I&E Planner

Your Job

Koch Fertilizer is seeking a dynamic Instrumentation & Electrical (I&E) Planner to join our team in Wever, Iowa.

As a key contributor, you will play a vital role in planning and coordinating maintenance activities that drive safe, efficient, and reliable operations.

This position offers the opportunity to collaborate across teams, implement new technologies, and help transform maintenance and outage processes to create long-term value.

We're open to developing the right person for this role.

You may bring hands-on instrumentation and electrical experience and be ready to grow your planning skills, you may have maintenance planning experience and want to deepen your I&E knowledge, or have transferrable experience.

We're looking for someone with a strong foundation, a desire to learn, and the motivation to grow into the full scope of the role.

Our Team

You will collaborate with site I&E Technicians, cross-site planners and Operations to plan and execute daily maintenance activities as well as outage and turnaround work.

This role reports to the Maintenance Superintendent and partners closely with operations, maintenance, and contractor teams to support plant performance and reliability.

What You Will Do



* Plan and estimate I&E maintenance activities using equipment history, subject matter expertise, and proven planning methods


* Apply codes, standards, and reliability strategies to support safe and efficient execution of work


* Build detailed job packages in systems such as Maximo and Procore/ACC for daily work, outages, and turnarounds, including scope, duration, and materials


* Conduct field job package walkdowns with internal teams and contractors to validate plans and align on execution expectations


* Support the integration of outage work into prioritized and optimized schedules


* Review post-job results to identify improvement opportunities and enhance planning effectiveness


* Develop preventative maintenance plans that improve plant reliability


* Coordinate and manage contractor work during outages


* Train and mentor maintenance team members on planning processes and outage support roles


* Identify and drive continuous improvement through technology adoption and new ways of working


* Ensure strong adherence to Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) practices in all planning activities

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)



* Experience developing industrial maintenance work packages


* Experience with instrumentation, electrical systems, and/or mechanical maintenance including calibration, testing, troubleshooting, or installation


* Experience communicating with cross-functional teams, both internal and external


* Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams)


* Exposure to, or experience in, reading and interpreting technical documents (e.g., P&IDs, schematics, isometrics, and engineering specifications) and translating them into ...