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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\nThe Operations Planning Engineer serves as a critical link between Gas Control, Field Operations, Commercial Operations, Engineering, Project Management, and Customers to ensure the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of the pipeline system. This role is responsible for developing and coordinating operational plans, evaluating system capacity impacts, supporting real-time operations, managing planned and unplanned outages, and providing hydraulic and operational analysis to facilitate informed decision-making.\nThe position supports Gas Control by maintaining operational awareness of system constraints, forecasting operational impacts, and ensuring timely communication of events affecting pipeline operations, customer service, and system reliability.\nWhat you’ll do\nApply engineering and other analytical expertise in assigned functional activities\nUse pipeline computer simulation models of the pipeline system to evaluate pipeline operations and efficiency to meet customer needs.\nUse pipeline computer simulation models of the pipeline system to calculate capacity restrictions for maintenance and project activities. Coordinates the activities to minimize impact to customers as well as financial impact to TC.\nUse pipeline computer simulation models and other tools to analyze daily pipeline operations, to predict performance, to locate underutilized capacity, to simulate operating conditions in order to respond to technical questions from Gas Control, and to compare actual versus estimated deliveries\nProvide engineering oversight to minimize effect of construction and testing activities on the daily gas flow operating plans\nDevelop alternative operating, replacement, and expansion proposals\nCoordinate with Facility Planning and Gas Control, Operations, and Engineering regarding growth, integrity work, and maintenance. Incorporate changes as appropriate.\nOther tasks as required \nMinimum qualifications\nBachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited university program.\n4+ years of relevant work experience.\nStrong communication skills, ability to communicate effectively with peer technical customer representatives to identify problems and possible solutions\nAbility to maintain ongoing positive presence with customers, other stakeholders and outside entities (i.e. Producers, Pipelines, LDCs, vendors, etc) through professional communications\nKnowledgeable to apply formal planning techniques for major projects\nDemonstrated ability to develop engineering standards, specifications, guidelines, policies and procedures\nPreferred qualifications\nExperience performing hydraulic models, proficiency with gas flow modeling software, capacity planning and/or facility scheduling\n*This position requires candidates to travel to other company locations for temporary assignments, meetings or training which would involve some overnight stays away from home.\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":5297,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":4,"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":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"},{"name":"Canada","iso":"CA","kind":"country"},{"name":"Mexico","iso":"MX","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Energy & Utilities","Fossil Fuels","Oil & Gas"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-07T16:56:37Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":2,"expected_fill_days":23,"reasons":["conf:7","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-10T05:45:15Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/tc-energy-operations-planning-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/tc-energy-operations-planning-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-12T06:00:30Z","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":9620,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-13T00:00:00Z"}},"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-operations-planning-engineer"},{"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-operations-planning-engineer"},{"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-operations-planning-engineer"},{"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-operations-planning-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Ftc-energy-operations-planning-engineer"}]}