Rotating Equipment Reliability Engineer

Koch Fertilizer; Dodge City (KS); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Koch Fertilizer in Dodge City, KS seeks a Rotating Equipment Reliability Engineer to advance equipment reliability and operational excellence on site. You will apply PBM principles to identify opportunities, troubleshoot issues, and drive long-term value through improved asset performance.

The role involves leading reliability projects, monitoring equipment performance, and collaborating with operations and maintenance to reduce failures and enable continuous improvement across the plant.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or 5+ years of maintenance experience in an industrial environment.
• Experience troubleshooting and maintaining rotating equipment.
• Willing and able to meet all physical requirements: ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions; bending, kneeling, lifting up to 50 pounds; able to climb ladders; PPE as required.

Responsibilities

• Proactively advance and model Koch’s PBM culture through daily actions and decision-making.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve technical issues related to rotating equipment.
• Lead and execute reliability projects from problem identification through design, implementation, and commissioning.
• Provide reliability expertise during design and implementation of new and upgraded assets.
• Monitor rotating equipment performance to predict and prevent failures.
• Develop and implement strategies to improve plant reliability and equipment performance.
• Lead RCA investigations and ensure effective corrective actions and lessons learned.
• Collaborate with maintenance teams and fleetwide machinery experts to eliminate recurring failures.
• Develop and oversee scope of work for maintenance outages and turnarounds, ensuring QA/QC.

Skills

Rotating equipment troubleshooting

Reliability improvement

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Maximo

Job description

Koch Fertilizer is seeking a Rotating Equipment Reliability Engineer to join our Dodge City, KS team. In this role, you will play a critical part in advancing equipment reliability and operational excellence across the site. You will leverage your technical expertise and apply Principle Based Management (PBM®) to identify opportunities, troubleshoot issues, and drive long-term value through improved asset performance.

Our Team

You will be part of a collaborative maintenance and reliability team working closely with operations and fleetwide subject matter experts to enhance equipment performance, reduce failures, and support continuous improvement initiatives.

What You Will Do

• Proactively advance and model Koch’s Principle Based Management (PBM®) culture through daily actions and decision-making
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve technical issues related to rotating equipment
• Lead and execute reliability projects from problem identification through design, implementation, and commissioning
• Provide reliability expertise during the design and implementation of new and upgraded assets
• Monitor rotating equipment performance to predict and prevent failures, including leveraging emerging wireless technologies
• Develop and implement strategies to improve overall plant reliability and equipment performance
• Lead root cause analysis (RCA) investigations and ensure effective implementation of corrective actions and lessons learned
• Collaborate with maintenance teams and fleetwide machinery experts to eliminate recurring failures
• Develop and oversee scope of work for maintenance outages and turnarounds, ensuring quality execution (QA/QC)

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related engineering field OR 5+ years of maintenance experience in an industrial environment
• Experience troubleshooting and maintaining rotating equipment
• Willing and able to meet all physical requirements:
• Ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions.
• Bending, kneeling, lifting up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to climb straight ladders. Some work may require heights in excess of 100 feet.
• Wearing industrial chemical plant uniforms and PPE as required.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Reliability engineering experience in a nitrogen fertilizer production facility
• Machinery Lubrication Analyst (MLA) Level 2 Certification
• ISO Category II Vibration Analyst Certification
• Experience working with Mechanical Integrity Programs
• Experience in industrial chemical manufacturing
• Experience with Maximo or similar CMMS systems

This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship.

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.