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Manager, US Estimating

TC Energy
United States, Texas, Houston
700 Louisiana Street (Show on map)
Jul 10, 2025

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 Controls U.S., this position is responsible for ensuring delivery of high-quality, accurate, and timely estimates for all phases of U.S. growth and maintenance capital. This role is responsible for leading a team of cost estimators who are providing deliverables for pipeline and facility projects for natural gas transmission pipelines. The position requires excellent collaboration with key stakeholders and business units to ensure they receive the necessary cost estimate deliverables to develop, sanction, and execute capital projects and make timely financial decisions to achieve predictable outcomes.

What you'll do

  • Influence project decision making without direct authority through estimates with accuracy ranges applicable to the project phase.

  • Lead, mentor, and develop a team of direct reports to deliver high quality accurate estimating deliverables.

  • Provide leadership and direction on all aspects of cost estimates in accordance with Project Delivery Standard deliverables, processes, and procedures, and prudent industry practices.

  • Monitor and improve estimating performance through incorporation of actual cost feedback and benchmarking data and active collaboration with our benchmarking teams.

  • Collaborate with key stakeholder groups in the sharing of lessons learned and best practices to enhance a competitive advantage in developing and executing projects.

  • Liaise with other departments including Project Controls, Supply Chain, Senior Management, Project Managers, and external vendors to develop effective and accurate input to cost estimates.

  • Work with Supply Chain to support the bid, evaluate, and award process for prime construction contracts and perform check estimates in support of project change management.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, finance, economics, or similar discipline

  • 10+ years of relevant industry experience

  • 5+ years of formal leadership experience

  • Experience estimating interstate natural gas transmission pipeline construction projects (including pipelines, facilities, and other associated appurtenances).

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Field construction experience is a plus

  • Prime contractor or peer interstate pipeline owner/operator experience a plus

  • Strong working knowledge of detailed, quantity driven estimating tools (Cleopatra, Hard Dollar, etc.) would be an advantage

  • Mastery of all estimating techniques and ability to develop estimates of all classes across a wide range of project sizes and complexity

  • Strong desktop computer skills (MS Office)

  • Excellent facilitation, communication, and analytical skills (both written and verbal)

  • Strong analytical, interpretive, organizational, and problem-solving skills

  • Ability to drive continuous improvement in practices and procedures working with a functional home and governance team.

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

Visit us at TCEnergy.com and connect with us on our social media channels for our latest news, employee stories, community activities, and other updates.

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 careers@tcenergy.com.

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