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About you and this role - What you will do in this role

In this role, you will serve as a Mechanical Technologist for Dow's East Texas HUB (ETH) Site Leveraged Services Team located in Orange, TX. The East Texas HUB is made up of the Sabine River Operations (SRO) and the Beaumont sites and is strategically located in the heart of the Dow Gulf Coast sites. As part of these high value sites in the Dow fleet, you will have opportunity to learn and deepen your skills across several different technologies and processes.

You will provide maintenance craft specific support to maintain and repair a variety of equipment types. As a Mechanical Technologist, you will support reliability improvement across all Operations facilities, requiring you to have full proficiency in a range of technical skills.

The Mechanical Technologist role is ideal for an experienced safety professional that:

• has considerable history of proven results requiring minimum supervision in the mechanical field.
• exhibits strong multi-tasking, problem solving and time management skills.
• can lead by influence and collaborate with people of various backgrounds and experiences to achieve common goals.
• can clearly communicate verbally and in writing to internal and external partners.
• is skilled at building a high level of trust with stakeholders, utilizing the highest standard of ethics and integrity.
• demonstrates advanced skills and expertise in maintenance and safety processes, procedures, and systems to perform a broad range of complex work assignments.

The Details:

As the Mechanical Technologist, you will be ready to take on the following challenges and bring value to Dow as you:

• Support the people who manage and/or perform work in the field with the tools and information needed to perform their job effectively and efficiently in terms of safety, reliability, quality, and cost.
• Provide technical expertise to plant personnel on troubleshooting failures, repairs, and evaluation of equipment designs to ensure it meets intended service conditions.
• Accountable for critical work in assigned areas of responsibility. For critical equipment, ensure that work requests include engineering input on repair details such as clearances, tolerances, materials of construction, welding procedures, etc., and if necessary, provide onsite/offsite technical support for deviations from this data.
• Modify and/or develop quality maintenance repair/PPM procedures, checklists, and QC plans.
• Modify and/or develop spare parts lists in SAP.
• Provide technical expertise in developing job scopes for turnarounds, pit stops, and daily maintenance work.
• Serve as a maintenance focal point for identified jobs in turnarounds, pit stops, and daily maintenance work.
• Follow jobs at External and Internal Shops and ensure that steps in QC plans are being executed per process.
• Evaluate condition-based monitoring activities (Vibrations, Oil Sampling Analysis, etc.) and determine appropriate action.
• Participate on Rework team to identify top opportunities, create an equipment improvement plan, and properly escalate the need for funding/budget for the repair/improvements.
• Obtain quotes from 3rd Party Suppliers for repair work that will be needed.
• Enter QSPPs (positive and negative) as needed for our 3rd Party Suppliers.
• Participate in root cause investigations (informal and formal) by providing expertise on failures and repair techniques during the investigations.
• Act as a working team lead, providing subject matter guidance and coordinating work of others, as required.
• Demonstrate your commitment to a safe work environment by working safely and complying with environmental, health and safety standards.

• Prove your commitment to maintain ethical integrity in both successes and setbacks.

Qualifications - Required education, experience and abilities that are needed for this role (must haves)

• A minimum of a High School Diploma or GED.
• 5 or more years of Maintenance/Manufacturing Environment with field experience with repairs and preventative maintenance of Rotating/Fixed Equipment.
• Must be willing to work weekends, and holidays, when required.
• Must be willing to work overtime when required.
• Must have valid US Driver’s License.
• 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 - An expanded list of qualifications that are "nice to have", but not essential

• NCCER Certification, Trade School or Associate degree in related field.
• SAP experience.
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications, such as Word and Excel, with ability to learn new systems quickly.

Physical Requirements:

Candidate MUST be willing and able to do the following with or without a reasonable accommodation:

• Wear required safety equipment, such as earplugs, goggles, and steel-toed shoes.
• Wear and use respirators.
• Climb stairs/ladders and work high off the ground.
• Stand or walk for extended periods of time. 
• Essential functions of this position may require use of safety equipment with weight limit thresholds that include the total of the individual’s weight plus any other tools/items carried to tools and other items and materials. Example: Safety equipment rated for a maximum weight limit of 300 total pounds.
• All job offers are conditional and require a pre-employment medical examination to ensure ability to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

**The Dow Chemical Company does not offer relocation assistance for this position. This includes reimbursement for travel expenses incurred to and from test sessions/interviews. If you apply for a position that is not within the area in which you reside, you will be responsible for all costs that you incur. **

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).
  • ​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. 

Join our team, we can make a difference together. 

About Dow

Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines global breadth; asset integration and scale; focused innovation and materials science expertise; leading business positions; and environmental, social and governance leadership to achieve profitable growth and help deliver a sustainable future. The Company's ambition is to become the most innovative, customer centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world. Dow's portfolio of plastics, industrial intermediates, coatings and silicones businesses delivers a broad range of differentiated, science-based products and solutions for its customers in high-growth market segments, such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. Dow operates manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employs approximately 37,800 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $57 billion in 2022. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. For more information, please visit www.dow.com or follow @DowNewsroom on Twitter.

As part of our dedication to the diversity of our workforce, Dow is committed to equal opportunities in employment. We encourage every employee to bring their whole self to work each day to not only deliver more value, but also have a more fulfilling career. Further information regarding Dow's equal opportunities is available on www.dow.com.

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