Electrical Reliability Engineer, Houston Area

Job overview

The Electrical Reliability Engineer role is onsite in Pasadena, TX, in the Houston area. The posting states a salary of $150,000–$165,000 plus bonus. The role supports a global chemical company’s operating site and its electrical and instrumentation systems. The engineer improves equipment reliability and operational uptime through electrical engineering, troubleshooting, and maintenance support. The role also contributes to turnarounds and projects, site safety, and the development of junior engineers and other personnel.

What you'll do

• Provide operations support and reliability engineering
• support turnarounds and projects
• perform reliability work involving power distribution from power drop through switchgear, including medium- to high-voltage systems
• conduct root-cause failure analysis, uptime optimization, incident reporting, and monitoring of electrical and instrumentation systems
• lead troubleshooting
• mentor junior engineers and cross-train personnel
• and integrate work with the site safety program.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

electrical reliability engineer

pasadena tx

houston area

catalyst recruiting

chemical operations

electrical engineering

instrumentation

power distribution

medium-voltage systems

dcs maintenance

turnarounds and projects

reliability engineering

$150,000-$165,000 plus bonus

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

The posting requires a four-year engineering degree, five or more years of directly applicable plant experience, extensive electrical safety experience, and experience with power distribution and DCS system maintenance. The role involves working around operating and energized equipment in potentially adverse conditions.

About the employer

Catalyst Recruiting is hiring for this role. Industry: Engineering Services. Sector: 54.