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Koch Industries

Private conglomerate in energy and materials

Mechanical Reliability Engineer - Paper

Mechanical Maintenance and Reliability EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeBrewton, AL, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Reliability experience in a manufacturing, heavy industrial, or military environment.
  • Experience using Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Project, and Outlook.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in and lead Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) efforts to identify root causes of complex or repetitive problems and implement executable corrective actions.
  • Support all areas in meeting Environmental, Health, and Safety excellence.
  • Support the mill lubrication program and precision and predictive maintenance programs.
  • Facilitate area prioritization meetings to establish effective maintenance work schedules.
  • Provide support to operational areas, emphasizing short- and long-term reliability improvements.
  • Provide leadership to drive continuous improvement with asset and site reliability.
  • Develop, implement, and support preventative and predictive maintenance strategies for new and existing equipment, including vibration analysis, lubrication programs, oil analysis, ultrasonic testing, infrared analysis, nondestructive testing, thermography, MCE testing, and precision maintenance.
  • Review plans for new equipment and contribute to the Design for Reliability process by validating system reliability and maintainability.
  • Support implementation of reliability processes aimed at developing skilled maintenance and operating personnel with a reliability-centric mindset.
  • Analyze operational data, including key performance indicators and overall equipment effectiveness, to identify gaps and potential improvement areas.
  • Work with other Reliability Engineers to share knowledge and develop mill-wide reliability strategies.
  • Participate in the design and implementation of Asset Improvement Strategies to improve production and uptime.
  • Apply sound logic and scientific principles to problem solving.
  • Manage multiple priorities and customers simultaneously.
  • Work individually with little supervision and collaboratively with a team.

Desired Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
  • Pulp and paper industry experience.
  • Certification or continued education in reliability applications, practices, and management.
  • Experience with reliability improvement tools, including Root Cause Failure Analysis, preventative/predictive maintenance, and key performance indicators.
  • Experience with vibration, ultrasound, or infrared analysis.
  • Six Sigma experience or certification.

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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