Automation Engineer: Field Control Systems & Support

TransCanada PipeLines; Estelline Township (SD); In loco; USD 90.000 - 130.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

TC Energy seeks an Automation Engineer or Technologist to support the safe, reliable operation of compressor-station control systems. You will maintain, troubleshoot, and improve automation hardware and software, working with field operations to diagnose issues and implement fixes.

Ideal candidates have a bachelor's in Electrical Engineering or related tech program, 6+ years of experience, and strong PLC/HMI knowledge. Travel to other sites and extended hours may be required.

Competenze

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent technical program.
• 6+ years of related experience.
• Experience maintaining and troubleshooting electrical, instrumentation, automation, and control systems.
• Working knowledge of PLC and HMI platforms.
• Ability to interpret electrical drawings, control narratives, logic diagrams, network architecture drawings, and technical manuals.
• Strong analytical, diagnostic, and root-cause troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to communicate technical information clearly to operations, engineering, vendors, and other stakeholders.

Mansioni

• Provide direct technical support to field operations for automation, electrical, instrumentation, communications, monitoring, and control systems.
• Diagnose control-system malfunctions, identify root causes, and implement safe, practical, and timely corrective actions.
• Troubleshoot PLCs, HMIs, industrial networks, remote communications, data-acquisition systems, instrumentation, and associated control equipment.
• Support inspection, testing, calibration, repair, replacement, and lifecycle management of control-system components.
• Review PLC and HMI applications, communications configurations, alarms, and system data to resolve issues and improve reliability.
• Coordinate software, configuration, and control-logic changes in accordance with change-management, testing, backup, and documentation requirements.
• Monitor system performance and recurring equipment issues to identify reliability risks and improvement opportunities.
• Provide technical guidance for operating, maintaining, troubleshooting, and modifying compressor-station control systems.
• Support capital, growth, and upgrade projects through design review, technical input, commissioning, startup, functional testing, and validation of new or modified systems.
• Review automation designs, schedules, and construction plans to ensure installations are maintainable, reliable, consistent with company standards, and compatible with existing facilities.
• Perform or support engineering studies, facility assessments, and audits involving company standards and applicable regulatory and industry requirements.
• Promote standardization and share lessons learned, technical guidance, best practices, and recurring issue information across the organization.
• Support technical training, mentoring, Operator Qualification activities, and technical knowledge-sharing forums.
• Coordinate vendor and service representative support when specialized assistance is required.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Conoscenze

PLC & HMIs knowledge

Analytical & troubleshooting skills

Root-cause analysis

Effective communication

Electrical drawings interpretation

Formazione

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent technical program

Strumenti

Allen-Bradley PLC

Allen-Bradley HMI

Cisco networking equipment

Descrizione del lavoro

TC Energy seeks an Automation Engineer or Technologist to support the safe, reliable operation of compressor-station control systems. You will maintain, troubleshoot, and improve automation hardware and software, working with field operations to diagnose issues and implement fixes.

Ideal candidates have a bachelor's in Electrical Engineering or related tech program, 6+ years of experience, and strong PLC/HMI knowledge. Travel to other sites and extended hours may be required.