Plant Electrical Reliability Engineering

Electrical Reliability EngineerAt MPC, we're committed to being a great place to work – one that welcomes new ideas, encourages diverse perspectives, develops our people, and fosters a collaborative team environment.Marathon Petroleum Company is seeking an Electrical Reliability Engineer to support the Mandan Refinery and Dickinson Renewable Diesel Facility in North Dakota.This position is responsible for developing and executing plans, programs, and processes to maintain electrical equipment and systems across their lifecycle, reducing safety, environmental, and economic risk and ensuring compliance with applicable electrical codes and standards. Candidates should bring experience with industrial electrical systems (preferably refining/petrochemical) and a strong working knowledge of systems up to 15 kV, including electrical safety, hazardous area classification, power distribution/protection, motors/controls, and electrical studies. Provide technical/troubleshooting assistance in resolving electrical design, operation and maintenance problems. Be the champion of electrical safety for the sites.Manage the refinery's electrical equipment preventative and predictive maintenance program. This includes establishing and maintaining equipment asset strategies for electrical infrastructure, such as monitoring plans, PM plans, PdM activities, etc.Provide technical expertise and lead investigations to solve recurring electrical equipment failures, reliability threats, and/or performance issues.Develop projects, and concepts for reliability improvement, prepare reports that monitor and track reliability indicators, provide technical resources and training to support our reliability programs.Support refinery turnarounds, including scope development, planning, reviews, material acquisition and execution of electrical work scopes. Develop and review turnaround worklists for inclusion of compliance-based testing requirements, maintenance activities & repairs, recommended upgrades & replacements, etc. of critical electrical assets.Support factory acceptance testing & site commissioning of electrical projects or major equipment, including during turnarounds.Maintain and manage the plant's electrical model utilizing ETAP software, including management of the plant's electrical equipment arc flash labeling program.Perform and/or review electrical system studies with emphasis on arc-flash analysis, protection and coordination, motor starting and short circuit studies.Review design drawings and construction packages for electrical related projects. Participate in technical reviews of vendor equipment drawings.Accountable for management and maintenance of electrical critical equipment list database. Maintain electrical equipment bad actor list.Develop and maintain final relay set points and logic configuration settings for site transmission, substation, and distribution systems.Provide leadership and decision-making skills during turnarounds and unplanned equipment outages regarding repair solutions.Support refinery in high impact unplanned electrical issues as required.Revalidate/write electrical testing procedures, maintenance procedures, QA/QC checklists, etc. Education and Experience:Bachelor's Degree (or higher) in Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution required.Minimum 2 years of post-degree relevant experience required with refining or petrochemical industry preferred.Routine travel between Mandan and Dickinson is required.Must be authorized to work in the US on a full-time indefinite basis without the need for employment visa sponsorship now or in the future.Skills:Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook required.Must have working knowledge of common industry standards, codes and practices such as, National Electrical Code (NEC), OSHA electrical codes, state codes, and NFPA 70E.Must understand electrical drawings, piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&ID), ladder logic and entry level programming.Experience performing electrical power system studies utilizing ETAP modeling.Familiarity with electrical maintenance and troubleshooting practices for industrial electrical applications. Knowledge of electrical distribution and substation design is preferred.Experience with specification, application and maintenance up to 15kV class electrical equipment.Must be able to function in a team environment and effectively communicate with personnel of all levels and across multiple disciplines to include Engineering, Operations, and Maintenance.