Project Analyst

Koch Ag & Energy Solutions, LLC; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Koch Ag & Energy Solutions (KAES) is seeking a Project Analyst to partner with Turnaround and Project teams across the KAES fleet. You will leverage data and analytics to enable informed, faster decisions, building trusted relationships and driving standardized data practices.

The role emphasizes curiosity, collaboration, and continuous improvement, with responsibilities spanning dashboard development, reporting, and translating business questions into actionable insights.

Qualifications

• Understand business needs and translate into analytics insights.
• Develop dashboards and reporting to support decision-making.
• Build relationships with internal customers to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Establish consistent metrics, reporting, and definitions for project data.
• Collaborate with IT and data teams for scalable solutions.
• Familiarity with SQL, Python, and data modeling concepts.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Project, Turnaround, and other business teams to understand needs and decision processes.
• Translate business questions and complex data into meaningful insights, reports, and analytics.
• Build trusted relationships with internal customers and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Develop consistent metrics, reporting practices, and data definitions across teams.
• Create dashboards and reporting solutions to make information easier to act on.
• Influence adoption of standardized data practices and analytical approaches.
• Facilitate cross-team discussions to align on priorities and data needs.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes and improve reporting.

Skills

Data analysis

Stakeholder collaboration

Dashboards

Reporting

Problem solving

SQL

Python

Education

Business/Analytics/Engineering degree

Tools

Power BI

Microsoft Fabric

Alteryx

Job description

Koch Ag & Energy Solutions (KAES) is seeking a Project Analyst to partner with Turnaround and Project teams across the KAES fleet to help teams use data and analytics to make better, faster decisions.

The role will work closely with internal customers to understand business needs, identify opportunities to improve how information is used, and translate complex project and turnaround data into clear, actionable insights. The successful candidate will build trusted relationships across the organization, collaborate with a variety of stakeholders, and influence the adoption of consistent data and analytics practices.

This is a highly collaborative role for someone who is curious, comfortable working through ambiguity, and motivated by solving business problems through data, relationships, and continuous improvement.

This role will be located at our main campus in Wichita, Kansas.

What You Will Do

• Partner with Project, Turnaround, and other business teams to understand their needs, challenges, and decision-making processes
• Translate business questions and complex data into meaningful insights, reports, and analytics that support decision-making
• Build strong relationships with internal customers and become a trusted partner in identifying opportunities for improvement
• Collaborate across teams to develop consistent metrics, reporting practices, and definitions for project and turnaround data
• Develop and improve dashboards and reporting solutions that make information easier to understand and act upon
• Influence stakeholders to adopt common data practices, reporting approaches, and analytical solutions
• Facilitate conversations across teams to create alignment when priorities, processes, or data needs differ
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes, improve reporting, and increase the value teams receive from their data
• Partner with IT and data teams when technical support or scalable solutions are needed
• Experiment with new analytical approaches and tools that can improve how teams work and make decisions

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Degree in a Business, Analytics, Engineering, Technical, or related field, or relevant professional experience in lieu of a degree
• Experience using data, reporting, or analytics to help solve business problems or support decision-making
• Experience collaborating with customers or cross-functional stakeholders to understand needs and develop solutions
• Experience communicating information, recommendations, or insights to stakeholders with different levels of technical knowledge
• Experience building relationships and influencing change or adoption without relying on direct authority
• Experience managing multiple priorities and determining where your work can create the most value

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience developing dashboards, reports, visualizations, or other analytical tools used to support business decisions
• Experience with analytics and reporting tools such as Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Alteryx, or similar platforms
• Experience working with project, turnaround, maintenance, operations, industrial, or construction teams
• Experience facilitating conversations with customers to define problems, identify opportunities, and translate needs into analytical solutions
• Experience improving or standardizing business processes, metrics, or reporting
• Familiarity with SQL, Python, data modeling, or similar analytical techniques

This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship.

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

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