Senior Maintenance Engineer

At a glance

Position:Senior Maintenance Engineer

Primary locationOrange (TX, USA), Texas, United States of America

Schedule:Full time

Date Posted:04/26/2024

Job Number:R2050430

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

In this role, you will serve as aSenior Maintenance EngineerforDow's High Pressure Copolymer Plantlocated inOrange, TX.

Growth, investment, and high value business impact – these are a few of the exciting things happening at Dow Sabine River Operations, located in the heart of Southeast Texas. We are strategically located in the heart of the Dow Gulf Coast sites. Our large site in the P&SP Business provides an opportunity to learn and deepen your skills across several technologies and processes.

Do you believe that failure is a great way to learn & improve? As a Maintenance Engineer (ME) you will work every day providing engineering support to address plant issues that impact production. You will be part of a team that takes ownership and shares expertise to design solutions for equipment operations and repair techniques improving availability and maintainability of equipment and processes.

In this role, you will work closely with operations, maintenance and a full complement of experts to tackle challenges together in a fast-paced business that combines engineering knowledge and operational experience every day. Time in the field troubleshooting failures, repairs and evaluating equipment will provide technical growth opportunities, laying a foundation for your career preparing you for future roles and specialties.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a subject matter expert in equipment failures and repair techniques during root cause investigations.

• Develops maintenance operating discipline.

• Provides technical expertise to plant personnel on troubleshooting failures, repairs, and evaluating whether equipment is designed to meet its intended or existing service conditions.

• Ensures that work requests include engineering input on repair details and if necessary provides onsite/offsite technical support for deviations from this data, for equipment that is critical for the process.

• Ensures repairs, repair techniques and equipment specific training are documented and made available.

• Provides maintainability input to Global Project Methodology activities.

• Supports the preventive maintenance coordinator, as required, in reviewing spare parts list for existing equipment.

• Enters quality, service and product performance information into the reporting system.

• Participates in developing the maintenance budget to support the maintenance strategy.

• Provides engineering input for work packages to ensure standards are followed, as required. Provides input on development of work orders during development of turnaround work particularly on critical equipment requiring engineering review or input.

• Provides equipment reliability and performance data to the technical resource networks for input into equipment purchasing requirements, evaluation of equipment performance, vendor performance, and modifications to MET.

• Completes EH&S orientation and all required training. Exhibits safe work behaviors and works safely without injury or insult to the environment. Fulfills all requirements of the production area and/or maintenance area EH&S.

• Supports Industrial Hygiene and other EH&S work process activities. Incorporates safety considerations in planning and maintenance implementation. Understands impact of process chemistry with respect to materials of construction or lubrication.

• Uses maintenance spending, reliability, and maintenance metrics for assigned area. Understands objectives of the Facility Maintenance Strategy for assigned areas and relevant history of equipment failures.

• Analyzes impact of equipment failures on maintenance spending to identify improvement opportunities. Initiates reliability related MOCs and effectively implement change in own area of responsibility in coordination with appropriate leadership. Understands principles of Long Term Cost of Ownership. Analyzes and troubleshoots maintenance spending in assigned area with coaching.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in engineering or relevant military experience at or above a U.S. E6 or Canadian Petty Officer 2nd Class or Sergeant ranking.

• A minimum of 2 years of relevant experience (e.g. engineering/maintenance)

• Ability to safely work in a plant environment, meet physical demands, work at elevated heights, and comfortably use PPE and safety equipment. Must be familiar with or open to training on proper equipment usage.

• 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 Skills

• Mechanical or electrical engineer.

• Prior experience with High Pressure Technology.

• Prior experience in oil & gas or petrochemical facilities.

Additional Notes

• This position is located at Dow's Sabine River Operations facility in Orange, TX.

• Domestic relocation assistance is available for this role and may be provided based on eligibility.

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 and emotional 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.

• Become a Dow shareholder through various employee stock programs.

• 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.

• Global Paid Time Off (PTO) policies:

• 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.

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 31 countries and employ approximately 35,900 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $45 billion in 2023. 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 visitingwww.dow.com.

As part of our dedication to the diversity of our workforce, Dow is committed to equal opportunities in employment. We encourage every employee to bring their whole self to work each day to not only deliver more value, but also have a more fulfilling career. Further information regarding Dow's equal opportunities is available onwww.dow.com.

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