Electrical & Instrument Reliability Engineer

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Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s North Dakota Refining Division is seeking a highly motivated team-oriented Electrical & Instrument Reliability Engineer to join the Reliability group within the Maintenance Department. This role will provide critical support to both the Mandan Refinery and the Dickinson Renewable Diesel Facility, ensuring compliance with process and industry standards contributing to the safe and efficient operation of our facilities.

The goals of the position include maintenance support, troubleshooting existing issues, budgeting for planned equipment replacements, implementing new solutions and creating new reliability programs targeting longer run‑times, higher MTBF and safer operations. The role involves extensive collaboration with external contractors performing work both onsite and offsite.

This position will be based in Mandan, ND, and reports to the Reliability Manager.

Drives Long Term Reliability

• Maintain compliance of instrument equipment with the Mechanical Integrity program, including identification of covered equipment, developing and scheduling of ITPM plans, budgeting, analysis of results and developing recommendations for repair.

• Utilize reliability tools and CMMS software such as SAP, GE APM, failure evaluations, Pareto Analysis and cost analysis to improve reliability of rotating equipment systems.

• Support the Instrumentation reliability improvement program. Works directly with vendors, reviews upgrade recommendations and champions upgrades through the appropriate budgeting process.

• Develop Project Request Forms (PRFs) for equipment upgrades including financial justification (life cycle cost analysis) and assist in Decision Support Package (DSP) development.

• Develops and maintains settings and specifications specific to power distribution, controls/logic, and/or Safety Instrumented System (SIS), etc.

Maintenance and Area Team Support

• Analyze equipment failure and condition monitoring data to identify opportunities for improvement in equipment reliability, availability, and cost of operation.

• Support facility turnarounds, including scope development, planning, reviews, material selection and execution of work scopes.

• Develop and oversee shop maintenance/repairs completed internally and at vendors/outside repair facilities.

• Provide technical expertise and training for maintenance crafts and operators to support reliability programs.

• Provide technical assistance/troubleshooting assistance in resolving Instrument operations and maintenance problems; contact internal and external experts as required.

Health, Safety, Environmental and Mechanical Integrity Stewardship

• Participate in safety walks and field audits on a regular basis.

• Serve as a technical resource to the Process Safety Department during HAZOP reviews.

• Perform as the site champion for Safety Instrumented Systems.

• Lead and/or support multi-disciplinary incident investigations to determine root cause and identify corrective actions.

• Ensure technical documentation is maintained per PSI (Process Safety Information) Policies, including Loop drawings, Instrument datasheets, wiring diagrams and datasheets.

• Champion Mechanical Integrity program and the Major Equipment Deficiency process with key stakeholders.

• Generate and manage MOCs (Management of Change) per jurisdictional, MPC corporate and site standards.

• Develop and review turnaround work lists and scopes for critical equipment.

• Provide leadership and decision-making skills during turnarounds and unplanned equipment outages regarding repair solutions.

• Provide technical expertise and support to capital project development.

• Conduct periodic reviews of equipment Work History to identify continuous improvement opportunities.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must have a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. Degree must be achieved by start date.

• Valid driver’s license.

• Travel Requirement is 10% or less.

• The work…