Electrical Reliability Engineer

POSITION SUMMARY

Marathon Petroleum Company is seeking an Electrical Reliability Engineer to support the Mandan Refinery and Dickinson Renewable Diesel Facility in North Dakota. This position is responsible for developing and executing plans, programs, and processes to maintain electrical equipment and systems across their lifecycle, reducing safety, environmental, and economic risk and ensuring compliance with applicable electrical codes and standards. The role provides technical support on high‑priority reliability and operational issues and partners with cross‑functional teams.

Candidates should bring experience with industrial electrical systems (preferably refining/petrochemical) and a strong working knowledge of systems up to 15kV, including electrical safety, hazardous area classification, power distribution/protection, motors/controls, and electrical studies. Familiarity with NEC, NFPA, IEEE, NEMA, and API standards are expected. This position reports to the Reliability Manager.

• Provide technical and troubleshooting assistance in resolving electrical design, operation, and maintenance problems.
• Recognize when other resources are required and engage the appropriate parties.
• Champion electrical safety for the sites.
• Manage the refinery’s electrical equipment preventative and predictive maintenance program, including establishing and maintaining asset strategies such as monitoring, PM, and PdM activities.
• Lead investigations to solve recurring electrical equipment failures, reliability threats, and performance issues.
• Initiate and participate in management of change (MOC) reviews and incident investigations.
• Develop projects and concepts for reliability improvement, prepare reports that monitor reliability indicators, and provide technical resources and training to support reliability programs.
• Support refinery turnarounds, including scope development, planning, reviews, material acquisition, and execution of electrical work scopes.
• Develop and review turnaround worklists to include compliance‑based testing, maintenance, repairs, and recommended upgrades or replacements for critical electrical assets.
• Support factory acceptance testing and site commissioning of electrical projects or major equipment, including during turnarounds.
• Maintain and manage the plant’s electrical model using ETAP software, including the arc‑flash labeling program.
• Perform and/or review electrical system studies focusing on arc‑flash analysis, protection and coordination, motor starting, and short‑circuit studies.
• Communicate with personnel from different disciplines, grade levels, and outside resources to obtain needed information or resolve issues.
• Review design drawings and construction packages for electrical projects.
• Participate in technical reviews of vendor equipment drawings.
• Manage the electrical critical equipment list database and maintain the bad‑actor list.
• Develop and maintain final relay set points and logic configuration settings for site transmission, substation, and distribution systems.
• Provide leadership and decision‑making skills during turnarounds and unplanned equipment outages regarding repair solutions.
• Support the refinery in high‑impact, unplanned electrical issues as required.
• Revalidate and write electrical testing procedures, maintenance procedures, QA/QC checklists, etc. to ensure reliability excellence via NETA requirements.

Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution. Minimum two years of post‑degree relevant experience in the refining or petrochemical industry preferred. A valid driver’s license is required. Routine travel between Mandan and Dickinson is required. Must be able to perform essential job functions, including wearing required PPE, working at elevated heights, entering confined spaces, using fall protection, and respirators.

Must be authorized to work in the United States on a full‑time indefinite basis without the need for current or future employment‑visa sponsorship.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Working knowledge of National Electrical Code (NEC), OSHA electrical codes,…