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Job Title


Reliability Electrical Engineer


Company : Celanese


Location : Edmonton, Alberta


Created : 2026-04-18


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Overview The Reliability Electrical Engineer supports safe, reliable, and costeffective operation of electrical assets at the Celanese Edmonton manufacturing site. The role leads reliability strategy development for medium and lowvoltage 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 Develop and sustain reliability programs for major electrical systems, including 13.8kV distribution, 4.16kV motors and switchgear, 600V MCCs, transformers and substations, VFDdriven equipment, UPS/controlpower systems, critical compressors and pumps, and SISsupporting electrical infrastructure. Lead site electrical asset criticality reviews and lifecycle planning. 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 problemsolving tools, including RCFA, FMEA, Weibull analysis (when applicable), and Six Sigma methodologies to resolve chronic reliability issues. Strengthen and optimize electrical PdM/PM programs, including infrared thermography, partial discharge monitoring, insulation resistance testing, motor condition monitoring, breaker maintenance strategies, and arcflash risk mitigation planning. Improve PM effectiveness within SAP PM reliability structures. Provide electrical engineering support for plant upgrades, obsolescence replacements, reliabilitydriven 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. Ensure compliance with the Alberta Electrical Utility Code, CSA standards, arcflash safety requirements, corporate electrical safety standards, Management of Change (MOC) processes, and all applicable Process Safety expectations. Lead reliability initiatives focused on reducing downtime, eliminating bad actors, optimizing maintenance costs, improving equipment availability, and refining PM intervals. Qualifications Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Registered P.Eng. with Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta 510 years industrial electrical reliability experience Experience in continuous manufacturing or petrochemical environments Strong root cause investigation capability Experience supporting mediumvoltage industrial systems (4kV15kV) 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 familiarityAsset criticality modeling experience #J-18808-Ljbffr