Koch Industries

Engineering Plant Project Manager

Koch Industries$120K — $150K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering
  • 5+ years in project leadership in manufacturing
  • Financial acumen: developing budgets and ROI analyses
  • Strong stakeholder-management skills
  • Problem-solving abilities for project risk mitigation

Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop the project engineering team
  • Own the capital project execution process
  • Ensure compliance with safety and environmental standards
  • Partner with cross-disciplinary teams to prioritize improvements
  • Drive project pipeline aligned with plant strategy
  • Manage contractors and engineering firms for timely execution
  • Track and report project performance indicators

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts
  • Life insurance and disability coverage
  • Retirement savings plans
  • Paid vacation and time off
  • Educational assistance programs
  • Infertility assistance and paid parental leave options
Full Job Description
Your Job

Guardian Glass in Kingsburg, CA is looking for our next Engineering Plant Project Manager.

In this role you will lead the Project Engineering function to safely and effectively execute capital projects and technical initiatives that improve plant performance, capacity, quality, and cost. In addition, you will ensure projects are aligned with site priorities and executed with strong discipline in scope, cost, and schedule. You will be responsible for the capital project portfolio and engineering-driven improvement initiatives across the plant.

Relocation made easier: assistance available to help you settle in fast.

What You Will Do
  • Lead and develop the project engineering team to deliver high-impact capital and improvement projects
  • Own the capital project execution process (scope definition, justification, budgeting, execution, and closeout)
  • Ensure all projects meet safety, environmental, and compliance requirement
  • Partner with Operations, Maintenance, and Reliability teams to identify and prioritize improvement opportunities
  • Drive project pipeline development aligned with plant strategy
  • Manage contractors, engineering firms, and vendors to ensure quality and timely execution
  • Ensure proper engineering design standards and change management practices are followed
  • Support commissioning, startup, and handoff of projects to operations and maintenance teams
  • Track and report project performance (cost, schedule, ROI, benefits realization)
  • Provide technical leadership on complex plant issues and major modifications
  • Develop team capability in project management and technical skills


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering
  • Minimum of 5 years' experience in a project leadership role within a manufacturing environment with a proven track record of managing multiple capital projects end-to-end
  • Demonstrated financial acumen, including experience developing budgets, forecasts, business cases, and ROI analyses to support project prioritization and delivery
  • Proven stakeholder-management skills: able to build alignment across cross-functional teams and senior leadership, secure approvals, and manage external partners
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities to identify root causes, mitigate risks, and implement sustainable solutions that keep long-term projects on schedule and within budget


What Will Put You Ahead
  • Lean/Six Sigma Certification
  • Master's degree and/or PMP certification


For this role, we anticipate paying $120k - $150k per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

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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