Koch Industries

Project Engineer - Kentucky

Koch Industries$110K — $140K *
Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of utility solar or large-scale construction experience
  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Construction Management
  • Valid US Driver's License
  • Legal authorization to work permanently in the U.S. without visa sponsorship
  • Experience in capital projects and permitting preferred
  • Knowledge in EPC and civil/stormwater design a plus
  • Familiarity with solar and battery energy storage systems is advantageous

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate engineering efforts for project design and updates
  • Facilitate internal engineering meetings to align stakeholders
  • Build and maintain customer relationships through active communication
  • Collaborate with permitting agencies for compliance and schedules
  • Partner with various teams to ensure project requirements are met
  • Maintain project engineering documentation using control systems
  • Identify project constraints and develop mitigation plans

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 programs
  • Infertility assistance, paid parental leave, and adoption support
Full Job Description
Your Job

DEPCOM Power, a Koch Engineered Solutions company, is looking for a Project Engineer to join the team. DEPCOM is an emerging leader in the EPC and O&M of Utility-Scale PV power plants, Battery Energy Storage and Repowering projects. This role will support utility scale solar and battery energy storage projects ranging up to 600MW. The Project Engineer serves as the primary point of contact ensuring seamless coordination between field operations, engineering, contractors, and stakeholders to deliver projects safely, on schedule, within budget, and in environmental/safety compliance specifications, contractual obligations, and regulatory and quality standards.

Our organization is growing! This role will initially support a new project site in Kentucky. This role offers flexibility to be based remotely (preferred mid-west area) in the U.S. with up to 50% travel. Travel is typically 2 times monthly, Monday-Friday, contingent to business needs.

This position is not eligible for VISA sponsorship.

Our Team

The Project Engineer supports the execution of DEPCOM projects and provides superior value to our customers by ensuring our projects are designed, permitted, and constructed on time and in compliance with laws, codes, and requirements. We achieve this by executing and empowering responsible and creative problem-solving, practicing impeccable engineering management, and delivering high-quality results.

What You Will Do

  • Coordinate with all engineering disciplines to support project design, drawing updates, permitting, environmental and safety excellence, and resolution of engineering issues on utility-scale solar and energy storage projects.
  • Facilitate weekly internal engineering meetings during pre-construction to ensure alignment across disciplines and project stakeholders.
  • Build and maintain strong customer relationships by participating in meetings and presentations, responding to questions & requests, and identifying opportunities for long-term partnership.
  • Collaborate with permitting agencies nationwide to obtain construction permits aligned with project schedules, environmental & safety standards, and contractual requirements.
  • Partner cross-functionally with procurement, scheduling, construction, quality, and commissioning teams to ensure design criteria and requirements are clearly documented and executed.
  • Maintain engineering and design documentation, including revisions, transmittals, RFIs, submittals, and change requests, using project document control systems such as Procore.
  • Identify project constraints, develop mitigation plans, ensure regulatory compliance, and supervise 1-2 Field Engineers


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

  • Utility solar or large-scale construction experience or an employee of a Koch company with engineering experience.
  • Bachelor's Degree or higher in an Engineering discipline and/or Construction Management
  • Valid US Driver's License
  • Legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship now or in the future


What Will Put You Ahead (Preferred Qualifications)

  • Project Engineering experience in capital projects and permitting
  • EPC experience
  • Civil/Stormwater design experience
  • Solar and/or Battery Energy Storage experience


For this role, we anticipate paying $110,00 to $140,000 per year.

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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