Reliability Engineer, Electrical & Instrumentation

Job overview

The Reliability Engineer, Electrical & Instrumentation role is onsite in Richmond, VA, with an expected salary range of $130,000–$170,000 per year. The role supports Celanese’s Richmond site and its chemical manufacturing operations. The engineer improves and sustains the reliability, availability, and maintainability of instrumentation, electrical, and safety systems. Through maintenance strategies, failure analysis, technical support, and process-safety work, the role helps maintain safe, reliable plant operations and compliance.

What you'll do

• Develop preventive, predictive, condition-based, and failure-finding maintenance strategies
• analyze equipment performance and chronic issues
• lead root-cause failure investigations and track corrective actions
• troubleshoot instrumentation, electrical, and control systems
• manage the Safety Instrumented System program
• participate in process-safety reviews and audits
• review designs and support projects, commissioning, and turnarounds
• coordinate technical activities and training.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

reliability engineer

electrical & instrumentation

richmond va

celanese

$130k–$170k

industrial reliability

process safety

root cause analysis

maintenance strategy

safety instrumented systems

chemical manufacturing

full-time

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Requires five or more years of instrumentation or electrical reliability experience and experience leading reliability improvements and root-cause analysis. A bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent industrial experience may be considered.

About the employer

Celanese is hiring for this role. Industry: Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing. Sector: 32.