Koch Industries

Process Engineer

Koch Industries$90K — $120K *
Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering required
  • 2+ years of process engineering experience preferred
  • Background in refinery or petrochemical processes is advantageous
  • Familiarity with EH&S and process safety principles
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills essential

Responsibilities

  • Conduct EH&S and Process Safety risk assessments
  • Monitor oil flow and understand refinery process units
  • Apply engineering fundamentals for unit health monitoring
  • Collaborate with production teams to resolve issues
  • Provide technical support for turnaround activities
  • Leverage root cause analysis for troubleshooting
  • Drive innovation and efficiency improvements through principled based management

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision insurance
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts
  • Life insurance and disability coverage
  • Retirement plans with company contributions
  • Paid vacation and time off
  • Educational assistance programs
  • Options for paid parental leave and adoption assistance
Full Job Description
Your Job

Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend Refinery in Rosemount, MN located in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro is hiring a Process Engineer. This role is a position that builds refinery operations knowledge and understanding and application of key engineering fundamentals. These skills will enable further career opportunities in operations engineering, process control, or data analytics, monitoring & troubleshooting.

This role will be working on a team of several new engineers of varying engineering disciplines. Each engineer is assigned a series of rotations to provide engineering support to specific parts of the business. This rotation also provides an opportunity for development and career advancement.

Our Rotational Program

Engineers progress through discipline-based rotations supporting the different refinery units and process/mechanical systems onsite. Anticipated timeframe within the Plant Engineering group is roughly one (1) year with rotations in process/operations engineering. Each rotation builds technical capability, operational knowledge, and increasing ownership, preparing engineers for long-term growth in process engineering roles.

What You Will Gain

  • Deep operational understanding of a complex refinery environment
  • Practical, plant-based engineering experience early in your career
  • Structured development through on-site engineering rotations
  • Direct collaboration with operations, maintenance, and technical expert
  • Early exposure to process engineering and principles
  • Preparation for multiple engineering career paths
  • Professional growth within a values-based culture


What You Will Do

  • EH&S and Process Safety Risk Profile
  • Oil flow and high-level function of refinery process units
  • Basic refinery economics
  • Analytical skills and engineering knowledge to identify, assess, and implement EH&S and business improvement opportunities
  • Engineering fundamentals applied to unit health monitoring
  • Production team problem resolution or opportunity definition developed within prescribed timelines
  • Function and purpose of the different support groups within the refinery
  • Technical support as required for turnaround activities in assigned areas
  • Troubleshooting process-related problems and leverage of root cause analysis techniques to determine the appropriate repair scopes
  • How to drive innovation and transformation, make calculated bets, improve efficiency, expand capability, and create value through the application of Principled Based Management


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

  • Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering
  • This role is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship


What Will Put You Ahead

  • Two (2) or more years of process engineering experience
  • Refinery/Petrochemical experience


For this role, we anticipate paying $90,000 - $120,000 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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