, and inclusive workplace.

Qualifications:

• A degree in Engineering and active registration with APEGA; experience as a Responsible Member is considered an asset;
• Previous experience leading or guiding technical teams will be considered an asset;
• 10+ years of technical engineering experience in pipeline modeling, operations and construction;
• Strong grounding in safe operating practices, industry standards, and oil & gas codes;
• Experience with data modeling and analytics tools is considered a strong asset, including but not limited to: PipeSim, Pipeflo, HYSYS, Synergi Gas, Synergi Pipeline Simulator (SPS), EBSS, Excel, SEEQ, Power BI, Python, Jupyter Lab, OSIsoft PI (or similar historians);
• Demonstrated leadership that reflects empathy, authenticity, and a commitment to team performance;
• Energetic, resilient, and goal-oriented, with a collaborative mindset;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to convey technical information clearly and engage audiences at all organizational levels;
• Energetic, resilient, and goal-oriented, you bring a collaborative mindset and excel at both written and verbal communication, clearly conveying technical information and effectively engaging audiences at all organizational levels;
• Strong business acumen with the ability to identify risks and opportunities, and articulate value through metrics and insight—even in uncertain or data-limited situations;
• A strong work ethic and a “roll-up-your-sleeves” attitude—willing to do what’s needed to support the team and get the job done;
• Excellent triage, prioritization, and decision-making skills based on risk, value, and operational impact; comfortable making decisions in evolving situations;
• Agile in the face of change, with a proven ability to adapt, learn quickly, and persevere;
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to build trust, credibility, and relationships across the business;
• 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; and
• Proficient with Microsoft Office, Teams, and SharePoint.

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

Pembina’s Flexible Work Standard provides the option for eligible employees to work remotely on Fridays