Senior Production Engineer

Dow; Freeport (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Power 8 Senior Production Engineer to optimize operations at a co-generation facility. This role involves advanced troubleshooting and ensuring compliance with plant permits. With a focus on safety and efficiency, you will coordinate steam supplies and collaborate with a skilled operations team. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to sustainable practices while working in a dynamic environment. If you are passionate about engineering and eager to learn about gas and steam turbines, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Equitable and market-competitive base pay

Comprehensive health and wellness benefits

Competitive retirement program

Employee stock purchase programs

Student Debt Retirement Savings Match Program

Paid time off for new parents

On-site fitness facilities

Employee discounts for online shopping

Transportation allowance

Meal subsidies/vouchers

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering required, preferably Chemical, Mechanical, or Electrical.
• 3+ years of experience in engineering or manufacturing fields.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate steam supplies for uninterrupted plant operations.
• Work closely with operations team to optimize performance.
• Act as a technical expert during unplanned events.

Skills

Operations Coordination

Technical Knowledge

Cogeneration Systems

Gas Turbines

Steam Turbines

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

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 you and this role

As a Power 8 Senior Production Engineer located in Oyster Creek, TX , you will serve as a vital resource for Operations by applying technical skills to optimize plant operations, resolve plant problems, and enable safe and efficient production of low cost, quality products. You have broadened conceptual and working knowledge and experience in job discipline to perform a range of work assignments.

Power 8 is a 440MW co-generation facility with three GE 7EA gas turbines and a 200MW ABB steam turbine. The plant was built in 1994 and is owned by theFreeport PowerLimited Partnership, but fully operated by Dow under contract. This arrangement requires the incumbent to become familiar with the contracts and interaction with the owners of Power 8.

This role is aligned to the Diamond Infrastructure Solutions (“Diamond Infra”) company and will be seconded from Dow to Diamond Infrastructure Solutions until January 1, 2027. At that time, the role will become directly aligned to the Diamond Infrastructure Solutions Company.

Diamond Infrastructure Solutions is an infrastructure-focused company strategically located in the U.S. Gulf Coast – the heart of U.S. manufacturing. The company is comprised of ~2700 employees and contractors that are driven by a customerfirst entrepreneurial mindset, offering expertise and turn-key services to more than 70 on-site and off-site customers across the U.S. Gulf Coast. The company is built upon the foundation of Dow’s world-leading operational excellence to deliver best-in-class services and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates Oyster Creek and Plant A steam supplies to ensure uninterrupted supply
• Works closely with the operations team leveraging their problem solving skills and technical expertise.
• Elevates and appropriately applies knowledge of the plant and technology referencing historical data and conferring with Technology Center or other subject matter experts (SMEs).
• Partners with experts to perform advanced troubleshooting and improve and document operating discipline.
• Maintains, owns, and reviews daily Key Process Indicators (KPI)/ trends to ensure optimum performance.
• Acts as a unit technical expert during unplanned events and drives implementation of effective corrective and preventative actions.
• Ensures compliance with plant operating permits. Understands site integration and provides input to optimize the overall system.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in engineering. Chemical, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering degree preferred.
• A minimum of 3 years' experience in engineering, manufacturing or related fields.
• Must be willing and able to travel ~5% annually and meet all applicable requirements related to business travel (e.g., as to immigration and visa rules, public-health mandates, airline rules, etc.) into and out of (and physical presence in) various countries world wide.
• Ability to work comfortably and safely at elevated heights. Candidates must be familiar with, or willing to undergo training in, the proper usage and maintenance of safety equipment to ensure safe movement and operations at heights.
• 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.

Your Skills

• Operations: The candidate will coordinate steam supplies, work closely with the operations team, and ensure uninterrupted supply and optimum performance.
• Technical Knowledge: The role demands a broad conceptual and working knowledge in engineering disciplines to perform a range of work assignments, including advanced troubleshooting and compliance with plant operating permits.
• Cogeneration Systems: This role involves working with a co-generation facility. The candidate should be adaptable and eager to learn about these systems.
• Gas Turbines: The candidate will work with three gas turbines. They should have a strong desire to learn and grow their knowledge in this area.
• Steam Turbines: This role includes working with a steam turbine. The candidate should be motivated to learn and adapt to steam turbine operations.

Additional notes

• This position is located in Oyster Creek, Texas.
• Domestic relocation assistance is available for this role and may 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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