Senior Automation Engineer - Controls & Field Ops

TC Energy Corp.; Clark (SD); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive benefits

Job summary

TC Energy is seeking an Automation Engineer or Technologist to support safe, reliable operation of control systems at compressor stations and related facilities. The role emphasizes maintenance, troubleshooting, and improvements to automation systems, with collaboration across field operations to diagnose issues and provide ongoing technical guidance.

The position requires strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, ability to manage shifting priorities, and a hybrid work model across the

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or graduation from a two- or three-year technical program.
• Six or more years of related experience.
• Demonstrated 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.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct technical support to field operations for maintaining and troubleshooting automation, electrical, instrumentation, 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 related 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 company 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.

Skills

PLC systems

HMI platforms

Electrical knowledge

Instrumentation

Root-cause analysis

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Allen-Bradley PLC

HMI software

Cisco networking

Data acquisition systems

Job description

TC Energy is seeking an Automation Engineer or Technologist to support safe, reliable operation of control systems at compressor stations and related facilities. The role emphasizes maintenance, troubleshooting, and improvements to automation systems, with collaboration across field operations to diagnose issues and provide ongoing technical guidance.

The position requires strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, ability to manage shifting priorities, and a hybrid work model across the