External Relations Project Delivery Manager

Determined. Imaginative. Curious. If these are some of the ways you describe yourself — we want to learn more about you! At TC Energy, we are Energy Problem Solvers — passionate about transitioning North America to cleaner energy while meeting the energy demands of today and tomorrow. If that sounds like a challenge you want to help tackle, we want you to join our team! 

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Director, Project Delivery and Hire & Buy Local, you will lead the External Relations Project Delivery team and serve as the primary contact for the External Relations Projects portfolio. Your core mandate is clear: deliver External Relations commitments on time and on budget while meeting regulatory, permitting, and stakeholder requirements.

You’ll bring a “one-team” mindset—aligning priorities across External Relations and business units, anticipating risks, and unblocking issues so projects advance on schedule and within approved budgets.

What you’ll do

Deliver & control (schedule and cost)

• Manage a high-performing team accountable for developing, assessing, and executing External Relations inputs and deliverables with the BUs.
• Establish baselines and track performance for External Relations scope (schedule, cost, and milestones), ensuring work is delivered on time and on budget.
• Own variance management: identify slippage or cost pressure early, drive mitigations, manage change, and report status with clear, decision-ready recommendations.
• Support creation and implementation of External Relations strategies and plans; refine project execution plans to align with External Relations Policies and Strategy.

Integrate & collaborate

• Partner closely with Project Management, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Business Development, Environment, Legal, and Land to meet permitting and regulatory requirements, manage risks, and capture opportunities.
• Act as the primary point of contact for Project and BU leaders to resolve delivery challenges and maintain alignment on scope, schedule, and budget.

Engage & represent

• Represent the company with Indigenous Nations, municipalities, communities, and the public in a professional, respectful, and culturally aware manner.
• Build and sustain strong relationships across BUs and internal teams to create a collaborative, communicative environment that moves projects forward.

Advise & manage risk

• Provide strategic, pragmatic advice to business partners across the company.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to develop mitigation measures, monitor emerging issues, and escalate External Relations risks and opportunities to the right governance forums.

Lead & develop people

• Coach and mentor team members to build technical capacity, support career development, and foster a resilient, high-performance culture.

Minimum Qualifications

• Post-secondary degree or diploma in a relevant discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 10 years in the construction industry, including 2+ years at the manager or team-lead level.
• Experience in project management for pipelines or other large-scale infrastructure projects.
• Proven experience working with local municipalities and/or Indigenous Nations to address complex and sensitive issues.
• Knowledge of federal and provincial regulatory processes and consultation guidelines in Canada.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate stakeholder, rightsholder, and regulatory requirements into project plans, schedules, and scopes of work.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the energy sector and/or midstream industry.
• Knowledge of regulatory processes and consultation guidelines across multiple Canadian jurisdictions.
• Direct experience with External Relations issues, concerns, and approaches that create mutual-benefit opportunities.
• Proven ability to identify, assess, and manage risks and opportunities in a project and enterprise context.
• Strong track record of coaching, mentoring, and building high-performing teams.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; able to build respectful relationships from grassroots to senior leadership, internally and externally.
• Proficiency with project management and collaboration software.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills; confident presenting to diverse audiences.

This position requires candidates to:

• Have and maintain a valid driver's license and provide a driver's abstract (record) for review
• Travel to other company locations for temporary assignments, meetings or training will be required (estimated up t0 20% of work schedule)
• Overnight stays away from home base will be required (estimated up to 20% of work schedule)

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

TC Energy is a leading energy infrastructure company in North America. We have complementary businesses of natural gas pipelines and power generation. Our operations span three countries, seven Canadian provinces, and 34 U.S. states.

TC Energy is an equal opportunity employer.

Learn more

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Thank you for choosing TC Energy in your career search.

* Depending on qualifications, the successful candidate may be offered a position at a more appropriate level and/or ladder.

* Applicants must have legal authorization to work in the country in which the position is based with no restrictions.

* All positions require background screening. Some require criminal and/or credit checks to comply with regulations.

* TC Energy is committed to provide employment opportunities to all qualified individuals, without regard to race, religion, age, sex, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or disability. Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available on request during the recruitment process. Applicants with disabilities can request accessible formats or communication supports by contacting [email protected].