Unit Leader

Unit Leader

At a glance

Position:Unit Leader

Primary locationBeaumont (TX, USA), Texas, United States of America

Schedule:Full time

Date Posted:04/23/2024

Job Number:R2048969

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 part of the Department Leadership Team, the Unit Leader has overall responsibility to provide functional leadership to plant day staff team and take ownership of the overall technical performance of the unit including developing and addressing more complex key technical performance issues.

The intent of this role is to provide technical depth and leadership to focus the organization, individuals, and work processes on achieving the department's objectives. The focus on this role is on meeting business production plan.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical leadership to other plant production engineers and technical advisors to ensure the plant is being operated per the design intent in a sustainable and optimal manner.

• Accountable coaching of technical roles, with appropriate technical depth

• Provides leadership to ensure interfaces within the technical staff, and between the technical staff and process technicians, are effective across areas of the facility.

• Ensures technical issues impacting near term performance, or long term reliability, are being escalated and driven to closure.

• Ensures effective engagement of the Isocyanates tech center, or other SMEs, as need to bring holistic perspective to issues impacting plant performance.

• Serves as the facilitator for the department MI planning and goal setting process.

• Serves as owner of select departmental initiatives in support of the MI plan.

• Ensures plant goals are translated to plant staff, and that progress is being made opposite critical initiatives.

• Ensures CAPA process is being effectively applied for issues triggered by events of a technical nature.

• Escalates operational issues impacting plant performance to Operations Leader and works together to achieve resolution.

• Shares Leader Representative responsibilities with Operations Leader for TRBs and requalification.

• Serves as back-up to Operations Leader and Production Leader.

• Approver for Level 1 & 2 MOCs relevant to the effective operations of the plant (non-PSI).

• Contributes to an environment that fosters team and individual empowerment. Models expected behaviors for an empowered organization.

• Performs Manage Production role of Production Data Coordinator.

Required Qualifications

• A minimum of bachelor degree in engineering.

• A minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.

• 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.

Prefer Skill

• Preferred four years or more of relevant experience.

Additional Note: 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 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) 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 ~~~.

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