Maintenance Productivity Leader

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. 

About You and this Role

In this role, you will serve as the Maintenance Productivity Leader supporting Dow's Hydrocarbons, Energy Systems Environmental Operations, Infrastructure and Logistics. This position will be located in Orange, TX at Dow's Sabine River site.

You will have accountability to drive maintenance productivity in all aspects by owning the maintenance process/discipline and serving as a people leader. In addition, you will have responsibility for safety, reliability and cost management, and ensure effective work process utilization. You will lead enhancement of operating disciplines and those skills necessary to support the work process as defined in order to track and analyze work process results.

As a people leader, you will be charged with leading both large teams or multiple related teams. You will provide leadership to people leaders and professional individual contributors and develop plans of execution to ensure alignment with operational long-term strategy. You will be expected to foster a work environment with a high level of integrity and strong safety focus that embraces diversity and inclusion, innovation and sustainability, continuous improvement and empowerment.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the people leader for maintenance team and assures proper staffing levels.
• Owns performance management process for the team.
• Oversees functional/administrative goals and for establishing the budget that is consistent with the business needs.
• Drives maintenance productivity initiatives to achieve maintenance excellence relating quality, cost, time.
• Engages with Maintenance Expertise Center and global/regional experts to ensure best practices are implemented and developed for global use.
• Ensures global best practices are fully implemented and utilized.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree or relevant military experience at or above a U.S. E6 or Canadian Petty Officer 2nd Class or Sergeant ranking
• A minimum of 8 years of relevant experience (i.e. maintenance, engineering, manufacturing or related)
• Ability to work comfortably and safely at elevated heights. Candidates must be familiar with, or willing to undergo training in, the proper usage and maintenance of safety equipment to ensure safe movement and operations at heights.
• Previous people leadership 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.

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

Benefits – What Dow offers you 

We invest in you. 

Dow invests in total rewards programs to help you manage all aspects of you: your pay, your health, your life, your future, and your career.  You bring your background, talent and perspective to work every day. Dow rewards that commitment by investing in your total wellbeing.  

Here are just a few highlights of what you would be offered as a Dow employee: 

• Equitable and market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets, along with locally relevant incentives. 
• Benefits and programs to support your physical, mental and emotional well-being, to help you get the care you need...when you need it. 
• Competitive retirement program that may include company-provided benefits, savings opportunities, financial planning and educational resources to help you achieve your long term financial-goals. 
• Become a Dow shareholder through various employee stock programs.
• Opportunities to learn and grow through training and mentoring, work experiences, community involvement and team building. 
• Workplace culture empowering role-based flexibility to maximize personal productivity and balance personal needs. 
• Global Paid Time Off (PTO) policies:
  • Paid time off for new parents (birthing and non-birthing, including adoptive and foster parents).  
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