Fixed Equipment Reliability Engineer

Koch • Enid, OK

22h • Onsite

About The Position

Koch Fertilizer LLC is seeking a Fixed Equipment Reliability Engineer to join its reliability team in Enid, Oklahoma. The role works with internal and external partners and collaborates with maintenance, operations, and other engineering disciplines to address equipment challenges. The successful candidate is self-motivated, detail-oriented, well organized, and an effective communicator, with the ability to solve problems.

The engineer advances Koch’s Principle Based Management™ culture and supports fixed-equipment reliability through engineering workorders and small projects, failure analysis, reliability programs, inspections, and capital projects. The position operates on a 9/80 work schedule, with flexibility required to support plant turnarounds, outages, and other operational needs. The role is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechanical or Corrosion), or at least 3 years of relevant reliability or industrial manufacturing experience in lieu of a bachelor’s degree.
• Experience using Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, or similar Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 25 pounds.
• Ability to climb stairs and ladders and work at heights exceeding 100 feet.
• Ability to move around the plant and equipment.
• Ability to sit, stand, and kneel as necessary.
• Ability to work outdoors in all types of weather.
• Ability to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) in designated areas.

Nice To Haves

• Working knowledge of relevant fixed-equipment codes and standards such as ASME, API, and NBIC.
• Relevant certifications such as API 510, API 570, API 653, API 580, or API 581.
• Experience using analytical tools such as Excel, Meridium, API RBI, PowerBI, or SEEQ for data-driven decision-making.
• Experience with inspection techniques, nondestructive examination (NDE) methods, and fitness-for-service assessments.

Responsibilities

• Advance Koch’s company culture, Principle Based Management™.
• Collaborate with maintenance, operations, and other engineering disciplines to identify and address equipment-related challenges.
• Complete engineering workorders and small projects, managing the work through project development, front-end engineering, detailed design, Management of Change and other safety reviews, construction, and commissioning.
• Lead root cause analyses of high-impact equipment failures and recommend corrective actions to the site leadership team.
• Leverage AI-enabled tools such as Microsoft Copilot, Claude, or similar technologies.
• Collect and analyze reliability metrics to identify bad actors.
• Develop and implement reliability programs to eliminate fixed-equipment threats.
• Conduct fitness-for-service (FFS) and risk-based inspection (RBI) analyses to ensure equipment complies with industry standards and regulations.
• Support fixed-equipment capital projects through scope development, materials selection, engineering design review, and construction oversight.
• Serve on cross-site technical teams to keep Koch’s internal fixed-equipment engineering practices competitive and current with industry practices.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
• Life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment (ADD) insurance, and disability benefits.
• Retirement benefits.
• Paid vacation and time off.
• Educational assistance.
• May include infertility assistance, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance, subject to applicable eligibility criteria and regional variation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level