Electrical Reliability Engineer

Marathon Petroleum Corporation; Mandan (ND); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Marathon Petroleum Corporation is seeking an Electrical Reliability Engineer to support the Mandan Refinery and Dickinson Renewable Diesel Facility in North Dakota. This role will develop maintenance strategies for electrical equipment, provide technical support and troubleshooting, and ensure compliance with electrical standards. Candidates need a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering and experience in industrial electrical systems. The position emphasizes electrical safety, teamwork, and effective communication across disciplines.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in refining or petrochemical industry preferred.
• Must be able to perform essential job functions including wearing required PPE, and working at heights.
• Must be authorized to work in the US without visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical/troubleshooting assistance for electrical issues.
• Manage preventative and predictive maintenance programs.
• Lead investigations to solve recurring electrical equipment failures.

Skills

Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook

Working knowledge of common industry standards (NEC, OSHA)

Understanding of electrical drawings and P&ID

Experience with ETAP modeling

Strong initiative and collaboration skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ETAP modeling software

Job description

Position Summary

Marathon Petroleum Company is seeking an Electrical Reliability Engineer to support the Mandan Refinery and Dickinson Renewable Diesel Facility in North Dakota. This position is responsible for developing and executing plans, programs, and processes to maintain electrical equipment and systems across their lifecycle, reducing safety, environmental, and economic risk and ensuring compliance with applicable electrical codes and standards. The role provides technical support on high-priority reliability and operational issues and partners with cross‑functional teams.

Candidates should bring experience with industrial electrical systems (preferably refining/petrochemical) and a strong working knowledge of systems up to 15 kV, including electrical safety, hazardous area classification, power distribution/protection, motors/controls, and electrical studies. Familiarity with NEC, NFPA, IEEE, NEMA, and API standards are expected.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical/troubleshooting assistance in resolving electrical design, operation and maintenance problems. Have the competency to recognize when other resources are required and be able to get the appropriate parties engaged.
• Be the champion of electrical safety for the sites.
• Manage the refinery’s electrical equipment preventative and predictive maintenance program. This includes establishing and maintaining equipment asset strategies for electrical infrastructure, such as monitoring plans, PM plans, PdM activities, etc.
• Provide technical expertise and lead investigations to solve recurring electrical equipment failures, reliability threats, and/or performance issues.
• Initiate and participate in management of change (MOC) reviews and incident investigations.
• Develop projects, and concepts for reliability improvement, prepare reports that monitor and track reliability indicators, provide technical resources and training to support our reliability programs.
• Support refinery turnarounds, including scope development, planning, reviews, material acquisition and execution of electrical work scopes. Develop and review turnaround worklists for inclusion of compliance-based testing requirements, maintenance activities & repairs, recommended upgrades & replacements, etc. of critical electrical assets.
• Support factory acceptance testing & site commissioning of electrical projects or major equipment, including during turnarounds.
• Maintain and manage the plant’s electrical model utilizing ETAP software, including management of the plant’s electrical equipment arc flash labeling program.
• Perform and/or review electrical system studies with emphasis on arc‑flash analysis, protection and coordination, motor starting and short circuit studies.
• Communicate with personnel from different disciplines and grade levels, along with outside resources to obtain needed information or resolve issues.
• Review design drawings and construction packages for electrical related projects. Participate in technical reviews of vendor equipment drawings.
• Accountable for management and maintenance of electrical critical equipment list database. Maintain electrical equipment bad actor list.
• Develop and maintain final relay set points and logic configuration settings for site transmission, substation, and distribution systems.
• Provide leadership and decision‑making skills during turnarounds and unplanned equipment outages regarding repair solutions.
• Support refinery in high impact unplanned electrical issues as required.
• Revalidate/write electrical testing procedures, maintenance procedures, QA/QC checklists, etc. to ensure reliability excellence via NETA requirements.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution required.
• Minimum 2 years of post‑degree relevant experience required with refining or petrochemical industry preferred.
• A valid driver’s license is required. Routine travel between Mandan and Dickinson is required.
• Must be able to physically perform the essential job functions including, but not limited to, wearing all required PPE, working at elevated heights, confined space entry, fall protection, and respirator usage.
• Must be authorized to work in the US on a full‑time indefinite basis without the need for employment visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook required.
• Must have working knowledge of common industry standards, codes and practices such as National Electrical Code (NEC), OSHA electrical codes, state codes, and NFPA 70E.
• Must have working knowledge of wiring terminology, conduits, and conduit hardware.
• Must understand electrical drawings, piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&ID), ladder logic and entry level programming.
• Experience performing electrical power system studies utilizing ETAP modeling.
• Familiarity with electrical maintenance and troubleshooting practices for industrial electrical applications. Knowledge of electrical distribution and substation design is preferred.
• Experience with specification, application and maintenance up to 15kV class electrical equipment.
• Must have strong initiative, leadership, and collaboration skills, with proactive troubleshooting and strategic/critical thinking to drive effective problem solving.
• Must be able to function in a team environment and effectively communicate with personnel of all levels and across multiple disciplines to include Engineering, Operations, and Maintenance.
• This position is part of an Engineering Technical Ladder with multiple levels. The successful candidate will be placed at a level commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Location:
Mandan, North Dakota; Dickinson, North Dakota.

Marathon Petroleum Company LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, reproductive health decision‑making, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition or AIDS/HIV status, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, military, veteran status, marital status, citizenship or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. If you would like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant, please contact your Human Resources Department with the job posting number. Any reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process may be requested.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Veteran / Disability. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment, including those with arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws. In reviewing criminal history in connection with a conditional offer of employment, Marathon will consider the key responsibilities of the role.