Electrical & Instrumentation Reliability Engineer
About the job
- A bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, Instrumentation Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience with power distribution systems, motor control centers, switchgear, transformers, motors, alternating-current and direct-current drives, and protective relaying.
- Experience supporting industrial electrical systems, instrumentation, controls, or reliability programs.
- Experience identifying equipment performance issues, determining underlying causes, and implementing sustainable solutions that improve reliability.
- Lead proactive reliability improvements for electrical, instrumentation, and control-system assets, focusing on recurring-failure elimination, lifecycle strategies, and long-term equipment performance.
- Develop and improve reliability strategies for power-distribution systems, motors, drives, motor control centers, transformers, switchgear, analyzers, transmitters, control valves, and field instrumentation.
- Perform root cause failure analysis and develop sustainable corrective actions to eliminate recurring failures and bad actors.
- Evaluate equipment performance data and apply predictive and condition-monitoring technologies to improve reliability and reduce lifecycle cost.
- Support site electrical-safety initiatives, including arc-flash mitigation, grounding, protective systems, and compliance with applicable standards.
- Provide engineering support for instrumentation upgrades, replacements, and modernization projects.
- Prepare specifications, scopes of work, engineering packages, and economic justifications for reliability and capital projects.
- Support Management of Change, process hazard analysis action closure, and risk-reduction activities.
- Identify and champion automation, monitoring, and digital solutions that improve safety, reliability, and economic performance.
- Partner with Maintenance and Operations to strengthen troubleshooting capability and technical knowledge.
- Support predictive-maintenance programs, including thermography, motor monitoring, instrumentation-health monitoring, and power-system inspections.
- Assist with commissioning, startup, and performance testing of new or modified systems.
- Use economic decision-making and PBM principles to prioritize reliability investments and resources toward the highest-value opportunities.
- Three or more years of experience supporting electrical, instrumentation, controls, or electrical-reliability programs in an industrial or manufacturing environment.
- Experience with process instrumentation, control valves, interlocks, and burner management systems.
- Experience with programmable logic controllers, distributed control systems, and industrial control systems.
- Knowledge of reliability methods including root cause failure analysis, failure mode and effects analysis, predictive maintenance, and condition monitoring.
- Experience with PI System, Seeq, SAP, or other industrial data and maintenance systems.
- Knowledge of the National Electrical Code, National Fire Protection Association standards, International Society of Automation standards, Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards, and other applicable engineering standards.
- Experience supporting reliability or capital projects through cost-benefit analysis, risk assessment, or economic justification.
- Experience building technical capability and advancing knowledge within an organization.
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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