Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer bei Irvingoil

As an Electrical and Instrumentation (EI) Reliability Engineer, you will design and improve electrical and instrumentation systems at the Saint John Refinery and Terminals. You will apply industry best practices and new technologies while complying with safety standards and regulatory requirements. Your success will be measured by your ability to deliver effective technical solutions, mentor junior team members, and drive continuous improvement in system reliability and performance.

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply by November 5th, 2025.

What We offer:

• Work Environment - Work and grow within Canada’s largest Refinery, with strong safety culture, access to a fitness facility, an onsite medical team, and a café 

• Competitive Compensation - Including an annual bonus plan and pension plan 

• Flexible Benefits Plan – In effect from day one and offers three levels of coverage to select from to meet your unique, personal needs

• Paid Vacation - Plus an annual option to purchase additional vacation, too

• Wellness Support – With an annual wellness allowance, paid personal care days and a 24/7 Employee and Family Assistance Program 

Your Responsibilities:

• Champion a safe work environment; hold all contractors and other on-site personnel to company, industry, and regulatory standards of safe work

• Design low voltage and medium voltage electrical systems including motor feeders and protection, distribution feeders and protection

• Design emergency power systems including generators and UPS

• Review designs of high voltage electrical systems

• Design instrumentation systems including wireless, field bus and safety critical systems

• Provide scope of work for capital projects

• Develop and review equipment standards and specifications

• Lead asset criticality assessments

• Lead failure analysis investigations to find root causes and recommend corrective actions

• Use predictive maintenance technologies to improve reliability

• Review the effectiveness of preventative maintenance checks

• Review suitability of proposed changes to spare parts

• Review electrical installations in hazardous areas

• Use power modeling and analysis tools to study protection, coordination and arc flash energy

• Design electric heat tracing systems

• Lead SIL Verification studies

• Design industrial networking systems with Modbus, HART, Fieldbus and wireless technologies

• Review cathodic protection checks

• Support other technical groups

Your Skills:  

• Strong interpersonal, leadership and communication skills

• Ability to work well within a team environment

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Programming experience is an asset

• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment: meet deadlines, develop plans, manage workloads with sound decision making skills, work autonomously and collaborate with many groups

• Combination of office and field environment. Field visits required in all weather conditions (i.e. heat, rain, snow, cold, etc.)

• Comfortable with high elevation climbing, working at heights and enclosed spaces

Your Experience:  

• Electrical engineering degree or diploma or equivalent combination of experience and technical training

• Minimum of 5+ years of experience

Irving Oil is committed to supporting a diverse and inclusive work environment. We thrive on the good energy that’s created when our people from different backgrounds, identities, cultures and experiences share their unique perspectives. Diversity is key to our success and inclusion is everyone’s responsibility.​

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