Senior Automation Engineer – Compressor Station Controls

TC Energy Corp.; Mandan (ND); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

TC Energy seeks an Automation Engineer or Technologist to support safe, reliable compressor-station control systems. The role focuses on troubleshooting, maintenance, and system improvements across electrical and automation assets.

You will work with field operations, coordinate changes, and contribute to project commissioning, with a hybrid work model and travel as needed. Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering and 6+ years of related experience are preferred, along with strong analytical and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent training.
• Six or more years of related experience in automation and control systems.
• Experience maintaining and troubleshooting electrical, instrumentation, automation, and control systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct technical support to field operations for automation, electrical, instrumentation, and control systems.
• Diagnose malfunctions, identify root causes, and implement safe, timely fixes.
• Troubleshoot PLCs, HMIs, networks, and data-acquisition systems at stations.
• Support inspection, testing, calibration, repair, and lifecycle management of components.
• Review applications, configurations, alarms, and data to improve reliability.
• Coordinate software, configuration, and control-logic changes per change-management rules.
• Monitor performance and identify reliability risks and improvement opportunities.
• Provide guidance for operating and maintaining compressor-station controls.
• Support capital projects from design review to commissioning and validation.
• Review designs and plans to ensure maintainability and standards compliance.
• Conduct studies and audits per regulatory requirements; share best practices.

Skills

PLC troubleshooting

HMI platforms

Analytical problem-solving

Communication with ops

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Graduation from a tech program (2-3 years)

Tools

Allen-Bradley PLC

Networking equipment (Cisco)

Instrumentation & data-acquisition systems

Job description

TC Energy seeks an Automation Engineer or Technologist to support safe, reliable compressor-station control systems. The role focuses on troubleshooting, maintenance, and system improvements across electrical and automation assets.

You will work with field operations, coordinate changes, and contribute to project commissioning, with a hybrid work model and travel as needed. Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering and 6+ years of related experience are preferred, along with strong analytical and