Koch Industries

Instrument Reliability Engineer

Koch Industries$130K — $170K *
Energy & Utilities
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology, or 5+ years of hands-on instrumentation experience
  • Experience in analyzing instrumentation data for trends and recommendations
  • Instrumentation experience in a refining or petrochemical environment preferred
  • Experience developing reliability strategies and updating design specifications
  • Familiarity with Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) methodologies

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical solutions that align with functional expectations and instrument standards
  • Initiate projects for equipment upgrades or replacements based on critical and economic analysis
  • Develop scopes for instrument repair/replacement based on technical soundness
  • Lead the development of reliability strategies for instrumentation
  • Participate in safety assessments and incident investigations related to instrumentation
  • Mentor team members within the Instrument Reliability group
  • Select and maintain appropriate reliability metrics for instrumentation

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts
  • Life insurance and disability coverage
  • Retirement plans
  • Paid vacation and time off
  • Educational assistance
  • Additional benefits may include infertility assistance and paid parental leave
Full Job Description
Your Job

Are you an experienced and skilled Instrument Reliability Engineer seeking an opportunity to grow and be rewarded for your performance? If so, Flint Hills Resources (FHR) is now hiring for you in our refining business in Rosemount, MN and we are looking for highly motivated people to help us transform our business. If you are looking for a way to accelerate your career and be part of an industry-leading company, this is the opportunity for you!

Our Team

Our team consists of engineers from all disciplines with industry experience ranging from 5 to 25 years. As an Instrument Reliability Team member, you will be a core team member of our Asset Management organization focusing on ensuring our equipment is available to support safe, clean, and reliable operation of our facility.

What You Will Do

  • Provide technical solutions that meet functional expectations for key stakeholders while maintaining an awareness of instrument standards and supporting the change management process when non-standard designs are required
  • Utilize critical and economic thinking to justify and initiate projects to upgrade/replace equipment that is not currently meeting functional expectations or is approaching obsolescence
  • Develop instrument-related scopes that are based on technically sound and economically viable repair/replacement decisions
  • Utilize technical experience and expertise to lead the development of reliability strategies for our instrument population
  • Experience with RCFA (Root Cause Failure Analysis) methodologies and application to problem-solving on a micro and macro level
  • Participate in activities related to safety, risk assessment, and safety incident investigations related to instrumentation equipment
  • Technical mentor for others within the Instrumentation Reliability team
  • Excel in a multi-functional team and be able to prioritize multiple business requests
  • Assist with the selection of appropriate Reliability metrics for instrumentation. Maintain metrics for instrument reliability.
  • Knowledge of wireless systems and wireless instrumentation.
  • Knowledge of field instrumentation for process measurement (e.g. Pressure, Temperature, Level, Flow, and Composition) as well as specialty measurements (density, vibration, IR) and control valves, shutdown valves, and their transmission systems (e.g. 4-20mA, HART, ProfiBus).
  • Support the maintenance team and interface with vendors and contractors to maintain, troubleshoot, repair/replace, configure/tune/program, test/commission/de-commission, etc.


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology OR at least five (5) years of hand-on experience with instrumentation
  • Experience analyzing instrumentation data to identify trends, detect issues, and make data-driven recommendations for improvement


What Will Put You Ahead

  • Instrumentation experience in refining or petrochemical environment
  • Experience in developing reliability strategies, updating design specifications and standards, and Mechanical integrity


For this role, we anticipate paying $130,000 - $170,000 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.

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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