Production Engineering Expertise Manager

At Dow, we believe in putting people first and we’re passionate about delivering integrity, respect and safety to our customers, our employees and the planet.

Our people are at the heart of our solutions. They reflect the communities we live in and the world where we do business. Their diversity is our strength. We’re a community of relentless problem solvers that offers the daily opportunity to contribute with your perspective, transform industries and shape the future. Our purpose is simple - to deliver a sustainable future for the world through science and collaboration. If you’re looking for a challenge and meaningful role, you’re in the right place.

About you and this role

Dow has an exciting opportunity for an Production Engineering Expertise Manager located in Victoria, TX ! In this role, you will serve as a vital resource for Operations by applying technical skills to optimize plant operations, resolve plant problems, lead projects, and enable safe and efficient production of low cost, quality products. This requires in-depth conceptual and practical knowledge in your job discipline and basic knowledge of related job disciplines to solve complex problems.

Responsibilities

- Work closely with the operations team leveraging their problem solving skills and technical expertise.
- Elevate and appropriately apply knowledge of the plant and technology referencing historical data and conferring with Technology Center or other subject matter experts (SMEs).
- Ensure Most Effective Technology (MET) is understood and utilized and that process automation is used as a tool to optimize plant performance.
- Utilize defined MET and challenge/escalate MET application and assumptions when better solutions arise.
- Partner with experts to perform advanced troubleshooting and improve and document operating discipline.
- Diagnose and document root causes of asset utilization losses in the facility.
- Understand why specific procedure steps and precautions are needed and keeps a strong field presence to reinforce the importance.
- Lead projects from identification through completion.
- Conduct daily review of logbook and alarm history to better understand the plant operation and stay engaged with daily activities.
- Maintain, own, and review daily Key Process Indicators (KPI)/ trends to ensure optimum performance.
- Respond urgently to plant issues and emergencies.
- Act as a unit technical expert during unplanned events and drive implementation of effective corrective and preventative actions.
- Provide leadership, expertise, diagnosis, and optimization in plant Raw Material Efficiency, which may include yield or waste generation.
- Ensure compliance with plant operating permits. Understand site integration and provides input to optimize the overall system.

Required Qualifications

- A minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering.
- A minimum of 5 years of relevant working experience.
- Ability to work outside of normal business hours, including evenings, weekends, holidays, and participate in an on-call rotation as business needs require, with or without reasonable accommodation.
- A minimum requirement for this U.S. based position is the ability to work legally in the United States. No visa sponsorship/support is available for this position, including for any type of U.S. permanent residency (green card) process.

Preferred Qualifications

- Chemical or Mechanical Engineering degree discipline.

Physical Demands

Willing and able to meet the physical demands of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation:

- Wear safety equipment, such as earplugs, goggles, and steel-toed shoes.
- Wear and use respirators.
- Perform frequent bending, reaching, and lifting.
- Work in tight or closed-in spaces.
- Climb stairs/ladders and work high off the ground.
- Stand or walk for extended periods of time.
- This role does involve elevated work greater than or equal to four feet above the ground. Must be able to use harnesses with a total weight capacity of 300lbs.

Skills

- Accountability:  Accountability is the acknowledgment and assumption of responsibility for actions, products, decisions, and policies including the administration, governance, and implementation within the scope of the role.
- Communication:  Strategic communication management is the control of communication in and out of an organization or project team to promote the clear exchange of information and ideas.
- Critical Thinking:  Critical thinking is the evaluation of facts to form a judgment by using the rational, data-based analysis of factual evidence.
- Leadership:  Motivational leaders make decisions, set clear goals and provide their teams with the empowerment and tools to achieve success. Motivational leaders evoke and see the best in their employees, inspiring them to work toward a common goal.
- Process Engineering:  Process engineering is the understanding and application of the fundamental principles and laws of nature. Process engineering focuses on the design, operation, control, optimization and intensification of chemical and physical processes need to accomplish a defined purpose.
- Self-Motivation:  Self-Motivation is the internal state that helps initiate, continue, or terminate a behavior, driving individuals to do things and work toward their goals, put effort into self-development, and achieve personal fulfilment.
- Teamwork:  Teamwork is the collaborative effort of a group to achieve a common goal or to complete a task in the most effective and efficient way. This concept is seen within the greater framework of a team, which is a group of interdependent individuals who work together towards a common goal.
- Process Safety:  Demonstrates knowledge of process safety principles and practices to identify, assess, and mitigate operational risks. Supports compliance with process safety management requirements, promotes a strong safety culture, and works collaboratively to prevent incidents, protect people and assets, and ensure safe, reliable operations.
- Continuous Improvement:  Applies continuous improvement principles to optimize operational performance, streamline workflows, and improve productivity, safety, quality, and cost effectiveness. Collaborates with cross-functional teams to identify root causes, implement corrective actions, and sustain improvements.

Additional Notes

Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

Benefits – What Dow offers you

We invest in you.

Dow invests in total rewards programs to help you manage all aspects of you: your pay, your health, your life, your future, and your career. You bring your background, talent, and perspective to work every day. Dow rewards that commitment by investing in your total wellbeing.

Here are just a few highlights of what you would be offered as a Dow employee:

- Equitable and market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets, along with locally relevant incentives.
- Benefits and programs to support your physical, mental, financial, and social well-being, to help you get the care you need...when you need it.
- Competitive retirement program that may include company-provided benefits, savings opportunities, financial planning, and educational resources to help you achieve your long term financial-goals.  Employee stock purchase programs (availability varies depending on location).

- Student Debt Retirement Savings Match Program (U.S. only). Dow will take the value of monthly student debt payments and apply them as if they are contributions to the Employees’ Savings Plan (401(k)), helping employees reach the Company match.

- Robust medical and life insurance packages that offer a variety of coverage options to meet your individual needs. Travel insurance is also available in certain countries/locations.
- Opportunities to learn and grow through training and mentoring, work experiences, community involvement and team building.
- Workplace culture empowering role-based flexibility to maximize personal productivity and balance personal needs.
- Competitive yearly vacation allowance.
- Paid time off for new parents (birthing and non-birthing, including adoptive and foster parents).
- Paid time off to care for family members who are sick or injured.
- Paid time off to support volunteering and Employee Resource Group’s (ERG) participation.
- Wellbeing Portal for all Dow employees, our one-stop shop to promote wellbeing, empowering employees to take ownership of their entire wellbeing journey.
- On-site fitness facilities to help stay healthy and active (availability varies depending on location).
- Employee discounts for online shopping, cinema tickets, gym memberships and more.
- Additionally, some of our locations might offer: Transportation allowance (availability varies depending on location)
- Meal subsidiaries/vouchers (availability varies depending on location)
- Carbon-neutral transportation incentives e.g. bike to work (availability varies depending on location)

Join our team, we can make a difference together.

About Dow
Dow (NYSE: DOW) is one of the world’s leading materials science companies, serving customers in high-growth markets such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. Our global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation, leading business positions and commitment to sustainability enable us to achieve profitable growth and help deliver a sustainable future. We operate manufacturing sites in 30 countries and employ approximately 36,000 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $43 billion in 2024. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. ​​​​Learn more about us and our ambition to be the most innovative, customer-centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world by visiting   www.dow.com .

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