Engineer III/Sr - Electrical

Responsibilities

• Performs a wide range of complex electrical engineering assignments requiring advanced experience, innovation, and professional judgment.
• Plans and executes work independently with substantial latitude for unreviewed technical decisions.
• Serves as a technical authority for electrical systems within assigned geographic areas and operating assets.
• Applies specialized electrical engineering knowledge to the delivery of major projects and operational initiatives.
• Prepares and delivers clear, effective technical presentations to engineering, operations, and leadership audiences.
• Anticipates internal and external customer needs, assesses requirements, and develops practical, compliant solutions.
• Maintains strong awareness of applicable industry codes, standards, and operational requirements.
• Works across multiple engineering disciplines to support integrated facility design and operations.
• Interprets business and operational challenges and drives improvements to systems, processes, and services.
• Collaborates with operations, maintenance, and engineering teams to ensure compliance, develop improvement plans, and meet training needs.
• Champions electrical best practices, safety standards, and reliability-centered maintenance strategies.
• Monitors and controls project costs, schedules, and resource utilization.
• Supports electrical outages and maintenance activities, including testing and evaluation of switchgear, VFDs, MCCs, transformers, breakers, grounding systems, protective relays, motors, UPS systems, generators, power cables, and overall system functionality.
• Supports operation and maintenance of high-horsepower primary drivers and associated electrical infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s Degree in relevant Engineering field from an accredited college or university, OR Bachelor's Degree in Engineering Technology in a relevant field with Professional Engineer (P.E.) license; A minimum of eight (8) years of multifaceted engineering experience in the natural gas or petrochemical industry.
• Other Requirements: Maintains and updates division electrical documentation, including one-line diagrams, schematics, equipment drawings, and Cause & Effect (C&E) charts.
• Develops, implements, and continuously improves condition-based maintenance programs to enhance electrical asset reliability and safety.
• Leads complex electrical troubleshooting, fault analysis, root-cause investigations, and support electrical outages and maintenance activities.
• Supports operation and maintenance of low-, medium-, and high-voltage substations, distribution systems, and high-horsepower primary drivers.
• Performs power system and arc-flash studies, including periodic re-evaluations, protection setting application, label maintenance, and implementation of recommendations.
• Utilizes industry-standard power system analysis tools (e.g., SKM, ETAP, or equivalent) to assess system limitations, risks, and energy-saving opportunities.
• Provides protection relay expertise, including programming, testing, event analysis, and full-life-cycle management.
• Supports execution of small and capital electrical projects, ensuring compliance with internal standards, regulatory requirements, and operational needs through design, installation, and commissioning.
• Performs technical electrical reviews for Management of Change (MOC) packages and participates in incident investigation, concern reporting, and life-critical work processes (e.g., WIMS).
• Develops and delivers technical training for electrical technicians.
• Familiarity with Allen-Bradley, DeltaV, and Yokogawa control systems preferred.
• Possible: Project Management experience, May direct work of other engineers and/or support staff.