Senior Production Engineer

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About you and this role

Dow is seeking their next Senior Production Engineer for the LA-2 Facility in Plaquemine, LA.

As the Senior Production Engineer, you support our hydrocarbons production complex in the production of ethylene through aromatic chemicals. This person serves 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. This position requires broadened conceptual and working knowledge and experience in job discipline to perform a range of work assignments.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the operations team leveraging their problem-solving skills and technical expertise.
• Elevate and appropriately apply knowledge of the plant and technology referencing historical data and conferring with Technology Center or other subject matter experts (SMEs).
• Ensure Most Effective Technology (MET) is understood and utilized, and that process automation is used as a tool to optimize plant performance.
• Utilize defined MET and challenges/escalates MET application and assumptions when better solutions arise.
• Partner with experts to perform advanced troubleshooting and improve and document operating discipline.
• Diagnose and document root causes of asset utilization losses in the facility.
• Understand why specific procedure steps and precautions are needed and keeps a strong field presence to reinforce the importance.
• Conduct daily review of logbook and alarm history to better understand the plant operation and stay engaged with daily activities.
• Maintain, own, and review daily Key Process Indicators (KPI)/ trends to ensure optimum performance.
• Respond urgently to plant issues and emergencies.
• Act as a unit technical expert during unplanned events and drives implementation of effective corrective and preventative actions.
• Provide leadership, expertise, diagnosis, and optimization in plant Raw Material Efficiency, which may include yield or waste generation.
• Ensure compliance with plant operating permits. Understand site integration and provides input to optimize the overall system.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Chemical or Mechanical engineering is required.
• A minimum of 3 years of engineering, manufacturing or related experience required. 
• This role does involve elevated work greater than or equal to four feet above the ground. Must be able to wear and use personal protective equipment (PPE), including harnesses with a total weight capacity of 300lbs.  
• 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.

Additional Notes

• 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 pa