Team Lead IV, I&E Engineering

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Management Hackberry, LA, US

2 days ago Requisition

I&E Engineering Team Lead

Provide leadership, governance, and strategic direction for the Instrumentation and Electrical engineering disciplines. Accountable for the long-term reliability, integrity, compliance, and performance of critical assets supporting LNG production, this position ensures the development and execution of engineering strategies that reduce business risk, improve asset availability, optimize lifecycle costs, and strengthen operational excellence.

The I&E Engineering Team Lead leads a team of engineering professionals responsible for asset strategy development, reliability improvement, technical assurance, technology lifecycle management, and regulatory compliance. This role serves as the primary technical authority for electrical power systems and instrumentation and partners closely with Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, Projects, Process Safety, IT/OT, Supply Chain, and external stakeholders to achieve business objectives.

The position establishes engineering priorities, develops organizational capability, ensures technical excellence, and drives measurable improvements in safety, production reliability, equipment availability, and cost performance throughout the asset lifecycle. Ownership extends beyond discipline of execution to delivering sustained business results through engineering leadership and effective risk management.

Position Requirements: This position is in Hackberry; LA. Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) is required. Employees' primary residence must be located within a one-hour drive of the Hackberry plant site.

Responsibilities/Duties:

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing I&E engineering team, including succession planning, technical mentoring, competency development, and workload balancing.
• Own and continuously improve instrumentation and electrical system asset strategies throughout the equipment lifecycle.
• Drive risk-based reliability improvements for critical I&E assets through performance analysis, bad actor elimination, root cause analysis, and disciplined corrective action management.
• Provide technical governance for engineering standards, designs, modifications, repairs, and deviations to ensure safe, reliable, and compliant solutions.
• Establish and manage meaningful KPIs for asset health, equipment reliability, strategy effectiveness, obsolescence risk, work quality, and maintenance cost optimization.
• Partner with Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, Projects, Process Safety, IT/OT, Supply Chain, and contractors to protect asset integrity and deliver business objectives.
• Provide strategic leadership for technology modernization, system obsolescence management, electrical infrastructure reliability, and technical risk reduction to ensure long-term asset sustainability and operational excellence.
• Provide engineering leadership for major outages, turnarounds, critical equipment failures, and business continuity events to minimize business risk, improve asset availability, and ensure disciplined execution.
• Champion risk-based asset management and reliability methodologies that improve plant performance, optimize lifecycle costs, and reduce total cost of ownership.
• Provide technical and managerial leadership for the Instrument and Electrical Engineering Team.
• Lead, coach, and develop employees toward I&E system safety, reliability, technical excellence, and business performance goals.
• Provide day-to-day technical guidance and support to Operations and Maintenance.
• Define clear team priorities, decision rights, deliverables, and service expectations; review progress, remove barriers, and communicate risk to stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain long-range reliability, modernization, and obsolescence management plans for instrumentation and electrical.
• Establish engineering priorities aligned with business objectives, reliability goals, regulatory requirements, and operational risk.
• Own implementation and continuous improvement of tools used to evaluate, prioritize, and manage departmental assignments.
• Maintain effective relationships with the local utility company, including routine communication and long-range planning to improve power-supply reliability.
• Lead I&E Engineering support for turnarounds and major outages,…