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:

You will apply technical skills to ensure plants within area assigned are able to minimize the risk of release from equipment used to handle chemicals (minimize L1/L2).  

You will consist primarily of ensuring there are no gaps in compliance with applicable legal requirements and generally accepted good engineering practices in mechanical integrity (GMISS Identification and Improvement) as well as helping to drive the implementation and application of the business/facility maintenance strategy.  You will identify the reliability opportunities and drives improvement over a long-term period through risk assessments, reliability models and other evaluations for area of assignment.  You will be required to expanded conceptual and practical knowledge in own job discipline and broadens capabilities. 

Responsibilities:

• Working with a project manager, Houston Hub mechanical integrity SMEs, and global standard expert partners, ensure implementation of a sustainable management system to ensure long term compliance with the Global Mechanical Integrity Safety Standard
• Able to meet project deadlines and deliverables independently to ensure that assigned facilities within Texas City are in compliance with GMISS registration and inspection requirements.
• Utilizes defined GMISS MET and challenges/escalates MET application/design and assumptions when better solutions arise.
• Knowledgeable of assigned facility unit operations, cardinal rules, and applicable process safety rules in order to lead decision making and identify gaps in regards to “as-built” vs GMISS standard requirements.
• Ensures the GMISS standard as (MET) is understood and applied correctly within assigned areas of the Texas City site.
• Maintains, owns, and reviews Key Process Indicators (KPI)/project progress to ensure project will be executed within required timeline
• Responsible for ensuring P&IDs, Physical Equipment Registration Files, Electronic equipment documentation, and Asset Registry information represent what is in the Field for assigned facilities
• Acts as a GMISS plant technical expert and engages during mechanical integrity failures (NCRs) or facility Turnarounds to ensure that equipment registrations are understood, maintained accurate, and/or are appropriately updated
• Identifies and resolves Top Reliability Opportunities and decrease equipment failure losses in order to meet the site Product Supply Reliability improvement goals for the given year.
• Creates Equipment Reliability Strategies based upon Top Opportunity List, Critical Equipment List, and identified plant/business needs.
• Validates ERS implementation and closes gaps to improve/sustain reliability improvement.
• Optimizes PPM activities, on an on-going basis, to support overall productivity improvements.
• Uses reliability engineering principles and tools (Weibull, RCI, FMEA) to identify and eliminate negative reliability trends and equipment performance.
• Develops and implements the Facility Reliability Strategy.
• Serves as RCI Team Leader with proven RCI skills, coaches others in RCI facilitation and ensures strong RCI/CAPA fundamentals are practiced within the unit.
• Facilitates the Reliability Team and implement of the HRO principles within the unit, building strong partnerships and coaching/teaching as needed.

Required Qualifications:

• A minimum of bachelor’s degree in engineering.
• A minimum of three years of relevant experience.
• 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.

Additional Note: This position does not offer relocation assistance.

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 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 visiting www.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 on www.dow.com.

Dow is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is committed to providing opportunities without regard for race, color, religion, sex, including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity, national origin, age, disability and genetic information, including family medical history. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may call us at 1-833-My Dow HR (833-693-6947) and select option 8.