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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.\nJoin us. Connect to what matters.\nThe Opportunity\nAre you an early-career engineer who enjoys solving complex technical problems and wants to build deep expertise in industrial automation and control systems?\nTC Energy's Automation Operations Engineering team within Canada Operations Technical Support is seeking an Engineer-in-Training (EIT) to support the industrial control systems that enable the safe and reliable operation of our Canada Gas assets.\nThis is a technically focused role where you'll work alongside experienced automation engineers, field specialists, technicians, and other engineering disciplines to solve real operational problems. You’ll gain hands-on experience across industrial control systems and the broader Operational Technology (OT) environment, including PLCs, HMI/SCADA, industrial networks, instrumentation, cybersecurity, and data systems supporting compressor and measurement facilities.\nWe're looking for someone with strong engineering fundamentals, technical curiosity, logical troubleshooting skills, and the drive to develop deep expertise in automation and controls.\nAs your experience grows, you'll take on increasingly complex engineering work involving control system troubleshooting, programming, system design, reliability analysis, risk assessment, cybersecurity, and lifecycle improvements.\nIf you enjoy understanding how and why systems work, digging into difficult technical problems, and continually expanding your engineering knowledge, we want to hear from you.\nWhat you’ll do\nWork with engineers, field specialists, and technicians to diagnose and resolve PLC, HMI, instrumentation, communications, and control system issues affecting operating facilities.\nBuild technical expertise in Operational Technology (OT), working across the intersection of industrial automation, instrumentation, networking, cybersecurity, computing infrastructure, and physical equipment.\nParticipate in a rotational on-call program, approximately one week in eight, supporting after-hours control system issues as your knowledge and experience develop.\nAnalyze asset and operational data to identify recurring failures, reliability concerns, and opportunities to improve system performance and availability.\nDevelop, test, and implement automation software changes in accordance with established engineering, testing, and Management of Change requirements.\nParticipate in control system testing, commissioning, troubleshooting, and root-cause investigations.\nTroubleshoot secure network communications and resolve data transmission issues between field and data center systems.\nSupport automation-related risk assessments and identify control system reliability and lifecycle risks.\nSupport the development of technical scopes for control system upgrades and facility improvement projects.\nDevelop scripts, tools, and automated solutions that improve engineering, maintenance, monitoring, and troubleshooting activities.\nApply engineering principles to problems involving automation, instrumentation, industrial communications, computing systems, and rotating equipment controls.\nTake increasing ownership of engineering activities as your technical capabilities and experience develop.\nMinimum Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in Electrical, Computer or Software Engineering, or related engineering discipline.\nMust be registered or eligible for registration with APEGA as an Engineer-in-Training.\n1 to 4 years of relevant engineering experience, including applicable internship or co-op experience.\nStrong engineering fundamentals with a demonstrated interest in automation, controls, instrumentation, programming, or Operational Technology (OT).\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to approach unfamiliar technical problems logically and systematically.\nAbility and willingness to learn from experienced engineers, specialists, technicians, and other subject-matter experts.\nAbility to communicate technical concepts clearly and work effectively within a multidisciplinary team environment.\nSelf-motivated and comfortable taking initiative while recognizing when to seek guidance or technical support.\nPreferred Qualifications\nWe’re looking for strong technical aptitude and learning ability rather than experience with every technology listed below. Exposure to one or more through work experience, co-op or internship placements, university projects, laboratories, or technical design teams would be considered an asset.\nExperience working with control system deliverables including control narratives, cause-and-effect logic, control panel designs and system testing.\nExperience with PLC or industrial control system programming, particularly platforms such as Rockwell ControlLogix, Emerson ControlWave Micro, or Emerson Rx3i.\nExperience with HMI, SCADA, or industrial data systems such as AVEVA System Platform (Wonderware) or AVEVA PI System.\nKnowledge of industrial cybersecurity standards and design principles.\nExperience troubleshooting industrial networks, including firewalls and switches.\nProgramming or scripting using Python, PowerShell, C/C++, or similar languages.\nExposure to industrial instrumentation, sensors, electrical systems, compressors, gas turbines, or other rotating equipment.\nTo remain competitive, support our high-performance culture and allow for more flexibility in the way we work, we offer a hybrid work model and flexible dress code for our eligible office-based workforce in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. #LI-Hybrid\nAbout our business\nWe are a leader in North American energy infrastructure, spanning Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. For over 75 years, we have proudly connected the world to the energy it needs. Every day, we move more than 30 per cent of the natural gas used across the continent and connect LNG exports to global markets, powering communities and industries. Complemented by strategic ownership and low-risk investments in power generation, our infrastructure delivers affordable, reliable and sustainable energy across North America. Our field operations span seven Canadian provinces, 34 U.S. states and seven Mexican states. Together, we strengthen the connections that deliver the energy the world relies on-every day.\nTC Energy is an equal opportunity employer and participates in the E-Verify program supervised by the US government. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, age, sex, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or disability. We are also committed to providing accommodations throughout the recruitment process. Applicants requiring accommodations or accessible formats are encouraged to contact us at  for support.\nAll applicants must have legal authorization to work in the country where the position is based, without restrictions. Background screening is required for all positions, which may include criminal and/or credit checks. Offers may be extended at a different level or job title that best aligns with the successful candidate's qualifications.\nLearn more\nVisit us at TCEnergy.com and connect with us on our social media channels for our latest news, employee stories, community activities, and other updates.\nThank you for considering TC Energy in your career journey.","description_format":"text","description_chars":7629,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":1,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Hybrid work"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Canada","iso":"CA","kind":"country"},{"name":"Mexico","iso":"MX","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Information Security","Oil & Gas"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-28T20:33:46Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":77,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":6,"expected_fill_days":18,"reasons":["conf:4","velocity","win:mid","comp:junior"],"computed_at":"2026-11-04T06:34:25Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/tc-energy-automation-engineer-in-training","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/tc-energy-automation-engineer-in-training.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-04T14:38:22Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":22214,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-05T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1800245},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1800245"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Ftc-energy-automation-engineer-in-training"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Ftc-energy-automation-engineer-in-training"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Ftc-energy-automation-engineer-in-training"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/tc-energy-automation-engineer-in-training\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Ftc-energy-automation-engineer-in-training"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3419504}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"tcenergy.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3419504},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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