TXO Site Integration Specialist

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About You and This Role:

Dow has an exciting opportunity for a Site Integration Specialist, located in Freeport, Texas. You will serve as a vital resource for Operations by applying technical skills to optimize plant operations, resolve plant problems, and enable safe and efficient production of low cost, quality products. You will be required specialized depth and breadth of expertise within the job discipline or field.

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.
• The development expected within this role is over a 5+ year period.

Required Qualifications:

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Engineering is required.
• A minimum of 10 years experience in operations (i.e. manufacturing running plant) is required.
• 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 Skills:

• Decision Making- Technically astute and quick learner. Able to listen first and learn. Needs to have a strategic mindset and insight to understand the needs of a third party
• Key Performance Indicators- Ability to make decisions under stressful situations between Dow and tenants. Ability to understand and interact with tenant and contracts.
• Operational Excellence- Preferably experience in plants which are more integrated within Dow Freeport, and multiple diverse unit operations. Ability to make decisions under stressful situations between Dow and tenants. Needs to have a strategic mindset and insight to understand the needs of a third party. Ability to understand and interact with tenant and contracts.
• Plant Operations- Prior knowledge of plant operations, and a high level of demonstrated discipline.
• People Leadership- Able to develop relationships and foster trust.
• Technical Knowledge- Able to apply fundamental engineering principles. Excellent understanding of models and other tools to make decisions.

Additional Note: Domestic relocation assistance is available for this role and may be provided based on eligibility.

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