Operations Specialist - Great Lakes Region

Determined. Imaginative. Curious. If these are some of the ways you describe yourself — we want to learn more about you! At TC Energy, we are Energy Problem Solvers — passionate about transitioning North America to cleaner energy while meeting the energy demands of today and tomorrow. If that sounds like a challenge you want to help tackle, we want you to join our team! 

The Opportunity

Our USGO Great Lakes team is evolving to meet the needs of our growing business, and we are expanding our presence in the region to support the operation and maintenance of our natural gas pipelines and associated facilities throughout the region.

We are seeking a skilled Operations Specialist that will provide project development, implementation and integration support and serve as the point of contact for operational engagement and project interface.

This role will be the primary contact for the Area Manager (or multiple managers) and the location team without the formal supervisory authority customary to employee leadership positions with respect to Project design engagement, construction execution, and integration activities (turnover, commissioning, and integration) and process safety.

This role will also serve as technical subject matter expert (SME) to provide mentorship and champion collaboration and communication between the operations and project team in with a problem-solving approach to process safety and practical design and operations.

This individual must be a self-starter, capable of working with minimal supervision, who possesses strong communication, analytical, troubleshooting, and decision-making skills.

What you’ll do

General Leadership

• Communicate, implement, and advocate corporate messages and programs in the spirit of the organizational vision and values.  Exemplifies the TC Energy values:  Safety, Integrity, Innovation, Responsibility and Collaboration
• Helps drive transitional initiatives and is known as a change leader, working closely with Leaders, co-workers, stakeholders, TOS and safety specialists, contractors, and vendors (internally & externally)
• Demonstrates advanced communication skills:  Facilitates flow of information
• Demonstrates competencies in Leadership (people or process), Business, and HSE areas

Asset Management

• Supports the Region with the proper execution of work, and outreach across regions as needed
• Reviews TOP changes with technicians as needed
• Has practical knowledge of compressor station equipment, pipeline facilities, metering and regulating equipment, communication systems and or other facilities appurtenant to the pipeline system; and/or routine and major maintenance on gas turbines packages, gas compressor units and associated auxiliary equipment
• Additional knowledge of mechanical, measurement, or control equipment such as meters regulators and valves, power electricity (including hazardous area equipment), process controls, programmable logic controllers (PLC), electric generation equipment, microwave multiplex equipment, etc.
• Provides advanced support in ensuring compliance

Budgeting

• Provides input into project estimates as requested

Project Support

• Supports project activities in alignment with the Work Management Governance Document as well as the applicable Project Playbook and associated Project Playbook RACI during the Prospecting, Proposal, and Implementation phases of a project
• Act as Operations Representative for identified GPMC and Major projects within a Region
• Assist Project Managers, Engineers and Construction Managers with projects and related issues as required; Examples of project workload include, but are not limited to assistance with scope development, consolidating field operational feedback for design reviews (30,60,90), preparing for and conducting walk throughs, participating in pre job meetings, researching and capturing of information to assist with design.
• Leads/participates in the PSSR execution and commissioning processes at the completion of projects
• Manage project punch list of remaining items turned over to operations in order to ensure completion of activities by USGO, in alignment with the Project Delivery Standard
• Engaged in monthly corrosion meetings
• Support EIGHT Advisors and Isolation Coordinators by participating in energy isolation and gas handling plan development and execution
• May be asked to serve as Project Manager on Break & Fix (Capital & Expense) projects on like for like replacements/repairs

Issue Management