Senior Operations Performance Engineer

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

Dow has an opening for a Senior Operations Performance Engineer to support our Polyurethanes Systems House site in Marietta, GA.

In this role, you will drive safe, reliable, and profitable operations across production and logistics by applying leadership, technical expertise, and continuous improvement principles to optimize plant performance. You will analyze operational, quality, and logistics data to identify opportunities, validate results, and implement solutions that deliver measurable business value.

You will also provide leadership during unplanned events, commissioning, start-up, and project handover activities, exercising decision-making authority and escalating issues as needed to support plant and business objectives.
Responsibilities

• Evaluate and categorize production losses and process deviations to identify performance improvement opportunities.
• Analyze operational, quality, and logistics data to validate results, diagnose gaps, and drive corrective actions.
• Identify, prioritize, and implement improvements that enhance utilization, yield, uptime, quality, reliability, and overall plant performance.
• Lead and support capital and non-capital projects using established work processes to achieve plant, technology, and business objectives.
• Provide leadership during plant maintenance activities, unplanned events, commissioning, start-up, and project handovers to Operations.
• Partner with Maintenance, OTEC, and Process Expertise teams to resolve equipment issues and implement sustainable reliability improvements.
• Support and promote EHS and process safety culture through compliance, incident reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Champion operating discipline, effective maintenance practices, and root cause problem solving to improve plant performance.
• Provide input to turnaround scope development, focusing on availability, reliability, and performance opportunities.
• Provide shift coverage support during turnarounds and other major plant events.
• Lead and conduct Root Cause Investigations to identify and address underlying issues.
• Participate in and/or lead plant teams to support operational and business objectives.
• Participate in the Technical Team on-call rotation to provide off-hours support.

 

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering (chemical or mechanical engineering discipline is highly preferred).
• A minimum of 2 years of relevant experience.
• Ability to safely work in a plant environment, meet physical demands, work at elevated heights, and comfortably use PPE and safety equipment (including harnesses with a total maximum weight capacity of 300lbs). Must be familiar with or open to training on proper equipment usage.

• 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

• Data Analysis: Uses operational and business data to identify performance gaps, trends, and improvement opportunities.
• Continuous Improvement: Applies structured approaches to optimize processes, eliminate losses, and drive sustainable results.
• Problem Solving: Diagnoses complex operational issues, identifies root causes, and implements effective corrective actions.
• Collaboration: Partners effectively across operations, maintenance, technology, logistics, and business teams to achieve shared objectives.
• Communication: Clearly communicates technical information, influences decisions, and aligns stakeholders around priorities.
• Decision Making: Makes timely, sound decisions that balance safety, reliability, quality, and business performance. 

Additional Notes

• This position does not offer relocation assistance.

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 30 countries and employ approximately 36,000 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $43 billion in 2024. 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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