Senior Electrical Reliability Engineer

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Are you passionate about solving complex electrical challenges and driving reliability in critical industrial systems? Join our team and play a key role in ensuring the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of high-voltage power distribution systems and rotating equipment across Air Products' North American facilities.

In this highly visible technical leadership role, you will serve as a subject matter expert for high-voltage electrical systems, helping to enhance asset performance, prevent unplanned downtime, and implement innovative reliability solutions. You'll collaborate with operations, maintenance, engineering, and vendor partners to troubleshoot complex issues, develop long-term reliability strategies, and establish best practices that make a lasting impact across multiple facilities.

Based primarily at our Texas City, Texas facility, this position offers the opportunity to influence operations across North America through periodic travel (approximately 15-20%) to support other sites and strategic initiatives.

What You'll Do

As a Senior Electrical Reliability Engineer, you will:

• Provide expert technical support for high-voltage distribution systems, motors, generators, and other critical electrical assets.
• Lead troubleshooting efforts for complex electrical equipment issues and coordinate technical response strategies across multiple facilities.
• Drive root cause analysis (RCA) investigations and implement effective corrective actions that improve reliability and eliminate recurring failures.
• Develop engineered solutions that enhance equipment performance, reduce maintenance costs, and improve plant availability.
• Analyze equipment and system performance data to identify reliability improvement opportunities and optimize maintenance practices.
• Design and implement predictive and preventive maintenance programs for critical electrical infrastructure.
• Oversee vendor repairs and refurbishment activities for high-voltage equipment, ensuring the highest standards of quality and workmanship.
• Conduct power system studies, including short-circuit, arc flash, load-flow, motor starting, and voltage drop analyses.
• Program and validate protective relays based on study results and system performance analysis.
• Review and approve technical designs, engineering documentation, and reliability improvement projects.
• Establish and maintain electrical safety standards aligned with industry best practices and regulatory requirements.
• Mentor, train, and develop operations and maintenance personnel on electrical system reliability, maintenance, and safe work practices.
• Champion a culture of safety, operational excellence, and continuous improvement across all supported facilities.
   

What's In It for You: 

At Air Products we foster a culture of inclusion where every voice is heard, and everyone feels they belong and matter. Additionally, we offer competitive pay and great benefits for our employees. Check-out some of our benefits below!

• Affordable Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (day 1 of employment) 
• 401k with 100% vested company core and match  
• Paid Vacation, holidays + sick time  
• Paid Parental leave (Up to 8 weeks) 
• Backup Child and Adult Care benefit 
• Adoption assistance  
• Flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent daycare) 
• Life Insurance (AD&D- Paid for by Air Products), Supplemental AD&D 
• Legal Plan & Identity theft coverage  
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program) 
• Many more supplemental benefits available 

Responsibilities: 

• Provide technical support to field teams for high-voltage distribution equipment and high-voltage motors/generators.
• Troubleshoot electrical equipment issues and coordinate technical response across Air Products facilities.
• Oversee vendor shop repairs of high-voltage motors and equipment to verify quality and workmanship.
• Document critical work with repair reports to support traceability and long-term equipment history.
• Develop engineered solutions to eliminate recurring electrical issues.
• Improve plant reliability by trending performance data and updating maintenance procedures.
• Lead and participate in root-cause analyses (RCA) and drive corrective actions to closure.
• Develop and execute predictive and preventive maintenance strategies for critical electrical assets.
• Apply internal and national standards when specifying, maintaining, and repairing electrical equipment.
• Review and approve engineering documents for plant upgrades and reliability projects.
• Train, coach, and mentor technicians and operations staff on safe operation and preventive maintenance of electrical systems.
• Ensure all work complies with Safety and Environmental standards and supports a strong safety culture.
• Maintain company electrical safe work practice standards aligned with industry standards and recommended best practices.
• Perform power system studies, including motor starting/voltage drop, short-circuit, arc-flash, and load-flow analyses.
• Program protective relays using settings developed from system studies and validate performance through event analysis.

Required Responsibilities:

• Deliver all objectives safely and achieve 100% compliance with Air Products’ safety requirements.
• Minimum 10 years of electrical engineering experience, including operations and maintenance in large industrial plants.
• Experience managing an electrical safety program, including detailed knowledge of NFPA 70E.
• In-depth experience with SKM PowerTools for Windows engineering software.
• In-depth experience with SEL and Multilin protective relays, including programming and event analysis.
• Experience specifying and supporting HV substations and associated equipment (transformers; HV/LV motors and generators; motor control circuits; VFDs; station batteries; and UPS systems).
• Experience in the operation and maintenance of synchronous generators and the associated control and protection systems
• Experience with NERC standards and compliance for a generating facility.
• Ability to travel in North America (15–20%).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active Texas PE license.
• Safety training certification such as NFPA CESCP
• Ability to read and interpret P&IDs for large complex processes.
• Working knowledge of industrial process control systems such as PLC’s, DCS systems and associated instrumentation.

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Founded in 1940, Air Products is a world-leading industrial gases company and has a proud history of innovation, operational excellence, with an unwavering commitment to safety and environmental stewardship. Working together, we are taking our passion and diverse backgrounds forward to reimagine what’s possible and generate a cleaner future for our customers, our communities, and the world.
  
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer (U.S.).  You will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, citizenship, gender, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, or veteran status.  

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