Control Room Management Specialist

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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.

The Opportunity

The Control Room Management (CRM) Specialist is responsible for the governance implementation and continuous improvement of the Control Room Management Program with a primary focus on Alarm Management effectiveness and human performance.

Reporting to the Manager System Performance the Control Room Management (CRM) Specialist ensures alignment with industry best practices and regulatory requirements including API Recommended Practice 1168 by overseeing control room processes related to controller workload fatigue training shift turnover and management of change. The CRM Specialist plays a critical role in ensuring alarms are prioritized actionable and support safe reliable pipeline operations.

What youll do

• Lead and sustain the Control Room Management Program aligned with API 1168 including governance across roles responsibilities workload fatigue training and change management.
• Ensure audit readiness and regulatory compliance across all control room operations.
• Own and govern the Alarm Management program aligning with industry best practices (rationalization prioritization performance monitoring).
• Establish and maintain alarm philosophy standards and lifecycle management processes to ensure alarms are actionable meaningful and aligned to operational risk and controller response expectations.
• Lead rationalization efforts and monitor system performance (e.g. alarm rates standing alarms flood events) driving corrective actions as needed.
• Reduction in alarm floods and nuisance alarms improved controller situational awareness and decreased human-factor-related events
• Ensure alarm management practices align with API 1167 including prioritization rationalization and effective operator response to maintain situational awareness and safe reliable operations.
• Assess and manage controller workload relative to alarm demand and system complexity integrating alarm management improvements into workload reduction strategies.
• Partner with Operations to optimize system design and display interfaces to enhance controller decision-making.
• Implement fatigue mitigation strategies and support scheduling practices and fatigue risk monitoring to manage shift demands and alarm burden.
• Ensure alignment between alarm volumes and sustainable controller performance.
• Standardize shift handover processes to ensure clear communication of alarm states abnormal conditions system constraints and risks maintaining continuity of situational awareness across shifts
• Govern changes to control systems alarm configurations and procedures through formal MOC processes ensuring alarm impacts are assessed validated communicated prior to implementation and fully traceable
• Analyze incidents near hits and abnormal events for alarm system effectiveness.
• Identify gaps in alarm design prioritization or response expectations.
• Ensure lessons learned are embedded into alarm rationalization and CRM processes.
• Establish and track KPIs for alarm management and CRM performance (e.g. alarm rates per console standing and stale alarms alarm floods peak loads and controller response effectiveness).
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance alarm system performance and overall controller usability.

Minimum Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in engineering science or a related discipline.
• Strong understanding of gas pipeline operations system constraints and risk-based operational decision-making.
• Demonstrated ability to balance operational risk stakeholder expectations and value delivery.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex operational and optimization concepts for varied audiences.
• Demonstrates strong organizational acumen and builds effective partnerships across stakeholders.
• Adapts quickly to changing system conditions while maintaining focus on safety compliance and decision quality.
• Maintains composure and effectiveness during periods of high workload ambiguity or operational stress.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with SCADA pipeline operations and gas control programs
• Experience building governance and assurance processes (e.g. procedures decision logs audits training/competency).
• Experience using data/analytics to drive decisions (dashboards KPIs value tracking); familiarity with tools such as Power BI and SEEQ is an asset.
• Encourages constructive challenge and diverse perspectives while driving alignment to a clear operational path forward.
• Continuously improves tools processes and ways of working to advance operational maturity.

About our business

We are a leader in North American energy infrastructure spanning Canada the U.S. and Mexico. Every day our dedicated team proudly connects the world to the energy it needsmoving over 30 per cent of the cleaner-burning natural gas used across the continent. Complemented by strategic ownership and low-risk investments in power generation our infrastructure fuels industries and generates affordable reliable and sustainable power across North America while enabling LNG exports to global markets.

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 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 candidates qualifications.

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