Engineer, Industrial Controls & Cyber Security

***Location is open to anywhere in the United States that TC Energy has an office***

The Opportunity

The Facilities Reliability & Integrity Engineering Services (FRIES) organization is a team of experts who leverage deep technical skills and subject matter expertise to maximize the value of TC Energy's facilities assets across North America. The FRIES organization is accountable for fit for purpose technical standards and asset management strategies that balance risk, asset performance and cost. FRIES also provides escalated subject matter expert (SME) support to resolve complex engineering challenges and support operations and project engineering functions.

The Industrial Controls & Cybersecurity (IC&C) team within FRIES comprises engineering SMEs with deep technical expertise on systems and equipment core to gas facilities processes, but outside of the prime mover (i.e. compressor units and the main pipeline through facilities). The IC&C team consists of Industrial Controls and Cybersecurity engineering SMEs and has four primary accountabilities - technical authority for engineering standards, Tier 3 (escalated) engineering support to operations engineering, development of asset management strategies, and projects engineering support.

IC&C Team is seeking an Industrial Controls System (ICS) Engineer who has industry and technical knowledge and experience in gas facilities (Automation & Electrical [A&E] and/or Measurement & Regulation [M&R]) industrial control systems.

What you'll do

• Manage Business Unit (BU) adherence to Cyber Security policies/standards

• Perform tracking and recording of firmware and patching levels for all ICS hardware/software

• PLCs (Allen Bradley, Siemens, GE)

• Switches (managed, Cisco IOS-based)

• Other ethernet-based hardware (protocol converters, VFDs, soft starters, etc...)

• Measurement assets (RTU's, flow meters, chromatographs, etc.)

• VMware-based server systems

• Windows Server-based Virtual Machines

• Thin Clients

• Implement and perform firmware and patching upgrades for all ICS A&E and M&R hardware/software

• Maintain the digital asset inventory for all TC Energy Industrial Control System (ICS) assets in all North America

• Work with corporate groups to make sure US ICS assets are meeting all TSA mandates

• Adjust BU practices, as necessary, to conform to applicable Cyber Security mandates

• Monitor for and track all applicable vulnerabilities, risk rank them, and help formulate remediation steps

• Train BU personnel on practices necessary to meet Cyber Security requirements

• Perform engineering or engineering-related studies requiring the application of company, governmental and industry codes, standards, procedures and guideline

• Provide engineering and construction/project management assistance to field teams and the Engineering and Construction group

• Act as a resource for field teams to identify and resolve problems, analyze malfunctions, make modifications or repairs, and provide assistance where needed

• Maintain Asset Management Plans, Integrity Plans, and Facility Management Plans

• Installation, maintenance, and support of Virtualized systems

• Adjust ICS practices, as necessary, to conform to applicable Cyber Security mandates

• Maintain and expand expertise in accordance/conjunction with current and emerging technology. Remain cognizant of how and what leading edge control technology is being applied (or not applied) and implement change to ensure the most efficient and effective operations are maintained in a Cyber Safe manner.

• Be a conduit for information sharing by communicating best practices, improvement opportunities, new technologies and general information to others in the organization

• Promote and provide for standardization among field operations including the standardization of equipment, maintenance functions, programs, and consistent application of procedures

• Provide technical guidance and participate in planning, providing and reviewing related technical training

• Monitor data acquisition systems and related computer equipment, and coordinate any software modifications

• Audit facilities to ensure compliance with Company Standards, Policies and Procedures, and governmental and industry codes

• Provide for the archival of automation program software and current backups

• Coordinate appropriate roundtables

• Coordinate service representatives' visits/support

• Other tasks as required

Minimum qualifications

• Four-year degree in an Engineering discipline or graduation from a 2 to 3 year technical school (applicants without an Engineering degree, but who have significant experience, may align to the Technologist job ladder)

• 6+ years of related experience

• Operating knowledge of Active Directory, Windows, and VMWare authentication mechanisms

• Operating knowledge of electrical, controls, automation, and/or M&R systems

• Operating knowledge of various PLC and HMI and/or M&R platforms

Preferred qualifications

• Install, configure, maintain, repair, & support computer hardware & software on workstation & server platforms

• Operating knowledge of data management, scripting, data entry, and presentation systems

• Experience in PowerBI and/or other reporting/dashboarding systems

• Install, update & configure computer application software, network security software, & document computer systems & networks, M&R equipment

• Design, implement, & maintain computer system & network security

• Assess & alleviate potential security threats

• Operating knowledge of the gas pipeline industry

• Knowledge and experience in data communication

• Operating knowledge of ICS equipment (A&E/M&R)

This position requires candidates to

• Have and maintain a valid driver's license and safe driving record

• Successfully complete a pre- employment medical screening, including drug and alcohol testing

• Be available for extended work hours/days, and callouts as needed.

• Travel to other company locations for temporary assignments, meetings or training which would involve some overnight stays away from home

Driving a motor vehicle is an essential job function of this position. Following a conditional offer of employment, the Company will check the motor vehicle records of any job applicant when driving is an essential job function.

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