Tower Mechanic

Koch Specialty Plant Services, LLC has immediate openings for Tower Mechanics for various locations within the U.S.

Our Team

Koch Specialty Plant Services, LLC (KSPS) is a world leader for providing tower, vessel, and mass transfer equipment services to the refining and chemical industry.

We attained this leadership position by applying Market-Based Management®, our unique business philosophy that combines core values with a focused business approach.

Integrity, compliance and customer focus are paramount to our success and KSPS' industry leading position as a specialty tower, vessel and mass transfer internals service provider has been solidified in the marketplace because, quite simply, ''we do what we say we can do''.

There are many ways to define value.

For KSPS, meeting our commitments and exceeding customer expectations are key measures when it comes to quantifying the true value of a deliverable.

Unlike anyone else, KSPS has the ability to integrate people, experience, discipline, knowledge, and our unique market-based management business philosophy to deliver the best value proposition in the industry.

What You Will Do


* Identify and properly install trays, packing, grid, feed pipe, distributors, collectors, various column pressure internals under limited supervision.


* Possess basic Process Safety Management knowledge and Hazardous Communication skills.


* Able to identify exchanger components such as straight tube, U bend, fixed head bundles.

Channel head, dollar plate, bell head, floating head, etc.


* Identify hand and power tools and their purposes.


* Ability to identify and use all tools and equipment necessary to perform assigned work.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* 6 Months or more of Industry experience preferred.


* Previous experience in gas and oil field construction preferred.


* Must be able to provide your own transportation to job locations throughout the U.S.


* Must be willing and able to meet all Company and Customer project entry requirements including training, background check, and drug test.


* Must have current TWIC Card or ability to obtain one if required.

What Will Put You Ahead


* Two years or more of industrial plant experience in blinding, opening, cleaning, and repair of operating pressure vessels such as towers, reactors, drums, exchangers, heaters and/ or installing mass transfer equipment (trays, packing, distributors, collectors, etc.)


* Previous experience installing equipment related to process internals such as valve trays, bubble cap trays, mist eliminators, structured packing, reactor internals, random packing, distributors, collectors of mass transfer equipment.


* Ability to properly use an oxy-acetylene torch.


* Ability to operate arc gauger.


* Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings or blueprints and can utilize them to identify and properly install process internals.


* Basic Plus Orientation.
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