Electrical Reliability Engineer

International Paper; Cantonment (FL); On-site; USD 93,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

International Paper in Cantonment, FL is seeking an Electrical Reliability Engineer to improve reliability, availability, and maintainability of electrical assets across the Pensacola Mill. You will provide technical leadership to maintenance, operations, and capital projects to ensure safe, efficient operation.

This role requires field interaction with production and maintenance teams, driving reliability improvements, reducing downtime, and supporting lifecycle management of motors, drives,

Responsibilities

• Promote and support a strong safety culture.
• Ensure compliance with corporate safety policies and regulatory requirements.
• Participate in electrical safety initiatives, audits, and incident investigations.
• Support NFPA 70E, OSHA, and mill electrical safety practices.
• Lead efforts to improve the reliability and performance of electrical systems and equipment.
• Analyze equipment failures to identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
• Develop and execute reliability improvement plans for critical assets.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on reducing unplanned downtime and maintenance costs.
• Facilitate Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) investigations and track corrective actions to completion.
• Maintain and improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs for electrical equipment.
• Establish and monitor key reliability metrics, including MTBF, equipment availability, and maintenance cost performance.
• Develop asset strategies for motors, drives, switchgear, transformers, MCCs, power distribution systems, and process control equipment.
• Support long-term capital planning through equipment condition assessments and lifecycle analysis.

Job description

Job Description

Position Title: Electrical Reliability Engineer

Pay Rate

$93,400-$124,500

Multiple factors, including Individual experience, skills and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range.

Category/Shift

Salaried Full-Time

Physical Location

375 Muscogee Road
Cantonment, FL

The Job You Will Perform

The Electrical Reliability Engineer is responsible for improving the reliability, availability, and maintainability of electrical assets across the Pensacola Mill. This position provides technical leadership and engineering support to maintenance, operations, and capital project teams to ensure safe, efficient, and cost-effective operation of mill equipment. The engineer plays a critical role in driving reliability improvements, reducing downtime, optimizing maintenance strategies, and supporting asset lifecycle management. This position operates in an industrial pulp and paper manufacturing environment and requires regular field interaction with production and maintenance teams. The role includes exposure to operating equipment, maintenance activities, and occasionally off-hours support during critical equipment outages or reliability events.

Safety & Compliance

• Promote and support a strong safety culture.
• Ensure compliance with corporate safety policies and regulatory requirements.
• Participate in electrical safety initiatives, audits, and incident investigations.
• Support NFPA 70E, OSHA, and mill electrical safety practices.

Reliability Improvement

• Lead efforts to improve the reliability and performance of electrical systems and equipment.
• Analyze equipment failures to identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
• Develop and execute reliability improvement plans for critical assets.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on reducing unplanned downtime and maintenance costs.
• Facilitate Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) investigations and track corrective actions to completion.

Asset Management

• Maintain and improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs for electrical equipment.
• Establish and monitor key reliability metrics, including Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF), equipment availability, and maintenance cost performance.
• Develop asset strategies for motors, drives, switchgear, transformers, MCCs, power distribution systems, and process control equipment.
• Support long-term capital planning through equipment condition assessments and lifecycle analysis.

Predictive & Preventive Maintenance

• Utilize predictive maintenance technologies including: