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Senior Operations Performance Engineer

Dow
Hahnville, USA
Full-time
Senior
Onsite
Discovered 3 days ago

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Responsibilities

  • Duties, projects, tasks, and activities you would be responsible for in this role
  • 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. Could include off hours and weekend support based on business need.
  • 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

  • Required education, experience and abilities that are needed for this role (must haves)
  • A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in engineering.
  • 3 or more years of engineering, manufacturing, or related experience.
  • Must possess a TWIC card or be eligible to obtain a TWIC card. For information on TWIC eligibility requirements, please see: https://www.tsa.gov/for-industry/twic (If unable to access link, copy and paste in your browser).
  • 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.
  • Specific abilities and expertise required to perform tasks effectively in this role
  • Process Optimization: Applies engineering principles, process data, and automation tools to improve plant efficiency, product quality, and overall operational performance.
  • Root Cause Analysis: Investigates operational issues and equipment performance losses to identify underlying causes and implement effective corrective and preventive actions.
  • Technical Troubleshooting: Collaborates with operations personnel and subject matter experts to diagnose complex process problems and restore safe, reliable production.
  • Operational Excellence & KPI Management: Monitors key process indicators, alarm histories, and operating trends to drive continuous improvement and ensure optimal plant performance.
  • Safety & Regulatory Compliance: Maintains a strong field presence to reinforce safe operating practices and ensures compliance with plant procedures, permits, and environmental requirements.
  • Physical Requirements
  • Willing and able to meet 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.
  • Additional Notes
  • 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.

Preferred Qualifications

  • An expanded list of qualifications that are "nice to have", but not essential
  • Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering or mechanical engineering.

Skills

  • Specific abilities and expertise required to perform tasks effectively in this role
  • Process Optimization: Applies engineering principles, process data, and automation tools to improve plant efficiency, product quality, and overall operational performance.
  • Root Cause Analysis: Investigates operational issues and equipment performance losses to identify underlying causes and implement effective corrective and preventive actions.
  • Technical Troubleshooting: Collaborates with operations personnel and subject matter experts to diagnose complex process problems and restore safe, reliable production.
  • Operational Excellence & KPI Management: Monitors key process indicators, alarm histories, and operating trends to drive continuous improvement and ensure optimal plant performance.
  • Safety & Regulatory Compliance: Maintains a strong field presence to reinforce safe operating practices and ensures compliance with plant procedures, permits, and environmental requirements.
  • Physical Requirements
  • Willing and able to meet 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.
  • Additional Notes
  • 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.

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