Monitoring Analyst

Koch Business Solutions, LP; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Koch Ag and Energy Solutions is seeking a Monitoring Analyst to join the KAES Monitoring Capability. The role focuses on applying data analytics and technology to automatically detect deviations in process and equipment health across facilities, enabling real-time decision making and asset optimization.

You will work with business, technical, and operations teams to analyze data, build models to detect anomalies, review processes, and provide actionable insights to prevent failures.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of Operations or Process industry experience.
• Willing and able to travel 10% to 25% to other sites.

Responsibilities

• Leverage technology to automatically identify deviations, anomalies, trends, potential problems.
• Reviewing processes/assets of responsibility (approximately 50%).
• Validate potential issues and notify appropriate site contacts.
• Provide visibility and actionable insights to constraints that hinder asset and process performance.
• Communicate potential for asset failure and process performance deficiencies to the sites well before failure occurs.
• Build and maintain models that will automatically detect process and asset anomalies (approximately 25%).
• Work with monitoring team and site resources on chronic problems or large opportunities (approximately 15%).
• Support the development of work processes and tools to effectively deliver value to our partner sites (approximately 10%).

Skills

Data analysis

Reliability fundamentals

Industrial data software

Statistical methods

Communication skills

Job description

Your Job

Koch Ag and Energy Solutions is looking for a Monitoring Analyst to join our KAES Monitoring Capability to advance application of technology in the process and equipment heath monitoring space. The KAES Monitoring & Diagnostics Capability is a remote, cross-site partnership with KAES's operating facilities, providing collaboration and support across multiple disciplines of expertise to automatically detect process and equipment performance deviations in real time. The team applies an enterprise-wide, scalable approach to drive transformational improvement in business performance through enabling better decisions in how we operate and maintain our assets.

Our Team

This role will work with internal customers in business, technical and operations teams applying knowledge and data analytics to solve business problems and enable faster and better decisions through broader and deeper process and equipment analysis.

What You Will Do

• Leverage technology to automatically identify deviations, anomalies, trends, potential problems.
• Reviewing processes/assets of responsibility. (~50%)
• Validate potential issues and notify appropriate site contacts.
• Provide visibility and actionable insights to constraints that hinder asset and process performance.
• Communicate potential for asset failure and process performance deficiencies to the sites well before failure occurs.
• Build and maintain models that will automatically detect process and asset anomalies. (~25%)
• Work together with monitoring team and site resources on chronic problems or large opportunities where the combined skills of the team can help to solve problems. (~15%)
• Support the development of work processes and tools to effectively deliver value to our partner sites. (~10%)

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• At least 2 years of Operations or Process industry experience (understanding of chemical processes and associated equipment).
• Willing and able to travel 10% to 25% to other sites.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Knowledge of Reliability fundamentals.
• Effective communication skills - capability to provide credible, clear notification with supporting data with the right level of urgency.
• Technical capability in using data analysis methods to gather insight into process and asset performance monitoring.
• Ability to influence the organization to deliver results.
• Knowledge of industrial process data software and statistical methods.

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 company, Koch Ag & Energy Solutions (KAES) is a global provider of value-added solutions for the agriculture, turf and ornamental, energy and chemical markets. From agriculture to energy, KAES makes things grow better with plant nutrient and biological technologies. Our team of innovators unleash their potential while developing the technologies that feed and power the world.

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.