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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\nOur Energy Marketing and Trading team is seeking a Manager, Gas Scheduling & Cash Optimization based in Houston, TX.\nReporting to Director, US Commercial Marketing, the Manager, Gas Scheduling & Cash Optimization leads a team responsible for the execution of physical natural gas transactions, transportation and storage management, and the optimization of physical gas positions in support of the trading business. This role partners closely with traders to maximize the value of transportation and storage assets, identify market opportunities, manage operational risk, and drive commercial outcomes across the physical gas portfolio.\nWhat You'll Do\nLead, develop, and mentor a team responsible for natural gas scheduling, transportation management, and cash optimization activities.\nLead the optimization of physical natural gas positions, transportation capacity, and storage assets to maximize portfolio value and support trading strategies.\nPartner closely with Natural Gas Traders to identify and capture commercial opportunities arising from basis spreads, transportation constraints, storage economics, market conditions, and operational events.\nProvide leadership and oversight of nominations, confirmations, imbalance management, inventory tracking, and pipeline scheduling activities across multiple markets and pipeline systems.\nMonitor market conditions, pipeline maintenance, operational constraints, and system disruptions, providing actionable recommendations to support trading decisions and improve portfolio profitability.\nEnsure the accurate execution, tracking, reconciliation, and reporting of physical natural gas transactions, contractual obligations, inventory positions, and system balances.\nEstablish and maintain strong relationships with pipeline representatives, counterparties, customers, and internal stakeholders.\nCollaborate with Trading, Risk, Accounting, Operations, and Commercial teams to ensure accurate position management, regulatory compliance, and effective risk mitigation.\nChampion process improvements, automation initiatives, and operational efficiencies that strengthen the effectiveness, scalability, and control environment of the scheduling and optimization function.\nProvide leadership during critical market and operational events, ensuring timely decision-making, issue resolution, and effective communication across stakeholder groups.\nFoster a culture of safety, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.\nMinimum Qualifications\nPost-secondary education in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Energy Management, or a related discipline.\n10+ years of progressive experience in natural gas trading, scheduling, transportation, marketing, or commercial operations.\nDemonstrated knowledge of North American natural gas markets, transportation contracts, storage services, pipeline operations, and physical gas optimization.\nPrevious leadership experience, including direct people leadership, team leadership, mentoring, or coaching responsibilities.\nStrong commercial acumen with experience supporting trading activities and optimizing physical gas portfolios.\nExperience utilizing ETRM systems, preferably Endur, and advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.\nStrong analytical, communication, relationship management, and decision-making skills.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience leading a gas scheduling, transportation, or commercial operations team supporting a natural gas trading desk.\nDeep understanding of transportation optimization, storage economics, imbalance management, and physical gas markets.\nExperience partnering directly with traders to identify and monetize optimization opportunities.\nKnowledge of major Gulf Coast, Midcontinent, Permian, and South Central pipeline systems.\nDemonstrated success leading operational improvements, automation initiatives, and high-performing teams.\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":6041,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Oil & Gas"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-25T05:36:52Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":79,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.883,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":12,"expected_fill_days":18,"reasons":["conf:6","velocity","win:mid"],"computed_at":"2026-11-03T05:54:40Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/tc-energy-manager-gas-scheduling-cash-optimization","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/tc-energy-manager-gas-scheduling-cash-optimization.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-03T16:15:10Z","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":22734,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-04T00:00:00Z"}},"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-manager-gas-scheduling-cash-optimization"},{"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-manager-gas-scheduling-cash-optimization"},{"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-manager-gas-scheduling-cash-optimization"},{"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-manager-gas-scheduling-cash-optimization\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Ftc-energy-manager-gas-scheduling-cash-optimization"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3225156}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"tcenergy.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3225156},"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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