Senior Technical Advisor Job at Dow
Our Purpose
Join a team that’s passionate about partnership. With careers at Dow, we take time to explore questions and talk to each other. We love to learn. Our people are driven by limitless curiosity.
We are an innovative, customer centric, inclusive, and sustainable materials science company.
- Employing 36,500 individuals
- Across 109 manufacturing sites
- In over 31 countries
Our
portfolio of products and solutions
include:
Plastics: With new technology trends, our plastic additives can be experienced in many everyday items including vinyl, blow-molding bottles, film, rigid containers, PVC plastics, siding, decks and rails, foam pipes and profile formulations, window frames and high-efficiency lubricants.
Industrial intermediates: As the product of a reaction that is beneficial when used as a precursor chemical for another product, industrial intermediates can take on many shapes and forms. Ours are used in home comfort and appliance, building and construction, adhesives, and lubricants, and more.
Coatings: Whether it’s a water-based coating or solvent-based coating, a thin film is deposited on materials to enhance specific properties such as enhanced performance, durability, aesthetics, and sustainability.
Silicone businesses: Our silicone-based materials can withstand more demanding applications, from those operating at extreme temperatures, to those under harsh environmental conditions for long periods of time.
Learn more about our partnerships, collaborations, and innovations on LinkedIn (@Dow) or Twitter (@DowNewsroom). We make
diversity and inclusion
a priority—because sharing our perspectives and building on each other’s ideas will drive innovation. Could you imagine yourself in a place like this?
Dow has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Technical Advisor in Oyster Creek, Texas.
About you
Serves in a vital role for the Stratton Ridge Operations team, utilizing process knowledge, technical expertise, and operations experience to assist, teach and coach plant personnel. Focuses on troubleshooting process or equipment issues, improving process performance, and increasing plant reliability. Requires advanced skills and expertise in a range of processes, procedures, and systems, and/or specialized technical expertise within an analytical/scientific method or operational process to perform a broad range of complex work assignments. May act as a working team lead, providing subject matter guidance and coordinating work of others.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Acts as a technical/process subject matter resource in the assigned operational area.
- Enhances front line skills and knowledge of plant personnel and related roles through coaching on plant process, equipment, engineering, reliability principles, Life Critical Standards, and other related area. Coaches and teaches operators/technicians during troubleshooting activities. Partners with an operations team member when in the field.
- Performs or assists in process related root cause or failure analysis. Leverages and communicates the results to operate plant personnel for learning purposes. Ensures thorough and timely pre-investigations occur.
- Works with continuous improvement and plant resources to identify, implement and sustain improvements relating to area of expertise.
- Develops and maintain plant process training material content and qualification assessments.
- Maintains a high involvement in the formal training process and qualification of team members on plant process.
- Develops a strong partnership with the activity coordinator/gate keeper and provides back up to these roles, as needed.
- Maintains “on call” status for plant unplanned events, emergencies and advising.
- Engages in turnaround scope definition, preparation, and execution.
- Owns and coaches’ others on the effective use of logbook, focusing on quality of information entered and appropriate note type/stamp utilization.
- Participates in available Technical Advising role networks to improve personal effectiveness and leveraging of best practices.
- Creates, reviews, modifies and approves operational procedures to ensure sound operating discipline.
- Partners closely with the production staff to resolve problems, drive continuous improvement, and ensure the facility goals are achieved. Mentors’ new production staff as they on-board and train.
Required Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or equivalent and 5 or more years of experience in an operations/manufacturing role.
- Must be able to generate procedures, navigate Management of Change (MOC) process and effectively communicate with MSP Tech Center, Commercial and Operations teams.
- Proficiency in Microsoft applications, such as Word and Excel, and have the ability to learn new systems quickly.
- Must be able to read and troubleshoot MOD V programming.
- Must be willing to work weekends, and holidays, if required.
- Must be willing to work overtime (extra hours beyond your regular scheduled) if required.
- Must have a current, valid US driver’s license.
- 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:
- Stratton Ridge experience preferred but not required.
- A minimum of 5 years in operations and/or EH&S experience.
Willing and able to meet physical demands of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations:
- Wear safety equipment, such as earplugs, goggles, and steel-toed shoes
- Wear and use respirators.
- 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.
Additional notes
- No visa sponsorship/support is available for this position, including for any type of U.S. permanent residency (green card) process.
- We do not offer relocation assistance for Dow jobs like this position. This includes reimbursement for travel expenses incurred to and from test sessions/interviews. If you apply for a position that is not within the area in which you reside, you will be responsible for all costs that you incur.
- Essential functions of this position may require, among other things, that you use particular types of equipment - such as on-site safety equipment that has specific weight limitations whereby your own weight, plus the weight of tools and other items and materials, must not exceed a certain threshold. (For example, some types of safety equipment may be rated for a maximum weight limit of 300 pounds total.) In the event a job offer for this position were (conditionally) extended and provides for a pre-employment medical examination, you will be appropriately evaluated regarding your ability to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.
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Dow Offers:
- A robust total rewards program, including: competitive base pay, variable pay that rewards individual, team, and Company performance, and comprehensive benefits
- On-going learning opportunities within a diverse, inclusive and rewarding work environment
- Career experiences that can span different Dow businesses and functions with opportunities for personal and professional growth
- The chance to work within a global company and interact with colleagues from around the world
- Opportunities that spark your imagination and ignite your passion to help others
About Dow
Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines global breadth; asset integration and scale; focused innovation and materials science expertise; leading business positions; and environmental, social and governance (ESG) leadership to achieve profitable growth and deliver a sustainable future. The Company's ambition is to become the most innovative, customer centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world. Dow's portfolio of plastics, industrial intermediates, coatings and silicones businesses delivers a broad range of differentiated, science-based products and solutions for its customers in high-growth market segments, such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. Dow operates 104 manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employs approximately 35,700 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $55 billion in 2021. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. For more information, please visit
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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
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