Incident & Emergency Management Specialist

Tcenergy; Calgary; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

TC Energy is seeking an experienced Incident & Emergency Management Specialist to lead investigations, emergency preparedness, and governance across the enterprise. The role reports to the Manager, Incident & Emergency Management and directs complex investigations, promotes lessons learned, and ensures consistent application of company requirements.

The position may be based in Calgary, Alberta, Houston, Texas, or Charleston, WV, and involves coordinating with operational leaders, business

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Emergency Management, OH&S, Environmental Science, or related field.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in incident investigation, emergency management, or related areas.
• Experience leading investigations and producing formal investigation reports.
• Experience with incident command system principles and emergency response structures.
• Ability to independently manage complex assignments with multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide governance for Incident Management and Emergency Management programs across units and regions.
• Develop, maintain, and improve incident management frameworks, standards, procedures, and guidance.
• Advise leaders on event classification, response expectations, investigation requirements, and regulatory considerations.
• Conduct and lead incident investigations, documenting findings and corrective actions.
• Facilitate consistent application of requirements through alignment sessions and program implementation activities.
• Share best practices and lessons learned to strengthen capability and organizational learning.
• Provide quality review of investigation reports, emergency documentation, and related deliverables.
• Plan and execute assurance activities, program assessments, and effectiveness evaluations.

Skills

Incident investigations

Emergency management

Regulatory compliance

Risk management

Technical writing

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Emergency Management, Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Science, or related discipline

Professional Engineer designation

Job description

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.

Join us. Connect to what matters.

The Opportunity

Our Technical Safety & Services organization is seeking an experienced Incident & Emergency Management Specialist to join the Incident & Emergency Management team. The position may be based in Calgary, Alberta, Houston, Texas, or Charleston, WV. Reporting to the Manager, Incident & Emergency Management, this position provides senior-level technical leadership and subject matter expertise in incident investigations, emergency preparedness and response, governance, and assurance. The role leads complex and high-consequence investigations, supports the organization during emergency events, and evaluates the effectiveness of Incident and Emergency Management programs across the enterprise. The successful candidate will work closely with operational leaders, business units, and functional partners to identify systemic causes, translate lessons learned into sustainable improvements, strengthen emergency response capabilities, and promote consistent application of company requirements.

What You’ll Do

• Provide enterprise governance and subject matter expertise for Incident Management and Emergency Management programs across business units, operating regions, and functional teams.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve incident management and emergency management frameworks, standards, procedures, tools, guidance, and program expectations.
• Advise leaders, operations teams, and functional partners on event classification, response expectations, investigation requirements, corrective action management, lessons learned, and regulatory considerations.
• Conduct and lead incident investigations, including facilitating cause analysis, documenting findings, developing corrective actions, and supporting lessons learned.
• Facilitate consistent application of Incident and Emergency Management requirements by supporting alignment sessions, decision-making discussions, cross-functional reviews, and program implementation activities.
• Share best practices, lessons learned, emerging risks, and improvement opportunities across the organization to strengthen capability, consistency, and organizational learning.
• Provide quality review and technical assurance of investigation reports, emergency response documentation, incident records, corrective actions, and related program deliverables.
• Plan and execute assurance activities, program assessments, field verifications, management system reviews, and corrective action effectiveness evaluations to confirm requirements are understood, implemented, and sustained.
• Analyze incident data, emergency response performance, recurring causes, corrective action trends, and assurance results to identify systemic issues and enterprise improvement priorities.
• Support emergency preparedness and response capability through development, review, testing, facilitation, and improvement of plans, procedures, training materials, exercises, and response tools.
• Coach, mentor, and build capability among investigators, emergency management practitioners, operational leaders, and functional partners while representing Incident and Emergency Management on cross-functional initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Emergency Management, Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Science, or a related discipline.
• Eight (8) or more years of progressive experience in incident investigation, emergency management, operational risk, process safety, regulatory compliance, management systems, or a related field.
• Experience leading incident investigations and developing investigation findings, causal conclusions, corrective actions, and formal investigation reports. OR Demonstrated knowledge and experience in Incident Command System principles and emergency response organizational structures.
• Experience conducting assurance reviews, audits, assessments, or management system evaluations.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage complex assignments involving multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, and sensitive information.
• Strong facilitation, critical thinking, problem-solving, and technical writing skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence decisions and drive improvement without direct authority.
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to work effectively with frontline employees, technical specialists, operational leaders, and senior management.
• Ability to communicate complex technical information through clear reports, presentations, recommendations, and leadership briefings.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer designation or another r