Senior Manager I&E Reliability

Chemtrade•Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ

4d•$180,000 - $190,000•Remote

About The Position

The Senior Manager, I&E Reliability provides leadership and direction to ensure the safety, reliability, and operational efficiency of electrical and field instrumentation assets across Chemtrade facilities in North America. This role serves as the corporate technical authority for electrical power distribution, electrical equipment reliability, field instrumentation, analyzers, motors, MCCs, VFDs, UPS systems, grounding and bonding, electrical integrity, arc flash, and electrical safety. The position develops and governs standards, maintenance strategies, PM/PdM requirements, risk assessments, audit expectations, and capital project deliverables while supporting sites through technical coaching, root-cause analysis, risk-based asset planning, and consistent adoption of Chemtrade standards.

Requirements

Electrical Engineering degree from an accredited university.
10+ years of experience with reliability and maintenance for electrical power distribution, electrical equipment, MCCs, motors, VFDs, UPS systems, field instrumentation, analyzers, and related I&E assets in a chemical, petrochemical, refinery, or similar environment.
5+ years direct supervisory experience; demonstrable success in building and leading technical teams.
Strong knowledge of OSHA PSM to guide and initiate/monitor/audit site safety in a chemical process environment.
Extensive knowledge of applicable electrical and instrumentation codes and standards, including IEEE, NFPA 70/70E, CSA, IEC, ISA, API, and related industry practices.
Demonstrated ability to manage technical interfaces across electrical, instrumentation, controls, operations, maintenance, engineering, EHS, and capital projects while maintaining clear accountability and effective working relationships.
Specific experience related to reliability management for electrical distribution, transformers, switchgear, MCCs, motors, VFDs, UPS systems, field instrumentation, analyzers, arc flash, electrical safety, lifecycle planning, and maintenance strategy development.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, including ability conduct root cause analysis, life cycle costing
Demonstrated ability to influence across multiple levels of an organization
Ability to communicate concisely with senior leaders and translate technical requirements into practical expectations for site teams, maintenance, engineering, EHS, and capital project teams.
Capable of basic drafting.
Organized, and capable of working under pressure to meet deadlines
Self-motivated & High sense of ownership (comfortable working autonomously)
Strong collaborator & effective communicator with multiple levels in the organization (verbal and written)
Results-driven and inspiring leader with a proven ability to mentor and empower teams to achieve excellence. (solution oriented)
Humble, adaptable, & life-long learner
Data driven & process oriented
Ability to Travel 30%

Nice To Haves

Licensed Professional Engineer

Responsibilities

Establish, govern, and enforce engineering and maintenance standards for electrical equipment, electrical distribution, field instrumentation, analyzers, motor control, VFDs, and electrical integrity programs.
Own corporate electrical safety and electrical integrity expectations, including arc flash, protective device coordination, electrical inspection programs, code compliance support, and long-range electrical risk reduction planning.
Support successful plant turnarounds and outages with appropriate I&E resources, technical reviews, scope validation, readiness checks, commissioning support, and reliability deliverables.
Review and update predictive, preventive, and corrective maintenance practices for electrical and field instrumentation assets; communicate requirements clearly to all sites.
Support EHS roll-out activities with emphasis on electrical safety, process safety support, field safeguard reliability, and risk reduction associated with electrical and instrumentation assets.
Direct, supervise, and coach Electrical and Instrumentation Reliability Engineers assigned to corporate reliability.
Coach managers, supervisors, engineers, and site personnel on I&E maintenance best practices, reliability expectations, technical capability gaps, audits, and corrective actions.
Maintain lifecycle plans for electrical infrastructure, switchgear, transformers, MCCs, motors, VFD hardware, UPS systems, field instrumentation, analyzers, and related I&E assets; ensure interface requirements are clearly defined for assets connected to control systems, networks, or automation platforms.
Review site operations and produce electrical and instrumentation reliability risk assessments; use arc flash, electrical safety, and system reliability evaluations to support short- and long-range capital planning.
Support high-priority emergency maintenance
Support capital project design, execution, commissioning, and handover for I&E scope; ensure installations are maintainable, reliable, code-compliant, standards-aligned, and clearly handed over to site maintenance teams.