Lead Reliability Engineer

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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 -

You are a team player that requires minimal supervision. You can lead by influence and collaborate with people of various backgrounds and experiences to achieve common goals. As a Lead Reliability Engineer, you will align to the Dow Industrial Solutions Business Reliability Leader and be a member of the Amines and Oxygenated Solvents business global network. You will partner with Operations, Maintenance, and the Business Reliability team to define and implement the proper reliability strategy for the DIS plants located in Texas City, TX.

You will lead the collaborative effort to ensure sustained reliability improvement through utilization of proven reliability practices and techniques. You have a strategic role that focuses on those opportunities that over a long-term period or historically have impacted the plant’s measured asset capability and the opportunities identified as "high-risk" in risk assessments or other evaluations. You will heavily influence budget needs and spending of approved funds to support the long-term reliability improvement.

Responsibilities -

• Leading Setting of and Achievement of plant Reliability targets.
• Understanding the purpose and technical details of the equipment in the facility to properly define the optimized reliability strategy for critical equipment.
• Developing and implementing the Facility Reliability Strategy.
• Serving as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for equipment prioritization.
• Identifying and collaborating with others to resolve Top Reliability Opportunities.
• Collaborate with others to resolve major unplanned events impacting production.
• Performing critical Root Cause Investigations for any equipment related unplanned reliability events.
• Facilitating the annual maintenance budget setting process and tracking project and spending progress.
• Creating Equipment Reliability Strategies based upon Top Plant Opportunities.
• Working with others to provide front end loading for plant Turnarounds.
• Facilitating the plant’s Reliability Team and helping foster the use of Highly Reliable Organization (HRO) principles within the unit.
• Representing the facility in the business reliability teams and initiatives.
• Identifying key learning with significant value and leverage across the business reliability network.
• Serve as Reliability Subject Matter Expert and when needed, uses reliability engineering principles and tools (Weibull, FMEA) to identify and eliminate negative reliability trends and equipment performance.

Qualifications -

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering OR relevant military experience at or above a U.S. E6 ranking or Canadian Petty Officer 2nd Class or Sergeant Military ranking required.
• A minimum of 6 years reliability, engineering, manufacturing, maintenance or related experience required.
• Current Valid US Driver's License 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 -

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• Background in maintenance of rotating and pressure containing equipment.

Additional Notes-

• This position does offer domestic relocation assistance and will 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, financial, and social 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. 
  • Employee stock purchase programs (availability varies depending on location).
• Student Debt Retirement Savings Match Program (U.S. only).
  • Dow will take the value of monthly student debt payments and apply them as if they are contributions to the Employees’ Savings Plan (401(k)), helping employees reach the Company match.
• Robust medical and life insurance packages that offer a variety of coverage options to meet your individual needs. Travel insurance is also available in certain countries/locations.
• 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. 
• Competitive yearly vacation allowance.
• Paid time off for new parents (birthing and non-birthing, including adoptive and foster parents).
• Paid time off to care for family members who are sick or injured.
• Paid time off to support volunteering and Employee Resource Group’s (ERG) participation. 
• Wellbeing Portal for all Dow employees, our one-stop shop to promote wellbeing, empowering employees to take ownership of their entire wellbeing journey.
• On-site fitness facilities to help stay healthy and active (availability varies depending on location).
• Employee discounts for online shopping, cinema tickets, gym memberships and more.
• Additionally, some of our locations might offer:
  • Transportation allowance (availability varies depending on location)
  • Meal subsidiaries/vouchers (availability varies depending on location)
  • Carbon-neutral transportation incentives e.g. bike to work (availability varies depending on location)

Join our team, we can make a difference together.

About Dow

Dow (NYSE: DOW) is one of the world’s leading materials science companies, serving customers in high-growth markets such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. Our global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation, leading business positions and commitment to sustainability enable us to achieve profitable growth and help deliver a sustainable future. We operate manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employ approximately 35,900 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $45 billion in 2023. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. ​​​​Learn more about us and our ambition to be the most innovative, customer-centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world by visiting www.dow.com.

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