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.
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.
Our Team
Optimized Process Designs is an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) firm executing on 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.
What You Will Do
- 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
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- 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
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
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Hiring Philosophy
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Who We Are
As a Koch Engineered Solutions company, Optimized Process Designs (OPD) provides clients with detailed engineering packages in all disciplines, single-point procurement for all equipment and materials, fabrication and direct-hired construction services throughout the United States. We leverage in-house capabilities and provide services with faster speed to market to help deliver increased cost savings while minimizing risk.
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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).