Maintenance Technologist Lead

Dow Chemical; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Dow Chemical in the United States is seeking a maintenance-focused professional to provide technical input and oversight for daily support, ensuring safe and reliable operation across operations facilities. The role may lead a team and coordinate with others to apply MET-based maintenance strategies.

The candidate will influence maintenance budgets, develop procedures, and support planning, scheduling, and parts provisioning with MRO.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• At least 5 years of relevant maintenance experience.
• TWIC card required or eligible to obtain one; US work authorization required.

Responsibilities

• Provides maintenance input and oversight for safe, reliable operation.
• Supports reliability improvements across operations facilities.
• Guides troubleshooting, repairs, and equipment evaluation.
• Develops maintenance procedures and budgets.
• Collaborates with planners and operations to schedule work.
• Reviews spare parts lists and coordinates with MRO.
• Acts as a technical resource to the planner on work packages.
• Participants in turnaround scope development and CBM evaluation.
• Ensures training and documentation for repair techniques.

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

SAP

Job description

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 this Role

This role provides maintenance technical input and oversight for the daily technical support necessary to maintain safe and reliable operation. Participates on maintenance team which supports reliability improvement across all Operations facilities. Requires advanced skills and expertise in a range of processes, procedures, and systems, and/or specialized technical expertise within an analytical/scientific method or operational process to perform a broad range of complex work assignments. May act as a working team lead, providing subject matter guidance and coordinating work of others.

Responsibilities

• Provides experience on failures and repair techniques during root cause investigations.
• Provides technical expertise to plant personnel on troubleshooting failures, repairs, and evaluating whether equipment is designed to meet its intended or existing service conditions.
• Ensures repair techniques, repair procedures, and equipment specific training are documented and made available.
• Provides maintainability input to GPM and other improvement activities.
• Provide technical support for specification, identification and purchasing of needed parts.
• Assists in planning, prioritizing, and scheduling maintenance through planner, work coordinator and operations input.
• As appropriate and required, reviews spare parts list for existing equipment and works with MRO to ensure parts are identified, added and stocked in the MRO system in support of the maintenance strategy.
• Develops maintenance procedures based on Most Effective Technology (MET).
• Enters quality complaints into the QSPP system.
• Participates in developing the equipment maintenance strategy by providing technical and historical information.
• Participates in developing the maintenance budget to support the maintenance strategy.
• Serves as a technical resource to the planner on work packages.
• During development of turnaround work, provides input on scope of work.
• Evaluates Condition-Based Monitoring (CBM) activities and determines appropriate action.
• Supports Maintenance Procedure Use Policy.
• Works within established Maintenance Work Processes and helps resolve issues that surface as a result of planning and scheduling work.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a High School Diploma/GED Equivalent.
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
• 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/twicopens in a new tab(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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Relief Valve and Control Valve experience.
• SAP experience.

Physical Demands

Must be willing and able to do the following with or without a reasonable accommodation.

• Wear safety equipment, such as earplugs, goggles, and steel-toed shoes
• Perform frequent bending, reaching, and lifting.
• Work in tight or closed-in spaces.
• Climb stairs/ladders and work high off the ground.Stand or walk for extended periods of time.
• Essential functions of this position may require, among other things, that the employee use particular types of equipment -- such as on-site safety equipment that has specific weight limitations whereby the individual's own weight, plus the weight of tools and other items and materials, must not exceed a certain threshold. (For example, some types of safety equipment may be rated for a maximum weight limit of 300 pounds total.) In the event a job offer for this position were (conditionally) extended, the individual will be appropriately evaluated in regard to their ability to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.