Rotating Equipment Specialist
About the job
- Interprovincial (Red Seal) Millwright or Machinist certification, or a technical diploma or degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology or a related discipline.
- Experience maintaining, inspecting, and troubleshooting rotating equipment in an industrial or process environment such as fertilizer, petrochemical, refining, power, or a similar operation.
- Extensive experience with precision-maintenance practices including shaft alignment, balancing, bearings, seals, and couplings.
- Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings, original equipment manufacturer manuals, and equipment specifications.
- Legally entitled to work in Canada without current or future sponsorship.
- Apply Zero-SIF principles, approved procedures, and the KAES Rotating Equipment Mechanical Integrity Program while identifying and resolving machinery hazards, unsafe conditions, and technical scope gaps.
- Troubleshoot compressors, steam turbines, pumps, blowers, gearboxes, and auxiliary systems using operating history, field observations, condition-monitoring data, and equipment performance trends.
- Provide technical field leadership for precision maintenance, overhauls, inspections, measurements, quality assurance and quality control, inspection and test plans, startups, shutdowns, trips, plant upsets or outages, and post-repair return to service.
- Lead or provide root-cause failure analyses, incident investigations, reliability improvements, and updates to maintenance strategies, inspection requirements, and equipment records.
- Analyze vibration, lube oil-analysis, operating, startup, and shutdown data to proactively diagnose developing faults, assess risk, and recommend suitable corrective actions.
- Develop technical content for computerized maintenance management system work orders, turnaround scopes, repair requirements, quality hold points, acceptance criteria, and lead follow-up actions.
- Partner with original equipment manufacturers, repair shops, field-service providers, Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, Corporate subject-matter experts, and Engineering to manage repair quality, documentation, equipment readiness, and new equipment installation or projects.
- Extensive experience with critical or un-spared machinery, including centrifugal and reciprocating compressors and steam turbines.
- Familiarity with rotating equipment American Petroleum Institute standards for pumps, compressors, and reciprocating machinery, including design and repair practices.
- Experience with a computerized maintenance management system (Maximo or SAP preferred) and condition-monitoring or asset-health platforms.
- Vibration-analysis certification (ISO Category I/II or equivalent) and hands-on condition-monitoring experience.
- Experience in an ammonia or nitrogen fertilizer facility, or another Process Safety Management-covered site.
- Formal Reliability Certification or root-cause failure analysis methodology experience.
About the company
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, Kansas
Founded
1940
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Koch raised $224.4 million in equity financing on March 10, 2026, preserving dry powder.
- Koch's Africa fertilizer foothold expands global phosphate reach from Morocco's Jorf complex.
- Closed Tacoma gypsum plant concentrates capital into stronger Georgia-Pacific assets and higher-margin lines.
What critics are saying
- DOJ opened a fertilizer antitrust probe in March 2026, risking criminal charges and damages.
- Farmers filed class actions in March and June 2026 against Koch Agronomic Services.
- Georgia-Pacific will close Tacoma's gypsum plant on October 30, 2026, cutting 125 jobs.
What makes Koch Industries unique
- Private since 1940, Koch reinvests earnings for decades, not quarterly Wall Street optics.
- Koch Fertilizer expanded into Morocco on June 30, 2026 through Jorf Fertilizers ownership.
- Georgia-Pacific and Koch Agronomic Services give Koch integrated positions across packaging and fertilizers.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
- Paid Vacation
- Professional Development Budget
- Fertility Treatment Support
- Parental Leave
- Adoption Assistance
- Hybrid Work Options