Senior Electrical (Power) Engineer

SeniorElectrical (Power) Engineer

Location: Martinez CA

Position Type: Full-Time

Salary Range: $101000.00 $216000.00/ year(commensurate with scope of role experience education and internal equity)

Role Overview

Our client is seeking a high-performing Senior Electrical(Power) Engineer to join their team at their facility in Martinez CA. Inthis role you will be responsible for assuring the safe cost-effectivereliability and operational integrity of the sites electrical distributionsystems.

Working closely with Electrical Inspectors you will balancelong-term reliability objectives with hands-on technical troubleshooting acrosscomplex plant equipmentincluding 15kV 4160V 2300V and 480V distributionnetworks synchronous and induction motors starters and blowerswhileproviding engineering support to an on-site 98.5MW cogeneration facility.

Key Responsibilities

Safety Leader & Technical Mentor

• Drive Goal Zero performance by ensuring complete compliance with site electrical safety standards process safety fundamentals and regulatory frameworks (NFPA 70E OSHA Subpart S OSHA 1910.269).
• Educate and mentor operational maintenance and engineering staff on power generation power distribution electrical safety and equipment best practices.

System Engineering & Operational Support

• Deliver daily run and maintain technical support to refinery production units utility infrastructure the main power grid and the 98.5MW cogeneration plant.
• Oversee the design repair and ongoing maintenance of power distribution equipment (breakers relay upgrades) and utilization hardware (motors starters VFDs).
• Author review and approve electrical procedures switching instructions and preventative maintenance (PM) strategies.
• Facilitate Management of Change (MOC) reviews and conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and risk assessments to prevent repeat equipment failures.

Project Management Turnarounds & Reliability

• Evaluate site electrical reliability risks and design infrastructure upgrade plans capital projects and turnaround execution packages.
• Lead project scope development cost-benefit analyses equipment procurement and field implementation in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Provide active field support to trade crafts during electrical system troubleshooting field commissioning and performance monitoring to maintain environmental compliance and process safety.
• Develop turnaround work scopes draft execution plans and deliver technical field coverage during planned plant outages.
• Ensure all assigned projects strictly follow company standards and relevant industry codes (NEC IEEE ANSI NFPA API NEMA).

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

• Physical Demands: Ability to walk up and down stairs climb ladders lift a minimum of 50 pounds and wear standard refinery personal protective equipment (PPE) including respirators and arc flash gear.
• Schedule & On-Call: Standard full-time schedule with participation in the site on-call Electrical Team duty rotation for off-hours support. Altered work schedules over extended periods may be required during major maintenance events turnarounds overhauls and project executions.

Candidate Qualifications

• Education: Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution.
• Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience in industrial electrical design repair and maintenance within a refinery petrochemical power generation or equivalent setting.
• Technical Skills: Familiarity with electrical system modeling performance analysis and national codes/standards (IEEE API NEMA NFPA NEC).

• Proven track record troubleshooting analyzing and resolving complex industrial electrical failures.
• Direct experience specifying designing and procuring heavy industrial electrical hardware (switchgear motors transformers breakers relays UPS batteries cathodic protection MOVs heat tracing and temporary generators).
• Familiarity with NFPA 70B maintenance practices and hands-on experience executing substation outage plans.
• Proficiency in power system modeling studies (short circuit load flow protective device coordination transient motor starting arc flash).
• Working knowledge of hazardous area classification per API RP-500.
• Hands-on experience with SKM modeling software one-line diagrams Schweitzer (SEL) relay programming and full project lifecycle management.

Active Transportation Worker IdentificationCredential (TWIC) card (or ability to obtain one).

Required Skills:

Power DistributionTransformersGeneratorsMCCPetroleum RefiningPetrochemical