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- Employment type
- Contract
- Experience level
- Senior · 5+ years
- Minimum education
- Bachelor’s degree
- Posting language
- English
- Working hours
- 40 hours per week
- Seniority
- Mid-Senior level
- Application method
- Direct apply is available
Job summary
Provide technical leadership for electrical and instrumentation assets, improving safety, reliability, and availability through investigations, root cause analysis, lifecycle assessments, and condition monitoring. Support engineering studies, design reviews, commissioning, preparation of technical documentation, and HAZOP, risk review, and Management of Change activities.
Job details
Your New Company Hays is partnering with a major industrial organization seeking an experienced Electrical & Instrumentation Reliability Engineer to improve the safety, reliability and performance of critical E&I assets in a complex operating environment. Your New Role You’ll provide technical leadership across electrical and instrumentation assets, supporting reliability programs, troubleshooting, engineering projects and commissioning. You’ll investigate equipment issues, conduct reliability assessments and help ensure new installations integrate safely with existing systems. *This is a site based role located in Fort McMurray, the shift is 8x6 starting on Wednesdays as. FIFO from Calgary/Edmonton hubs, camp, and transport to and from site will be provided. Key Responsibilities Develop E&I scopes focused on safety, reliability and asset availability. Lead equipment investigations, root cause analysis and lifecycle assessments. Assess asset health using condition monitoring and diagnostic testing. Support engineering studies, design reviews, detailed design and commissioning. Prepare E&I drawings, datasheets and specifications to applicable standards. Support HAZOP, risk reviews and Management of Change activities. Must-Have Requirements Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering with APEGA registration or eligibility. 5+ years of maintenance/reliability engineering experience involving E&I and high-voltage equipment. Experience designing, maintaining, testing and commissioning E&I systems. Knowledge of transformers, breakers, protection relays, cables and substations. Field instrumentation/valve experience plus DCS and PLC knowledge. Knowledge of electrical codes, hazardous-area installations and MOC processes. Nice-to-Have Requirements Electrical Heat Trace design and troubleshooting experience. SAP Plant Maintenance/CMMS knowledge. Experience with condition monitoring and HAZOP reviews.
What you’ll do
Provide technical leadership for electrical and instrumentation assets, improving safety, reliability, and availability through investigations, root cause analysis, lifecycle assessments, and condition monitoring. Support engineering studies, design reviews, commissioning, preparation of technical documentation, and HAZOP, risk review, and Management of Change activities.
Requirements
A bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and APEGA registration or eligibility are required, along with at least five years of maintenance or reliability engineering experience involving E&I and high-voltage equipment. Candidates should have experience designing, maintaining, testing, and commissioning E&I systems, and knowledge of high-voltage equipment, instrumentation, DCS/PLC systems, electrical codes, hazardous-area installations, and Management of Change processes.
Benefits
- Camp Accommodation
- Transportation To And From Site
Listed skills
- Root Cause Analysis · Preferred
Other relevant skills
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- Electrical And Instrumentation Reliability
- High-Voltage Equipment
- Root Cause Analysis
- Reliability Assessments
- Condition Monitoring
- Diagnostic Testing
- Engineering Design Reviews
- Commissioning
- Electrical Drawings And Specifications
- HAZOP
- Management Of Change
- Transformers And Breakers
- Protection Relays
- Field Instrumentation And Valves
- DCS And PLC Systems
- Electrical Heat Trace
Job areas
- Engineering
- Energy
- Manufacturing
- Security & Safety
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