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Koch Industries

Private conglomerate in energy and materials

Area Reliability Engineer

Mechanical Maintenance and Reliability EngineeringPosted on Nov 13
Full-timeToledo, OR, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Experience working in a paper, chemicals, manufacturing, or utility operations environment.
  • Experience leading or participating in Root Cause Analysis (RCA/RCFA) efforts.
  • Experience analyzing operating data to help develop asset strategies or process improvements.

Responsibilities

  • Promote the growth of the culture by utilizing mental models in interactions with mill team members, company team members, vendors, and visitors.
  • Assist in connecting operators to the overall long-term vision and business unit metrics.
  • Coordinate and facilitate the department's machine outage preparation and execution meetings.
  • Develop and lead equipment reliability improvement initiatives.
  • Document and close the loop on troubleshooting activities, improvement ideas, operating procedural changes, changes to work practices, and training.
  • Analyze and communicate key reliability measures, suggest new measures as needed, and update the Asset Availability Database.
  • Lead or participate in Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), Asset Strategy Improvements (ASI), and other processes designed to identify and eliminate operational and equipment problems.
  • Help drive RCFA recommendations to completion.
  • Coordinate handoffs to the Reliability Engineering group.
  • Work closely with engineers, capability leaders, and operators to build operator skills and capabilities.

Desired Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering.
  • Specific experience in paper machine operations.
  • Experience leading people and teams.
  • Experience with PI Historian or PARCview.
  • Experience with reliability-based maintenance and operations.

About the Company

Koch Industries

Private conglomerate in energy and materials

Koch Industries is a large, private, diversified conglomerate that operates in energy, chemical processing, and manufacturing. It started from an innovation that turned heavy crude oil into gasoline and grew through long‑term investments rather than short‑term market moves. The company generates value by refining fuels and producing chemical products, and it operates Georgia-Pacific, a major maker of paper and building products. Its business model relies on reinvesting most earnings back into the company to fund steady, long‑term growth rather than paying out frequent dividends or seeking quick profits. Koch differentiates itself from many competitors by staying privately owned, which reduces pressure from public markets and enables longer‑range planning. The company’s goal is to build scale and durability across its holdings by sustainable, multi‑decade growth rather than rapid, episodic gains.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)
Total funding
$985.2M
Headquarters
Wichita, KS
Founded
1940

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