Senior Operations Excellence Engineer

Dow Venture Capital; Tewantin; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base pay and bonus opportunity

Medical and life insurance

Paid time off and vacation allowance

Employee discounts and well-being

Job summary

Dow seeks a results-driven engineer to lead profitable operations across production and logistics, applying leadership and problem-solving to close performance gaps. You will analyze data to validate results, certify corrective actions, and guide start-up and handover activities.

A strong focus on safety, reliability, and continuous improvement will be essential. As a senior contributor, you will collaborate with maintenance, process experts, and cross-functional teams to drive optimizations,

Qualifications

• Requires an engineering degree in chemical, mechanical, electrical, civil, materials, logistics/supply chain, or related field.
• Requires strong understanding of chemistries, equipment, and processing technology in the area of responsibility.
• Requires data-driven decision making and problem-solving capability.
• Requires ability to understand mass and energy balance and correlate losses to value.
• Requires effective communication, influence, and stakeholder alignment.
• Requires ability to lead projects, coach others, and build operational credibility.
• Requires a value creation and continuous improvement mindset.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and categorize production losses and deviation data.
• Analyze operational, quality, and logistics data to validate results, diagnose gaps, and identify improvements.
• Determine and prioritize corrective actions to close operational performance gaps in utilization, yield, uptime, quality, and reliability.
• Identify, prioritize, and implement improvement opportunities aligned with plant, global technology, and business objectives.
• Lead and support capital and non-capital improvement projects using defined work processes.
• Provide leadership during plant maintenance, unplanned events, commissioning, start-up, and project handover to Operations.
• Partner with maintenance, OTEC, and process expertise to drive temporary and permanent equipment repairs and improvements.
• Support and drive EHS and process safety culture, compliance, and incident reporting.
• Champion effective maintenance practices, operating discipline, and root cause problem solving.
• Provide input to turnaround scope for availability and reliability opportunities.

Skills

Leadership

Operations

Problem Solving

Reliability

Education

Engineering degree (chemical, mechanical, electrical, civil, materials, logistics/supply chain, or related)

Job description

Dow seeks a results-driven engineer to lead profitable operations across production and logistics, applying leadership and problem-solving to close performance gaps. You will analyze data to validate results, certify corrective actions, and guide start-up and handover activities.

A strong focus on safety, reliability, and continuous improvement will be essential. As a senior contributor, you will collaborate with maintenance, process experts, and cross-functional teams to drive optimizations,