Reliability Engineer - Electrical & Instrumentation

INVISTA; Seaford (DE); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Educational assistance

Paid time off

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

INVISTA's Seaford site is seeking an Electrical & Instrumentation Reliability Engineer to enhance reliability, safety, and performance of critical manufacturing assets. You will lead proactive improvements across power, motors, drives, and instrumentation while applying predictive maintenance and lifecycle strategies.

You will collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, and Project teams to deploy modernization efforts, evaluate performance data, and justify investments with economic analyses.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, Instrumentation Engineering or related field.
• Experience with power distribution systems, motor control centers, switchgear, transformers, motors, drives, and protective relaying.
• Experience supporting industrial electrical systems, instrumentation, controls, or reliability programs.
• Experience identifying equipment performance issues, determining underlying causes, and implementing sustainable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead proactive reliability improvements for electrical, instrumentation, and control-system assets to reduce recurring failures.
• Develop and improve reliability strategies for power-distribution systems and associated equipment.
• Perform root cause failure analysis and implement sustainable corrective actions.
• Evaluate equipment data and apply predictive and condition-monitoring technologies.
• Support electrical-safety initiatives including arc-flash mitigation and grounding.
• Provide engineering support for instrumentation upgrades and modernization projects.
• Prepare specifications, scopes of work, and economic justifications for reliability projects.
• Support management of change and risk-reduction activities.
• Identify and champion automation, monitoring, and digital solutions to improve safety and performance.
• Collaborate with Maintenance and Operations to enhance troubleshooting capability.
• Support predictive-maintenance programs such as thermography and motor health monitoring.
• Assist with commissioning, startup, and performance testing of systems.
• Use PBM principles to prioritize reliability investments toward high-value opportunities.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Root cause analysis

Predictive maintenance

Condition monitoring

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

PI System

Seeq

SAP

PLC

DCS

Job description

INVISTA's Seaford site is seeking an Electrical & Instrumentation Reliability Engineer to enhance reliability, safety, and performance of critical manufacturing assets. You will lead proactive improvements across power, motors, drives, and instrumentation while applying predictive maintenance and lifecycle strategies.

You will collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, and Project teams to deploy modernization efforts, evaluate performance data, and justify investments with economic analyses.