Koch Industries

Global Senior Director of Engineering

Koch Industries$160K — $200K *
Tulsa, OK 74133In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Progressive engineering leadership experience managing global teams.
  • Track record of developing and implementing engineering standards across multiple regions.
  • Strong cross-functional partnership skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Ability to develop and execute strategies delivering measurable business results.
  • Experience in complex, matrixed global organizations.

Responsibilities

  • Create a vision, set goals, and define strategy for team objectives.
  • Establish and evolve global engineering standards and best practices.
  • Leverage global footprint to optimize capabilities and resource allocation.
  • Partner closely with upstream and downstream teams for efficiency and alignment.
  • Foster accountability culture aligned with company values.
  • Champion digital transformation and advanced engineering tools.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
  • Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits.
  • Retirement plan with employer contributions.
  • Paid vacation and time off.
  • Educational assistance programs.
  • Parental leave and adoption assistance.
Full Job Description
John Zink, a Koch Engineered Solutions Company, is looking to add a Global Senior Director of Engineering . This role will report to the President of John Zink and will be based at our Tulsa, OK location .

The Global Senior Director of Engineering will apply Koch's Principle Based Management (PBM) philosophy to maximize team and business results, with significant opportunity to shape transformation and create meaningful impact. This high-visibility leadership role will lead the global engineering team for the John Zink business, and serve on the Global Leadership Team

What You Will Do
  • Create a vision, set goals, and define a strategy for achieving established objectives while continuously improving the team's talent position.
  • Establish and continuously evolve global engineering standards, frameworks, and best practices to drive quality, efficiency, and agility.
  • Leverage the organization's global footprint to optimize capabilities, resource allocation, and knowledge sharing, regularly reassessing team structure as needs change.
  • Partner closely with upstream and downstream teams (commercial, project management, supply chain, operations, etc.) to ensure manufacturability, efficiency, and alignment.
  • Foster a culture of accountability for both results and behaviors consistent with Our Values, ensuring clear understanding of roles, responsibilities, expectations, and decision rights.
  • Champion digital transformation and adoption of advanced engineering tools, systems, and processes.


The Experience You Will Bring

Requirements (Basic Qualifications):
  • Progressive engineering leadership experience, including managing global teams.
  • Proven track record of developing and implementing engineering standards across multiple regions or business units.
  • Strong experience partnering cross-functionally with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop and execute strategies that deliver measurable business results.
  • Experience working within complex, matrixed global organizations.


What Will Put You Ahead
  • Experience driving digital engineering initiatives and leveraging technology and AI for differentiated results.
  • Experience in engineered-to-order business models.
  • Demonstrated ability to apply PBM to achieve results, develop talent, and lead teams.
  • Degree in mechanical or chemical engineering or related discipline.


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. #LI-RP3 #LI-RP3

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.

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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