Electrical & Instrumentation (E&I) Maintenance and Reliability Engineer
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Qnity
DE
Summary
The engineer serves as the technical authority for electrical systems, focusing on improving reliability and modernizing aging infrastructure. Key duties include managing electrical safety standards, leading RCFA investigations, and overseeing site backup power strategies.
Job Description
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Position Summary/Overview:
The Electrical & Instrumentation Maintenance and Reliability Engineer is the site’s technical authority for electrical systems, responsible for improving reliability, ensuring safety compliance, and leading modernization of aging infrastructure across the Newark facility. This role owns electrical standards and E&I maintenance strategies while supporting day-to-day operations.
Key Responsibilities:
Maintenance Engineering
- Provide engineering support for installed instrumentation and electrical infrastructure, including day-to-day instrument and electrical troubleshooting.
- Assist operating areas in specification of replacements for obsolete equipment and drive standardization of future equipment purchases.
- Support incident investigations and RCFAs.
- Own and update interlock testing procedures.
Reliability Engineering
- Establish and own electrical maintenance programs, including switchgear and breaker PMs, infrared inspections, motor testing, and protective device testing.
- Develop and execute long-term strategies for replacing and upgrading aging electrical equipment (20+ years old), including switch gear, transformers, and MCCs.
- Lead reliability improvement efforts using root cause failure analysis (RCFA) and performance monitoring.
- Lead site backup power strategy, including defining critical loads and evaluating cost-effective solutions such as generators and UPS systems.
Electrical Safety & Standards
- Lead development and implementation of updated site electrical safety standards aligned with current industry practices.
- Define requirements for PPE, voltage-rated tools, and safe work practices.
- Establish equipment safety standards including finger-safe designs and UL-listed components.
- Own arc flash compliance, labeling, and mitigation programs.
- Ensure proper electrical system design, load management, and long-term distribution planning.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline, or a Professional Engineer (PE) license in Delaware in lieu of a degree
- 5+ years of industrial experience in electrical engineering, maintenance, or reliability
- Knowledge of power distribution systems and electrical and instrumentation troubleshooting
- Familiarity with CMMS systems (SAP and MaintainX)
Preferred Qualifications:
- PE Licensed in Delaware
- Experience with aging infrastructure replacement and modernization
- Background in manufacturing or industrial environments
- Experience leading electrical safety programs or standards updates
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Get in touch: [email protected].
Founded
2009
Company size
11-50 employees
Industry
Education Administration Programs
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Minnetonka, Minnesota
Qnity, Inc: Qnity provides a robust suite of visually-engaging solutions serving students, professionals, and businesses in the professional beauty and wellness sector. Known for our revolutionary simple, visual approach, Qnity produces licensable products and services in the form of tactile tools, visual curriculum, one-of-a kind events, high-quality data, and ongoing content curation - all designed to help various audiences experience greater economic empowerment. Our curriculum and solutions are trusted by Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, and trade schools alike.
Qnity for Businesses: Qnity has served hundreds of small businesses across the globe, helping them become more scalable and sustainable. Considered the market leader in learning and development for salons, spas, medspas, Qnity guides small businesses to experience breakthroughs in the areas of execution, growth, and profitability.
Qnity for Schools: Since its inception in 2021, Qnity for Schools has helped over 20,000 students change their money stories through our financial literacy curriculum. Created using Qnity’s simple, visual approach, we partner with trade schools by providing a robust financial literacy curriculum, MONEY EDU by Qnity, to teach students critical financial skills that will set them up for a long and prosperous career in their craft of choice. On average, graduates from MONEY EDU experience a 60% in their financial confidence.
Qnity Institute: This arm of the Qnity Inc. company serves a critical need in the professional beauty and wellness sector - a lack of quality data and low levels of financial literacy across the industry. The Institute serves as a research and data firm that seeks to provide high-quality research, data, and financial literacy to gain a better understanding of the beauty and wellness sector.
Qnity Productions: Aside from the curriculum, data, and tools, Qnity produces and curates both content and events.
Get in touch: [email protected].
Founded
2009
Company size
11-50 employees
Industry
Education Administration Programs
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Minnetonka, Minnesota
