ProductionEngineer

Koch Fertilizer’s Fort Dodge, IA facility is currently seeking a Production Engineer to help advance the performance, reliability, and innovation of our plant operations. You’ll join a high‑performing team that plays a critical role in driving process optimization, automation, and continuous improvement across the site. We are looking for a proactive, curious, and collaborative individual who is excited to lead and support key process initiatives that strengthen our plant’s long‑term capability.

In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of your assigned production unit. You will work closely with operations, engineering, maintenance, and technical support teams to optimize production, enhance control strategies, troubleshoot complex issues, and implement solutions to improve your unit.

• Proactively monitor and assess the performance of assigned process unit
• Collaborate with Operators, Engineering, and Maintenance teams to optimize the unit production and efficiency, and troubleshoot issues
• Contribute to process safety and environmental performance through participation and leadership in process hazards analysis (PHA), management of changes (MOC), technical investigations, etc.
• Identify, develop, prioritize, and implement continuous improvement projects that improve operations and plant performance
• Support site capital projects and initiatives
• Maintain various process engineering documentation such as process drawings (PFD, P&'s), equipment datasheets, heat & material balances, process line sizing calculations, hydraulic calculations, etc.
• Ability to travel up to 15%

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Chemical Engineering or relevant industry experience
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to work effectively on cross‑functional teams.
• Able and willing to work in an industrial manufacturing/refining environment, including exposure to noisy, dusty, or non-air‑conditioned/unheated areas as needed.

• Experience in process controls, projects, process safety management
• Experience in equipment and plant design (relief valves, pumps, tanks, vessels, etc.)
• Experience troubleshooting process or equipment issues
• Experience with root cause analysis, or other problem‑solving techniques
• Experience in driving innovation, making data‑driven decisions, and delivering measurable operational improvements.
• Internship or co‑op experience in process industry/manufacturing

This role is not eligible for 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.