Lead Engineer – Electrical
Air Products
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Texas City • Texas • United States
Visit company websiteExplore more
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Provide technical support to field teams for high-voltage distribution equipment and high-voltage motors/generators.
- Solve electrical equipment issues and coordinate technical response across Air Products facilities.
- Supervise vendor shop repairs of high-voltage motors and equipment to verify quality and workmanship.
- Document critical work with repair reports to support traceability and long-term equipment history.
- Develop engineered solutions to eliminate recurring electrical issues.
- Improve plant reliability by trending performance data and updating maintenance procedures.
- Lead and participate in root-cause analyses (RCA) and drive corrective actions to closure.
- Develop and complete predictive and preventive maintenance strategies for critical electrical assets.
- Apply internal and national standards when specifying, maintaining, and repairing electrical equipment.
- Review and approve engineering documents for plant upgrades and reliability projects.
- Train, coach, and mentor technicians and operations staff on safe operation and preventive maintenance of electrical systems.
- Ensure all work aligns with Safety and Environmental standards and supports a strong safety culture.
- Maintain company electrical safe work practice standards aligned with industry standards and recommended procedures.
- Perform power system studies, including motor starting/voltage drop, short-circuit, arc-flash, and load-flow analyses.
- Program protective relays using settings developed from system studies and validate performance through event analysis.
Requirements
- Minimum 10 years of electrical engineering experience, including operations and maintenance in large industrial plants.
- Experience handling an electrical safety program, including detailed knowledge of NFPA 70E.
- In-depth experience with SKM PowerTools for Windows engineering software.
- In-depth experience with SEL and Multilin protective relays, including programming and event analysis.
- Experience specifying and supporting HV substations and associated equipment (transformers; HV/LV motors and generators; motor control circuits; VFDs; station batteries; and UPS systems).
- Experience in the operation and maintenance of synchronous generators and the associated control and protection systems
- Experience with NERC standards and compliance for a generating facility.
- Ability to travel in North America (15–20%).
Benefits
- Affordable Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (day 1 of employment)
- 401k with 100% vested company core and match
- Paid Vacation, holidays + sick time
- Paid Parental leave (Up to 8 weeks)
- Backup Child and Adult Care benefit
- Adoption assistance
- Flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent daycare)
- Life Insurance (AD&D- Paid for by Air Products)
- Supplemental AD&D
- Legal Plan & Identity theft coverage
- EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
- Many more supplemental benefits available
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
electrical engineeringhigh-voltage distribution equipmenthigh-voltage motorspredictive maintenancepreventive maintenanceroot-cause analysispower system studiesprogramming protective relaysevent analysistrending performance data
Soft Skills
technical supportsupervisiontrainingcoachingmentoringproblem-solvingcommunicationleadershipcollaborationsafety culture
Certifications
NFPA 70E