I&E Design Engineer

Your Job Optimized Process Designs (OPD), a Koch Engineered Solutions company, is looking for an I&E Design Engineer who thrives on technical problem solving, collaboration, and creating the foundation for successful project execution.

About the role

This role serves as a key technical resource across multiple projects, partnering with Project Leads to mature project scope into well-defined design deliverables and design direction. By establishing the technical basis for projects before detailed design begins, the I&E Design Engineer helps drive consistency, reduce execution risk, and enable successful project delivery.

About the team

Optimized Process Designs is an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) firm executing complex energy and infrastructure projects across North America. Their focus and expertise is in the natural gas, natural gas liquids, and petrochemical industries. OPD is part of the larger Koch organization which provides a variety of capabilities across many industries. OPD is known for technical excellence, disciplined project execution, and a culture that empowers engineers to take ownership and create long-term value.

Responsibilities

• Develop key front-end I&E deliverables that establish the basis for project execution such as:
  • Design Basis
  • Block Diagrams
  • Control System Overview
  • Building Layout
  • Installation Details
  • Equipment and Enclosure Layouts
• Translate project requirements into practical and executable design solutions
• Identify technical risks, scope gaps, and design inconsistencies early in project development
• Support multiple projects simultaneously as a shared technical resource
• Coordinate with other engineering disciplines to align technical solutions
• Review vendor documentation and incorporate equipment package requirements into project designs
• Participate in constructability reviews, field walkdowns, and factory acceptance testing activities
• Mentor and develop designers and other design engineers
• Promote and reinforce a safety-first culture in all design activities

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Industrial Distribution, or a related engineering-based discipline
• Experience developing I&E design deliverables within EPC, industrial, or oil & gas/petrochemical projects

Skills

What will put you ahead:

• Broad experience across instrumentation, electrical, and controls systems
• Familiarity with midstream gas processing facilities
• Experience developing design philosophies, control narratives, and system architectures
• Practical field or construction experience supporting EPC projects
• Experience participating in field walkdowns, constructability reviews, and FATs
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop technical team members
• Experience with AutoCAD, Bluebeam, and Microsoft Excel

Pay

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. 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.

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.

• Medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement
• Paid vacation/time off, educational assistance
• 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.