What are the responsibilities and job description for the Fixed Equipment Reliability Engineer position at Koch Business Solutions, LP?
Your Job
We are seeking a highly motivated Fixed Equipment Reliability Engineer to join our Koch Fertilizer team in Enid, OK. This role is critical to ensuring the reliability, integrity, and safe operation of all fixed equipment, including pressure vessels, heat exchangers, piping systems, relief devices, fired heaters, and storage tanks. The ideal candidate will lead proactive maintenance strategies, provide technical expertise, and drive continuous improvement initiatives to optimize plant uptime and asset life.
Our Team
Koch Fertilizer is a leading producer of high-quality fertilizers (Ammonia, Urea, & UAN) and is committed to supporting global agriculture through innovation, safety, and sustainability. We pride ourselves on operational excellence and continuous improvement across our facilities.
What You Will Do
- Develop and implement reliability programs for fixed equipment to reduce failures and extend asset life
- Perform fitness-for-service evaluations and risk-based inspection (RBI) analysis to prioritize inspection/maintenance activities
- Lead root cause failure analyses (RCFA) and recommend corrective actions
- Collaborate with inspection, maintenance, operations, and process teams to develop repair plans
- Ensure compliance with applicable codes, standards (API, ASME), and regulatory requirements
- Manage and update equipment records, inspection histories, and reliability metrics in the CMMS/IDMS
- Support turnaround scoping, planning, and execution by providing fixed equipment expertise
- Identify and implement best practices and new technologies to enhance equipment reliability
- Provide field execution support for fixed equipment craftsmen
- Support capital projects with materials selection, design, and economic analysis to help determine best alternatives
- Participate in cross site technical teams to ensure internal practices are competitive and up to date with industry standard
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering OR 3 year's experience in fixed equipment reliability
Physical Requirements
- Ability to wear PPE in designated areas
- Ability to work indoors and outdoors in various types of weather
- Ability to climb stairs/ladders up to 150 ft on occasion
What Will Put You Ahead
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.
Who We Are
As a Koch Ag & Energy Solutions company, Koch Fertilizer delivers a full line of fertilizers designed to boost crop performance and help growers reach their yields. Our team also brings logistical expertise and a wide range of invaluable services, from delivered freight and logistics capabilities to online shipment tracking.
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
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.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).