Overview
Dow has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Production Engineer, located in Midland, MI. This opportunity is in Michigan Operations at the following building: Resins (505).
About you and this role:
This position serves as a vital resource for Operations by applying technical skills to optimize plant operations, resolve plant problems, drive continuous improvement, and enable safe and efficient production. This role requires broadened conceptual and working knowledge and experience in job discipline to perform a range of work assignments.
Responsibilities:
Works closely with the operations team leveraging their problem solving skills and technical expertise.
Elevates and appropriately applies knowledge of the plant and technology referencing historical data and conferring with Technology Center or other subject matter experts (SMEs).
Ensures Most Effective Technology (MET) is understood and utilized and that process automation is used as a tool to optimize plant performance.
Utilizes defined MET and challenges/escalates MET application and assumptions when better solutions arise.
Partners with experts to perform advanced troubleshooting and improve and document operating discipline.
Diagnoses and documents root causes of asset utilization losses in the facility.
Understands why specific procedure steps and precautions are needed and keeps a strong field presence to reinforce the importance.
Conducts daily review of logbook and alarm history to better understand the plant operation and stay engaged with daily activities.
Maintains, owns, and reviews daily Key Process Indicators (KPI)/ trends to ensure optimum performance.
Responds urgently to plant issues and emergencies.
Acts as a unit technical expert during unplanned events and drives implementation of effective corrective and preventative actions.
Provides leadership, expertise, diagnosis, and optimization in plant Raw Material Efficiency, which may include yield or waste generation.
Ensures compliance with plant operating permits. Understands site integration and provides input to optimize the overall system.
Qualifications:
A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
A minimum of 3 years of engineering, manufacturing or related 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
Able to meet the following physical demands of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations:
Work at heights, climbs stairs and ladders
Wear all required personal protective equipment
Work in an area with hazardous materials
Note: This position does not offer relocation assistance.
About Dow
Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation and leading business positions to achieve profitable growth. The Company’s ambition is to become the most innovative, customer centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company. 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 and consumer care. Dow operates 109 manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employs approximately 36,500 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $43 billion in 2019. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. For more information, please visit www.dow.com or follow @DowNewsroom on Twitter.