Koch Industries

Electrical Engineer

Koch Industries$80K — $95K *
Wever, IA 52658In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience in related fields.
  • Experience in troubleshooting electrical systems or equipment.
  • Familiarity with electrical standards like NEC or IEEE.
  • Background in manufacturing, industrial, or military environments is preferred.
  • Willingness to perform physical activities including working at heights and in confined spaces.

Responsibilities

  • Provide electrical engineering support for plant operations and reliability initiatives.
  • Investigate equipment failures and implement sustainable solutions.
  • Collaborate with teams to optimize electrical equipment performance.
  • Support troubleshooting for various electrical systems and equipment.
  • Develop technical documentation for capital projects and upgrades.
  • Utilize reliability tools to manage risks and implement improvements.
  • Interface with vendors and contractors to execute projects.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
  • Life insurance and disability coverage.
  • Retirement plan with contributions.
  • Paid vacation and time off.
  • Educational assistance and support for continued learning.
  • Infertility assistance, paid parental leave, and adoption support.
Full Job Description
Your Job

Koch Fertilizer is seeking an Electrical Engineer to join our Maintenance & Reliability team in Wever, Iowa. In this role, you will help drive electrical reliability, asset performance, and continuous improvement across one of the newest fertilizer production facilities in the Koch Fertilizer network. You will collaborate with operations, maintenance, and engineering teams to identify opportunities, solve complex technical challenges, and support the safe and reliable operation of plant electrical systems.

What You Will Do

  • Provide electrical engineering support for plant operations, maintenance, and reliability initiatives.
  • Investigate equipment and system failures using root cause analysis and implement sustainable solutions that improve reliability.
  • Partner with operations, maintenance, and reliability teams to optimize the performance of electrical equipment and systems.
  • Support troubleshooting and repair efforts for electrical distribution systems, motors, motor control centers (MCCs), variable frequency drives (VFDs), and related equipment.
  • Develop electrical specifications, scopes of work, and technical documentation for capital projects and equipment upgrades.
  • Utilize work processes such as Management of Change (MOC), Maximo, and reliability tools to implement improvements and manage risk.
  • Interface with vendors, contractors, and internal stakeholders to evaluate technologies, procure equipment, and execute projects.
  • Support planned outages, turnarounds, and major maintenance activities to improve equipment reliability and plant performance.
  • Mentor and develop maintenance personnel by sharing technical knowledge, troubleshooting methodologies, and reliability best practices.


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering; or equivalent years of experience in electrical equipment reliability, electrical design, or power systems engineering
  • Willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the role, including:
    • Working outdoors in all weather conditions
    • Climbing ladders and working at heights of more than 100 feet
    • Bending, kneeling, lifting up to 50 pounds, and performing field evaluations
    • Wearing required PPE, including respirators when necessary
    • Entering confined spaces when required


What Will Put You Ahead

  • Experience in a manufacturing, industrial, military, or other technical environment.
  • Experience troubleshooting and solving technical problems involving electrical systems or equipment.
  • Working knowledge of applicable electrical standards including NEC, NFPA, NEMA, ANSI, IEEE, NETA, API, and related industry standards
  • Experience utilizing Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)
  • Experience specifying, commissioning, testing, and troubleshooting switchgear, transformers, protective relays, motor control centers, VFDs, UPS systems, generators, and related power system equipment


This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

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About Koch Industries

Koch Industries, Inc. is an American privately-held multinational conglomerate corporation based in Wichita, Kansas. Its subsidiaries are involved in the manufacturing, refining, and distribution of petroleum, chemicals, energy, fiber, intermediates and polymers, minerals, fertilizers, pulp and paper, chemical technology equipment, ranching, finance, commodities trading, and investing. Koch owns Infor, Invista, Georgia-Pacific, Molex, Flint Hills Resources, Koch Pipeline, Koch Fertilizer, Koch Minerals, Matador Cattle Company, i360, and Guardian Industries. The firm employs 120,000 people in 60 countries, with about half of its business in the United States. The company is the largest non-Canadian landowner in the Athabasca oil sands. With annual revenues of $110 billion by 2014, the company is the largest privately held company in the United States. In 2007, it was ranked as the largest privately held company. If Koch Industries had been a public company in 2013, it would have ranked 17th in the Fortune 500. The company was founded by its namesake, Fred C. Koch, in 1940 after he developed an innovative crude oil refining process. Fred C. Koch died in 1967 and his majority interest in the company was split amongst his four sons. In June 1983, after a bitter legal and boardroom battle, the stakes of Frederick R. Koch and William "Bill" Koch were bought out for $1.1 billion and Charles Koch and David Koch became majority owners in the company. Charles owns 42% of the company; trusts for the benefit of Elaine Tettemer Marshall and Elaine's children, Preston Marshall and E. Pierce Marshall Jr., own 16% of the company. The heirs of David Koch, who died on August 23, 2019, own the balance, 42%, of the corporation.
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