Koch Industries

Senior Engineer - Power and Recovery

Koch Industries$175K — $205K *
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology, preferably in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Pulp and Paper Science; or 10+ years in operations leadership without degree.
  • 10+ years in the pulp & paper industry operations, engineering, or OEM.
  • 5+ years in operations leadership.
  • In-depth knowledge of design, construction, operation, and maintenance of equipment under responsibility.
  • Experience in process improvement and optimization.
  • Familiarity with ASME, BLRBAC, NFPA, and similar standards.

Responsibilities

  • Develop relationships across Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, and Business teams.
  • Provide technical troubleshooting and urgent care for utility assets.
  • Mentor resources to ensure asset operation and maintenance qualifications are met.
  • Support facility outages focusing on high-value or high-risk projects.
  • Perform benchmarking and gap closure analysis for asset performance.
  • Identify and develop both non-capital and capital improvement opportunities.
  • Create multi-year strategies and implementation plans for asset management.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
  • Life insurance, ADD, and disability insurance.
  • Retirement plan with company contributions.
  • Paid vacation and time off, including parental leave and adoption assistance.
  • Educational assistance programs.
  • Support for overall employee wellbeing and health.
Full Job Description
Your Job

We are seeking a candidate to fill a manufacturing support role in the Manufacturing Technical Group Power & Recovery Technical Center. This position can be home based. The position will report to Director Boiler Strategy Execution and will work with multiple groups and disciplines throughout engineering, maintenance and operations to improve asset performance and reliability. Utilization of PBM® and Frameworks to proactively support the development and execution of improvement plans for Power & Recovery equipment including power boilers, recovery boilers, evaporators, turbines and associated auxiliary equipment. This role will be responsible for collaborating with internal stakeholders to drive results, creating superior value to meet GP's manufacturing vision.

What You Will Do
  • Develop strong relationships with partners in Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, and Businesses teams
  • Provide remote and in-person technical troubleshooting and urgent care for utilities assets and processes
  • Mentor operations and maintenance resources to ensure minimum level of qualifications are met to operate and maintain assets
  • Support facility outages with particular focus on high value or high-risk projects to ensure success
  • Perform benchmarking and gap closure analysis for asset reliability and performance
  • Identify non-capital and capital improvement opportunities and partner with site and external engineering teams to develop, execute, and commission projects.
  • Develop multi-year asset strategy and implementation plans for responsible assets
  • Build and maintain OEM, vendor, contractor, and consulting network for responsible assets
  • Support the development and implementation of Design, Operate, and Maintain (DOM) standards for associated systems and assets
  • Collaborate with remote monitoring resources to develop and optimize monitoring strategies for responsible assets
  • Comply with Environmental, Health and Safety requirements in all activities with the objective of achieving zero incidents


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology with a preference of Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Pulp and Paper Science. Consideration will also be given to candidates with 10 or more years of operations leadership experience in lieu of an engineering degree.
  • Minimum of 10 years of experience in the pulp & paper industry operations, engineering, or OEM.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in operations leadership
  • Knowledge of theoretical and practical aspects of the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of assets in scope of responsibility.
  • Demonstrated experience in process improvement and process optimization
  • Practical knowledge of ASME, BLRBAC, NFPA and similar codes/standards

Personal Attributes
  • Proven capability of leading through influence; working with and through large cross-functional teams
  • Strong communication skills with demonstrated ability to build relationships at all levels of the organization.
  • Strong financial and analytical skills, with ability to collect, analyze, and distill data to identify key insights
  • Proven ability to recognize potential issues, identify alternatives, and make recommendations
  • Demonstrated team/group facilitation experience - meetings, knowledge sharing, problem solving, etc.
  • Ability to travel at least 70%


What Will Put You Ahead
  • Senior mill operations and maintenance leadership experience is preferred
  • Demonstrated experience in projects and implementation of project activities.


For this role, we anticipate paying $175,000 - $205,000 per year, dependent on knowledge and experience.

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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