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Rotating Equipment Reliability Engineer

Koch
Houston, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 8/5/2025 CLOSED ON 9/3/2025

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Rotating Equipment Reliability Engineer position at Koch?

Your Job

INVISTA is seeking a Rotating Equipment Reliability Engineer to support the Asset Management group at our Houston Chemical Plant (HCP). As the site SME for machinery equipment, you will own reliability programs and strategies. This role will work a 9/80 schedule and is eligible for relocation incentives.

Our Team

Houston Chemical was the first Catofin propane dehydrogenation plant in the United States, and worldwide, we remain the most productive Catofin plant in our size class. Join our team and contribute in an innovative and dynamic environment where your expertise will significantly impact on our operation! As an industry pioneer, HCP is the first Catofin propane dehydrogenation plant in the United States, and leads as the most productive Catofin plant in our size class worldwide.

What You Will Do

  • Act as Site technical SME for machinery equipment
  • Own reliability programs/strategies for machinery equipment
  • Own the site Machinery Program
  • Scope and support machinery equipment initiatives or projects across the site
  • Assist maintenance and execution personnel with the INVISTA specs and standards and technical support.
  • Lead and support site RCFA (Root Cause Failure Analysis) efforts on Machinery equipment
  • Support outages and turnarounds with scoping, planning, and execution
  • Manage machinery MOC’s (Management of Change)
  • Setup and maintain critical fixed equipment spare parts for the site


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering
  • Two (2) or more years' experience as a Mechanical Engineer in a process industry such as refining or petrochemicals
  • Willing and able to travel up to 10% of the time
  • Must have legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship


What Will Put You Ahead

  • Ten (10) or more years' experience as a Mechanical Engineer in a process industry, such as refining or petrochemicals


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, INVISTA has a long history of working to make the world around you a better place. From parts for the automotive industry to medical equipment, air bags, food packaging and clothing, our ingredients in the nylon 6,6 and polypropylene value chains help bring many of life’s essential products to market 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. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu),

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