Overview
The Plant Electrical Engineer supports safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation of electrical assets at the Celanese Edmonton manufacturing site. The role leads reliability strategy development for medium- and low-voltage equipment supporting continuous acetyls production and utilities infrastructure.
This position works closely with Maintenance, Operations, E&I trades, Turnaround teams, and Capital Engineering to reduce equipment failures, improve asset lifecycle performance, and strengthen predictive maintenance programs across the facility.
Responsibilities
Electrical Reliability Strategy
- Develop and sustain reliability programs for major electrical systems, including 13.8 kV distribution, 4.16 kV motors and switchgear, 600 V MCCs, transformers and substations, VFD-driven equipment, UPS/control-power systems, critical compressors and pumps, and SIS-supporting electrical infrastructure.
- Lead site electrical asset criticality reviews and lifecycle planning.
Failure Elimination & Root Cause Analysis
- Lead investigations into electrical reliability issues, including nuisance trips, transformer failures, MCC problems, motor insulation breakdown, harmonic distortion impacts, and VFD reliability concerns.
- Apply structured problem-solving tools, including RCFA, FMEA, Weibull analysis (when applicable), and Six Sigma methodologies to resolve chronic reliability issues.
Predictive & Preventive Maintenance Optimization
- Strengthen and optimize electrical PdM/PM programs, including infrared thermography, partial discharge monitoring, insulation resistance testing, motor condition monitoring, breaker maintenance strategies, and arc-flash risk mitigation planning.
- Improve PM effectiveness within SAP PM reliability structures.
Capital & Turnaround Support
- Provide electrical engineering support for plant upgrades, obsolescence replacements, reliability-driven capital projects, shutdown/turnaround scopes, and major equipment replacements
- Collaborate with E&I technicians, planners, schedulers, reliability specialists, and maintenance supervisors, providing technical support and guidance within a unionized maintenance environment. Provide technical guidance while supporting efficient execution within a unionized maintenance framework.
Safety, Compliance & Standards
- Ensure compliance with the Alberta Electrical Utility Code, CSA standards, arc-flash safety requirements, corporate electrical safety standards, Management of Change (MOC) processes, and all applicable Process Safety expectations.
Continuous Improvement Leadership
- Lead reliability initiatives focused on reducing downtime, eliminating bad actors, optimizing maintenance costs, improving equipment availability, and refining PM intervals.
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
- Registered P.Eng. with Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta
- 5–10 years industrial electrical reliability experience
- Experience in continuous manufacturing or petrochemical environments
- Strong root cause investigation capability
- Experience supporting medium-voltage industrial systems (4 kV–15 kV)
Preferred Experience
- Chemical, refining, or acetyls production experience
- SAP PM reliability module experience
- Arc flash study tools (ETAP, SKM, EasyPower)
- Turnaround planning exposure
- Protective relay coordination familiarity
- Asset criticality modeling experience
