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This role drives proactive reliability improvement initiatives, supports safe and reliable plant operations, and ensures compliance with Process Safety Management (PSM), Mechanical Integrity (MI), Environmental, Quality, and Corporate Reliability requirements.\nResponsibilities\nReliability Strategy & Asset Management\nDevelop and implement preventive, predictive, condition-based, and failure-finding maintenance strategies for instrumentation and electrical assets.\nIdentify and eliminate chronic equipment issues through bad actor analysis and reliability improvement programs.\nMonitor and analyze equipment performance and reliability metrics to identify improvement opportunities.\nSupport Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) and other reliability studies to optimize maintenance programs.\nDevelop and maintain critical equipment strategies for instrumentation and electrical systems.\nFailure Analysis & Continuous Improvement\nLead Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) investigations for significant instrumentation and electrical failures.\nDevelop corrective and preventive actions and track effectiveness through completion.\nIdentify and implement reliability improvements using engineering principles and data-driven decision making.\nDrive initiatives to eliminate high-consequence and repeat failures.\nTechnical Support\nProvide advanced troubleshooting support for instrumentation, electrical, and control system issues in a 24/7 manufacturing environment.\nSupport maintenance and operations teams during critical equipment outages and plant upsets.\nServe as the site's technical resource for instrumentation and electrical reliability issues.\nProcess Safety & Compliance\nOwn and manage the Safety Instrumented System (SIS) program in accordance with Celanese requirements and ISA/IEC standards.\nParticipate in Process Hazard Analyses (PHA), Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA), and other process safety reviews.\nSupport Management of Change (MOC) activities by providing technical evaluations and reliability assessments.\nConduct and document annual Mechanical Integrity self-audits for instrumentation and electrical systems.\nEnsure compliance with applicable company standards, regulatory requirements, and industry codes.\nCapital Projects & Engineering\nDevelop technical specifications for instrumentation and electrical equipment.\nReview engineering designs, vendor proposals, and project submittals for new installations and upgrades.\nProvide technical leadership during capital projects and major turnarounds.\nSupport commissioning, startup, and performance verification of new systems.\nTeam Leadership & Development\nCoordinate technical activities of I&E technicians and contractors.\nIdentify workforce competency gaps and develop training plans.\nDeliver technical training related to instrumentation, electrical systems, SIS, and reliability best practices.\nManage contractor resources supporting reliability initiatives and project work.\nSpare Parts & Vendor Management\nIdentify critical spare parts requirements and optimize inventory strategies.\nEvaluate vendors and equipment solutions to ensure compliance with site standards and reliability expectations.\nSupport procurement activities for critical instrumentation and electrical components.\nQualifications\nBachelor’s degree in engineering or equivelant industrial experience may be considered in lieu of degree.\n5+ years of instrumentation and/or electrical reliability experience in a manufacturing, chemical, refining, petrochemical, or industrial environment.\nDemonstrated experience leading reliability improvement initiatives.\nExperience performing Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA).\nExperience implementing preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance programs.\nWorking knowledge of Process Safety Management (PSM), Management of Change (MOC), and Mechanical Integrity (MI) programs.\nDeep understanding of industrial instrumentation and electrical distribution systems.\nKnowledge of safety instrumented systems and functional safety concepts.\nStrong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.\nAbility to manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously.\nStrong technical writing, communication, and presentation skills.\nPreferred Qualifications\nReliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) experience.\nExperience with SAP PM or equivalent CMMS systems.\nExperience using reliability analytics and maintenance data to drive improvements.\nFamiliarity with ANSI/ISA-84, IEC 61511, and functional safety standards.\nKnowledge of API, ISA, NFPA, NEC, and other relevant industry standards.\nExperience supporting chemical, petrochemical, polymer, or refining operations.\nPay is based on several factors which vary based on position. 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