Governance Advisor

Keyera Career Opportunity

Why Keyera?

It’s our purpose-driven culture, benefits, and people. From flexible, customizable benefits and an employer-funded pension plan to our Keyera Connects social investment program and paid employee volunteer days, we’re focused on empowering our people and communities.

When you work with us, you'll enjoy:

Flexible Benefits to meet your individual and family needs, including

- $3,500 plus 4.5% of base salary each year to customize your benefits and investments

- Saving plan options, including an Employee Share Purchase Plan, RRSP, and TFSA

- Defined Contribution Pension Plan funded by Keyera up to 10% of base salary

- Wellness Personal Spending Account of $750 per year to cover wellness expenses

Paid vacation and eight flex days each year

- Two paid volunteer days each year to support the causes that are most important to you

- Employee Family Assistance Program with a variety of support resources from professional counselling to financial planning support and more.

Role/Location Specific

- Keyera’s Northern Allowance is a tiered incentive program based on years of service, currently offered to employees working at the following locations: Grande Prairie Office, Wapiti, Simonette, Gold Creek, South Cheecham, and Fox Creek Terminal. This information reflects the current state of the program and may be subject to change over time.

Please note that compensation and benefits may be different based on the work location, position, and a candidate's experience and qualifications.

Job Type:

Permanent

THE POSITION

Supporting the Project Management Office, the Governance Advisor will help ensure Keyera’s PMO team is successful in enabling effective delivery of projects. As an advisor, you will work closely with senior leaders, project managers, engineering, business development, project controls, document control, and operations teams to uphold project governance standards, support gate reviews, and strengthen accountability across the portfolio. This role is Calgary-based with limited (<10%) site travel.

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Maintain and govern the use of Keyera’s stage gate Project Delivery System (PDS), including supporting project management and lesson learned processes.

- Support project kickoff and gate review facilitation to ensure decision quality consistency by identifying governance opportunities and risks.

- Develop, maintain, and implement fit-for-purpose practices, processes, and tools to guide the consistent delivery of Projects.

- Track and report on gate compliance, risks, actions, and variances through dashboards and performance metrics (KPI).

- Support steering committees’ reviews, ensuring key outcomes and lessons learned are documented.

- Promote cross functional alignment among engineering, project controls, and operations functions for consistent governance practices.

- Contribute to continuous improvement of governance tools, templates, and procedures to enhance project delivery discipline.

- Perform special projects and take on other responsibilities as assigned and agreed.

- Support PDS-related technology initiatives and improvements.

- Support site-based projects by leveraging PMO processes to strengthen the existing Management of Change (MOC) process.

- Facilitate audits of governance frameworks.

QUALIFICATIONS

The successful candidate will be energetic, proactive, and enjoy collaborating with a broad group of stakeholders to dissect complex challenges, with the following qualifications:

- A degree or Diploma in Business, Engineering or a related discipline (other relevant education/experience combinations will be considered).

- Minimum 8 years of experience supporting projects in oil & gas, petrochemical, or energy environments. Knowledge of midstream industry is desirable.

- Professional certifications such as PMP, PMI-RMP, or AACE are considered assets.

- Strong working knowledge of Stage-Gate methodologies.

- Familiarity with both greenfield project development and brownfield modification considered an asset.

- Working knowledge of portfolio management, project controls, risk management, change management and governance frameworks.

- Proficiency with project management software and reporting tools.

- Familiarity with continuous improvement methodologies (Lean, Kaizen, Six Sigma) applied pragmatically in project-delivery contexts.

KEY ATTRIBUTES

- Clear, confident communicator - able to bridge technical and executive audiences.

- Excellent organizational and analytical skills.

- Continuous-improvement mindset with attention to detail.

- Integrity-driven, objective, and compliance-focused.

- Adaptable in fast-moving project environments.

Posting Expiry Date:

Dec 17, 2025

At Keyera, we embrace collaboration, inclusion, and a workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. Our values foster an environment for every person to bring their whole self to work.

We offer a well-rounded total compensation package and a comprehensive benefits program designed with the well-being and empowerment of our employees and their families in mind.

If you are interested in an opportunity to join a winning, purpose-driven culture then you’ll enjoy a career with us.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those considered for an interview will be contacted.