2024-2025 Campus Graduate - R&D/TS&D Technician

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. 

Dow is seeking proactive and talented individuals for R&D/TS&D Technician roles. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to innovative projects and make a significant impact. The majority of these positions can be done in Michigan, Texas, Georgia, and Pennsylvania. Opportunities may exist at other sites within the United States.

About you and this role:

R&D/TS&D Technicians provide essential technical support to Lead Scientists and Technologist Leaders in the preparation and execution of experimental activities and studies. R&D/TS&D Technicians also provide laboratory and computer-based tasks supporting product development, application development, technical service, and/or product or process research.

In this role, you will be using your prior related experience, job-related training, or vocational training to complete assigned laboratory activities. You will possess a safety-first mindset and a high ethical standard. You will need to have basic technical and administrative skills to follow the established and approved work processes. You will need to understand how these assigned duties relate to other jobs within your workgroup and be able to exchange basic technical information with other team members.

It is your responsibility to fully understand and use standard operating procedures and/or established analytical/scientific methods to address R&D problems of real-world interest to Dow. You must have the ability to select solutions from established options to resolve typical laboratory, data organization, and data coordination problems. You will be accountable for managing your own assigned workload with no additional supervisory responsibilities, and to communicate clearly the progress and results of your work. Your performance impacts the quality of your own work as well as your team’s work. Once established, you will receive moderate level of supervision and guidance in this role.

Responsibilities – Duties, projects, tasks, and activities you would be responsible for in this role

• Is responsible and accountable to ensuring safety of yourself and your colleagues.  Intervenes when observing unsafe behaviors and follows Dow’s Respect & Responsibility standard
• Works effectively as part of a team in a laboratory supporting chemists and engineers in developing, screening and commercializing new products and process
• Manages and then safely executes laboratory work requests, maintaining and running relevant laboratory apparatus and testing equipment and documenting data
• Prepares for and independently performs standard and some non-routine procedures using relevant equipment and instruments, for which activities may include sample or materials preparations, equipment setup and/or configurations, and proper handling and disposal of waste materials that may be generated from experimental activities
• Accurately and reliably records readings and observations using relevant equipment and instruments
• Acts responsible for calibration, safe operation, and routine maintenance of simple and moderately complex instruments or machinery, and troubleshoots faulty equipment and initiates repair processes as appropriate
• Maintains inventories of consumable materials, chemicals, and supplies related to activities by anticipating usage rates, order lead times, and ordering/purchasing procedures
• Promptly and effectively communicates issues to Technology Leader or lead scientists in order to enable or accelerate problem resolution
• Actively participates in work group team meetings to address safety, process improvement, problem solving, and other work group, department, and functional topics

Qualifications

• A minimum of an associate’s d