Senior Electrical Reliability Engineer

This position will be responsible for developing and providing reliability expertise to operations and project engineering.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Supervise contract personnel, engineering firms, integrators, vendors and/or electrical contractors as needed to perform these functions.
• Work with local utility representatives to design new and upgrade existing electrical services.
• Define and ensure the project complies with required codes, safety standards, specifications, work scope and construction drawings.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously within a managed budget and execution schedule and performs cost tracking and status reporting for assigned projects.
• Support Site MOC process, including reliability approval of new or modified electrical system designs and changes to electrical system care plans.
• Lead reliability investigations for electrical equipment failures, including proper application of RCA process and corrective action plans.
• Collaborate with Asset Leader to understand and set priority for electrical equipment/system repairs impacting reliability.
• Build strategy around electrical reliability system training and knowledge support; Creates and delivers training to develop the technical capabilities of the reliability, maintenance and operations team
• Identify programs and initiatives around overhead electrical distribution lines to drive reliability improvements.
• Provide technical review of engineering projects; works with OEMs, unit and project teams on specification and selection of new equipment; participates in factory acceptance tests for new installations as appropriate.

Electrical Reliability Technical Duties:

• Prepare/oversee electrical reliability program: VFD preventative maintenance and Transformer/MCC IR scans.
• Assist with scheduling and interpreting arc flash studies
• Assist with critical spare parts program (ie VFD)
• Budgeting and forecasting responsibilities: Identifying End of Life equipment and recommend for budget cycle.
• Assist with scheduling and forecasting preventative maintenance activities.
• General electrical engineering regional support
• Role would support both business units.
• Will be required to travel approximately 30%.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 5+ years of electrical/instrumentation/controls (EIC) engineering and project management experience in a terminal/pipeline/petrochemical/offshore engineering environment. 2+ will be considered for a junior position.
• Motor Control and variable frequency drives up through 5kV.
• NEC and API 500.
• NFPA 70E and 70B knowledge
• Instrumentation including pressure, temperature, flow, level, and metering. This includes the use of diaphragm seals.

Preferred Qualifications (not required)

• Predictive and preventative maintenance care plans, and electrical distribution ITPM programs