Senior Improvement Engineer
DowAbout the role
About Diamond Infrastructure Solutions (website)
Diamond Infrastructure Solutions is an infrastructure-focused company strategically located in the U.S. Gulf Coast – the heart of U.S. manufacturing. The company is comprised of ~2700 employees and contractors that are driven by a customer-first entrepreneurial mindset, offering expertise and turn-key services to more than 70 on-site and off-site customers across the U.S. Gulf Coast. The company is built upon the foundation of Dow’s world-leading operational excellence to deliver best-in-class services and reliability.
Our vision is to be the trusted leader in infrastructure—delivering reliable, sustainable, and cost-effective solutions that adapt to our customers’ evolving needs. At Diamond Infrastructure Solutions, we empower growth across the U.S. Gulf Coast by providing strategic land access and dependable services. Backed by world-class assets, scale, and expertise, we help our partners optimize costs, accelerate their ambitions, and achieve lasting value through every project and partnership.
Our People are the integral ingredient to our culture of employee ownership and excellence-driven core values. An unwavering focus on employee & asset safety and the generational impact to our environment & surrounding communities is critical. Together we will strategically deliver Focused Growth while positioning the organization to leverage industry megatrends for sustained success.
*This role is aligned to the Diamond Infrastructure Solutions (“Diamond Infra”) company and will be seconded from Dow to Diamond Infrastructure Solutions until January 1, 2027. At that time, the role will become directly aligned to the Diamond Infrastructure Solutions Company. *
About this Role
Diamond Infrastructure Solutions has an exciting opportunity for Senior Improvement Engineers supporting Diamond's Environmental Operations in Water and Water Distribution assets as well as Incineration assets located in Freeport, TX. You will become a vital resource for Operations by applying technical and organizational skills to drive the plant level continuous improvement program targeted at delivering maximum value from the assets, while continuously improving process safety and production efficiency.
Responsibilities
- Possesses in-depth process technology and continuous improvement skill sets helping to establish credibility with the operations team.
- Drives knowledge exchange with technology experts to increase awareness of potential improvement opportunities for the technology.
- Partners with the experts to develop and implement a Plant Specific Technology Plan that delivers positive year-over-year ROC (return on capital) and non-capital continuous improvement while meeting the plant level EH&S improvement goals.
- Champions process safety activities and acts as a resource for relevant process safety concerns. Partners with plant operation and maintenance personnel to identify and track performance indicators to be used in identification of technology gaps and continuous improvement opportunities.
- Supports the facility root cause investigation process by serving as a team member or facilitator for incidents related to process technology. Leads and supports plant continuous improvement activities aligned to the PSTP and also supports the capital plan for the facility. Leads continuous improvement activities for the facility and may serve in specific GPM related roles of project manager or manufacturing representative.
- Champions the “next unplanned event” exercise for the plant and ensures potential solutions are captured in the appropriate prioritization system.
- Serves as the implementation arm of the business.
Qualifications
- A minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or STEM field
- A minimum of 3 years of relevant experience (i.e. engineering, manufacturing or related fields)
- 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.
Skills
- Continuous Improvement: drives efficiency and performance gains through structured, plant-level initiatives.
- Process Technology: applies deep technical knowledge to troubleshoot issues and identify optimization opportunities.
- Process Safety: leads saf
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