Koch Industries

Plating Process Engineer

Koch Industries$80K — $95K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, or similar field
  • Experience in manufacturing or chemical processing in an engineering role
  • Proficient in troubleshooting manufacturing and quality issues
  • Skilled in data analysis for process improvement initiatives

Responsibilities

  • Develop and optimize manufacturing processes for safety and productivity
  • Analyze process data to troubleshoot and resolve issues
  • Plan and execute process trials and equipment upgrades
  • Identify opportunities for continuous improvement in production
  • Collaborate with teams on sustainable process enhancements
  • Support compliance initiatives and risk assessments
  • Provide technical guidance and training to team members

Benefits

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

As a Plating Process Engineer, you will support and improve electroplating processes used to manufacture electrical connector components. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to drive process stability, product quality, productivity, material utilization, and continuous improvement initiatives while supporting new products and manufacturing capabilities.

What You Will Do

  • Develop, optimize, and support manufacturing processes to improve safety, quality, productivity, and cost performance
  • Analyze process data and lead troubleshooting efforts to resolve manufacturing and product quality challenges
  • Plan and execute process trials, validations, equipment upgrades, and new product introductions
  • Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities that increase process capability, yield, throughput, and material utilization
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to implement sustainable process improvements and corrective actions
  • Support process risk assessments, change management activities, audits, and compliance initiatives
  • Provide technical guidance and training to employees supporting manufacturing operations

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, or a related technical discipline
  • Experience supporting manufacturing, chemical processing, or industrial production operations in an engineering, technical, or process-focused role
  • Experience troubleshooting and resolving process, equipment, quality, or production-related issues in a manufacturing environment
  • Experience using data to identify process improvements and support problem-solving activities
What Will Put You Ahead

  • Experience with electroplating, surface finishing, or other chemical-based manufacturing processes
  • Experience supporting connector, electronics, automotive, medical device, or other regulated manufacturing environments
  • Experience with new product introduction, process validation, equipment qualifications, or manufacturing transfers
  • Knowledge of quality and continuous improvement tools such as DOE, SPC, PFMEA, Control Plans, Lean, Six Sigma, or 8D problem solving
  • Experience with manufacturing automation, PLC-controlled equipment, SAP, MES, or other manufacturing systems
  • Experience leading material utilization, yield improvement, or cost reduction initiatives


This role is not eligible for 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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