Incident & Emergency Management Specialist

TC Energy Corp.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

TC Energy Corp. seeks an experienced Incident & Emergency Management Specialist to join the Incident & Emergency Management team.

The role involves senior-level leadership in investigations, emergency preparedness, governance, and program assurance across enterprise operations. The successful candidate will lead complex investigations, advise on event classification, and drive continuous improvements while coordinating with leaders and functional partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Emergency Management, OH&S, Environmental Science or related field.
• 8+ years progressive experience in incident investigation or emergency management.
• Experience leading investigations and producing formal reports; knowledge of incident command structures.
• Experience conducting assurance reviews, audits, or management system evaluations.
• Ability to manage complex assignments with multiple stakeholders and sensitive information.
• Strong facilitation, critical thinking, and technical writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide governance and SME input for incident and emergency management across units and regions.
• Develop and improve frameworks, standards, procedures, tools, and program expectations.
• Advise leaders on event classification, investigation requirements, and corrective actions.
• Lead incident investigations, document findings, and support lessons learned.
• Ensure consistent application of requirements through cross-functional reviews and implementation activities.
• Share best practices and emerging risks to strengthen organizational learning.
• Provide quality review of investigation reports, emergency documentation, and related deliverables.
• Plan assurance activities, program assessments, and action-effectiveness evaluations.
• Analyze data to identify systemic issues and enterprise improvement priorities.
• Support emergency preparedness with plans, procedures, training, and exercises.

Skills

Incident investigations

Emergency management

Stakeholder engagement

Facilitation

Technical writing

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering or related

Tools

Cause Mapping

Root Cause Analysis

TapRooT

Incident management systems

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 relevant professional certification.
• Formal training or certification in Cause Mapping, Root Cause Analysis, TapRooT, or a comparable investigation methodology.
• Advanced Incident Command System or emergency management training.
• Experience participating in or supporting an Incident Support Team, Incident Management Team, Emergency Operations Center, or comparable emergency response organization.
• Experience within the energy, pipeline, utility, petrochemical, manufacturing, transportation, or another high-hazard industry.
• Experience using incident management systems, data analytics, dashboards, and performance reporting tools.
• Ability to speak Spanish or communicate effectively in Spanish is considered an asset.

This position requires candidates to:

• This position will involve travel and overnight stays away from home (estimated up to 20% of work schedule)
• Have current, valid authorization to travel internationally (including but not limited to Canada, US and Mexico)
• Successfully complete a Criminal background check (US Applicants)
• The role may require participation in an emergency response or on-call rotation.

To 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

About our business

We 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.

TC 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 [e-mail] for support.

All 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.

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Thank you for considering TC Energy in your career journey.