Koch Industries

Senior Process Engineer- Power & Recovery

Koch Industries • $95K — $115K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of experience in process engineering or related supervisory role
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering
  • Proven track record of leading change and implementing process improvements

Responsibilities

  • Partner with operating departments for technical support
  • Lead root cause analysis for complex process issues
  • Develop trial plans to enhance safety and cost performance
  • Identify and lead waste reduction initiatives
  • Optimize production processes for better throughput
  • Collaborate with corporate resources to integrate best practices
  • Mentor early-career engineers and interns

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
  • Educational assistance programs
  • Infertility assistance and paid parental leave options
Full Job Description
Your Job

We are currently seeking a highly motivated and talented individual to join our team at GP Brunswick Cellulose as a Senior Process Engineer. In this role, you will partner closely with the Power & Recovery department to drive process optimization, reduce costs and waste, and provide advanced technical problem-solving support. This position reports to the Process Engineering Manager and plays a key role in improving mill performance and developing future technical leaders.

What You Will Do
  • Partner with an operating department to deliver day-to-day and long-term technical support
  • Lead technical problem solving and root cause analysis for complex process issues
  • Develop and execute trial plans to improve safety, quality, reliability, and cost performance
  • Identify and lead waste and cost reduction initiatives
  • Optimize and debottleneck production processes to improve throughput and stability
  • Collaborate with corporate technical resources to effectively integrate best practices into mill operations
  • Work with early-career process engineers, co-ops, and interns to build technical capability and leadership depth
  • Collaborate with operations, maintenance, and reliability teams to resolve process and equipment challenges


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
  • 2+ years of experience in process engineering, process optimization, or a supervisory/leadership role within Industrial Manufacturing or similar
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering
  • Demonstrated ability to lead change, implement process improvements, and deliver measurable results


What Will Put You Ahead
  • Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or Pulp and Paper Science/Engineering
  • Experience in process engineering, process optimization, or a supervisory/leadership role within the pulp and paper industry
  • Prior supervisory or leadership experience, including mentoring or managing direct reports
  • Operations, maintenance, or reliability experience in a pulp and paper manufacturing environment
  • Previous experience in a Senior Process Engineer role
  • Experience supporting capital projects and process design
  • Working knowledge of process improvement methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, or similar frameworks


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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