Koch Industries

Project Engineer

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

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, Electrical, or related field).
  • Experience in engineering, manufacturing, or project management within a manufacturing environment.
  • Ability to lead projects and coordinate cross-functional teams.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

  • Lead product transfer projects that align with business objectives.
  • Manage project documentation and track cost savings initiatives.
  • Coordinate tooling activities, focusing on improvements and new implementations.
  • Support AI-driven manufacturing initiatives to improve efficiency.
  • Develop and execute comprehensive project plans and budgets.
  • Collaborate with teams to implement process improvements.
  • Monitor project progress and communicate status updates to stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
  • Life insurance and disability coverage.
  • Retirement plan options.
  • Paid vacation and time off, including parental leave and adoption assistance.
Full Job Description
Your Job

As a Project Engineer, you will lead and support strategic manufacturing initiatives that improve operational performance, drive cost savings, and enhance productivity across the site. You will partner with operations, engineering, quality, supply chain, and leadership teams to execute projects from concept through implementation while identifying opportunities to create long-term value for the business. You will play a key role in supporting Monarch initiatives, manufacturing technology advancement, and continuous improvement efforts.

What You Will Do
• Support and possible lead product transfer project initiatives that align with site and business objectives.
• Manage and maintain cost savings project templates, tracking mechanisms, and project documentation.
• Coordinate site-specific tooling activities, including tooling improvements, new tooling implementation, and tooling optimization projects.
• Support AI-enabled manufacturing initiatives by evaluating, testing, and implementing technologies that improve operational efficiency and decision-making.
• Develop and execute project plans, timelines, budgets, and resource requirements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify, prioritize, and implement process improvement opportunities.
• Monitor project progress, communicate status updates, and mitigate risks to ensure successful project execution.
• Analyze manufacturing data to identify opportunities for productivity improvements, waste reduction, and cost savings.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives utilizing Lean manufacturing and problem-solving methodologies.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, Electrical, or related field).
• Experience supporting engineering, manufacturing, or project management activities in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience leading projects and coordinating cross-functional teams.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

What Will Put You Ahead
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience managing capital, tooling, or manufacturing improvement projects.
• Exposure to AI, automation, digital manufacturing, or Industry 4.0 technologies.
• Experience with project tracking, cost savings reporting, and financial analysis.
• Knowledge of machining, molding, plating, and manufacturing processes, tooling design, and production operations.
• Experience using CAD and ERP systems such as Creo and SAP.

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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