Electrical Reliability Engineer

Koch Fertilizer; Wever (IA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Koch Fertilizer is seeking an Electrical Engineer to support the Wever facility's operations, maintenance, and reliability initiatives. You will work with maintenance, operations, and project teams to improve equipment performance and ensure safe, reliable plant operation.

Responsibilities include root cause analysis, troubleshooting of electrical systems, and developing capital project specifications while leveraging standards such as NEC, NFPA, and IEEE.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience in electrical reliability.
• Willing to perform physical requirements outdoors, at heights, lifting up to 50 pounds.
• Experience with NEC, NFPA, NEMA, ANSI, IEEE, NETA, API and related industry standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide electrical engineering support for plant operations, maintenance, and reliability initiatives.
• Investigate equipment and system failures using root cause analysis and implement sustainable solutions to improve reliability.
• Partner with operations, maintenance, and reliability teams to optimize electrical equipment performance.
• Support troubleshooting and repair for electrical distribution systems, motors, MCCs, VFDs, and related equipment.
• Develop electrical specifications and documentation for capital projects and upgrades.
• Utilize CMMS (Maximo) and reliability tools to manage risk and improvements.
• Interface with vendors, contractors, and internal stakeholders for equipment evaluation and project execution.
• Support planned outages and major maintenance to improve plant performance.
• Mentor and develop maintenance personnel with technical knowledge and reliability best practices.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Root cause analysis

CMMS

Electrical standards

VFDs

MCCs

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Maximo

SCADA

Job description

Koch Fertilizer is seeking an Electrical Engineer to support the Wever facility's operations, maintenance, and reliability initiatives. You will work with maintenance, operations, and project teams to improve equipment performance and ensure safe, reliable plant operation.

Responsibilities include root cause analysis, troubleshooting of electrical systems, and developing capital project specifications while leveraging standards such as NEC, NFPA, and IEEE.