Pipeline & Corrosion Technician

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 proud to connect the world to the energy it needs. Guided by our values of safety in every step, personal accountability, one team and active learning, we deliver the critical energy that North America and the world rely on while balancing reliability, affordability and sustainability.

The Opportunity  
Our USGO Erie Plains - LEX-Meigs team is seeking a Pipeline & Corrosion Technician to support the operation and maintenance of our natural gas facilities. We are seeking an individual that possesses knowledge and experience of high-pressure natural gas pipeline, gas measurement, compression, and cathodic protection systems. This individual must be a self-starter, capable of working with minimal supervision, who possesses excellent problem solving, communication, and decision-making skills. 

The successful candidate must reside within 30 miles or 45 minutes of Pomeroy, OH, to comply with emergency response requirements. 

What You'll Do

• Locating and marking underground facilities per 811

• Oversee and manage pipeline or utility crossings and encroachments coordinating all work around facilities with private, state and federal landowners, contractors, and customers

• Identify, investigate and address encroachments and aerial patrol observations

• Perform scheduled preventative maintenance tasks including but not limited to facility inspections, operation and maintenance of valves and actuators, quick opening closures, storage wells, fluid removal and gas process and dehydration facilities, cathodic protection systems, exposures and other auxiliary equipment 

• Perform maintenance activities such as leak repair, hydrate and fluid removal, vegetation management, inspection of right-of-way, assisting with tie-ins of mainline valves and pipe, cleaning of fluid removal and process equipment, and maintenance of launchers, receivers, vessels and closures

• Overseeing excavating loaded natural gas pipelines, assisting with pipe replacements, hot tapping and stopple equipment, pigging operations, pipe cleaning (internal and external), pipe fabrication, pipe recoating, and hydrostatic testing

• Patrol pipeline right-of-way, storage and compression facilities assisting with leak surveys

• Atmospheric corrosion inspection and mitigation including surface preparation and coating applications

• Plan and coordinate activities acting as operations representative performing all required operations tasks and inspections for maintenance and capital construction projects including but not limited to hot work, energy isolation, gas handling, NORMS and Benzene monitoring, critical lifts, pipeline inspections, monitoring contractor activities, pre-start up safety reviews (PSSR) and commissioning activities when required

• Launch, monitor, and receive pipeline pigs and develop pipeline pigging plans.

• Conduct internal pipeline cleaning or pigging operations utilizing internal pipe cleaning equipment

• Internal corrosion related sampling activities (liquid sampling, coupon removal/installation, etc.)

• Maintain remote monitoring units installed on rectifiers

• Conduct periodic surveys on pipelines and facilities to assess corrosion and cathodic protection system performance

• Conduct periodic resistivity and potential surveys on pipelines and compressor station facilities to identify areas susceptible to corrosion and assess the performance of cathodic protection systems

• Check rectifiers and magnesium anode installations to evaluate the operating efficiency of the cathodic protection equipment

• Assist in analyzing problem areas and recommend solutions to mitigate corrosion

• Install interference bonds in coordination with other teams

• Support current requirement tests for new ground bed installations

• Maintain records of operation and maintenance activities for cathodic protection equipment

• Perform close interval surveys in small segments and supervise contractors conducting close interval surveys

• Detect and repair shorted road casings

• Identify corrosion issues that require Engineering Services support

• Inspect electrolysis bonds and conduct potential surveys on protected high-pressure pipelines

• Monitor system parameters and pressures to assure operations within requirements including MAOP

• Planning and leading pipeline isolation and gas handling activities, blowdowns, purging, and pressuring up

• Monitoring contractor activity on site