Dow has an exciting opportunity for an
Operations Performance Engineer located in
Bristol (PA, USA).As the Operations Performance Engineer, you serve as a vital resource for Wastewater Operations by applying technical skills to optimize plant operations, resolve plant problems, and enable safe and efficient regulatory compliance. This role provides technical support during maintenance planning, project execution, and unplanned event response, with decision-making authority and the responsibility to escalate when needed.
Responsibilities - Duties, projects, tasks, and activities you would be responsible for in this role
- 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.
- Support and drive EHS and process safety culture, compliance, and incident reporting.
- Champion effective maintenance practices, operating discipline, and root cause problem solving.
- Responds urgently to unplanned events and emergencies. Could include off hours and weekend support based on business need.
- Acts as a unit technical expert during unplanned events and drives implementation of effective corrective and preventative actions through the root cause investigation process.
- Technically mentor peers within the organization.
- Ensures compliance with plant operating permits.
Qualifications - Required education, experience and abilities that are needed for this role (must haves)
- A minimum of a bachelor's degree in engineering.
- 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.
Skills - Specific abilities and expertise required to perform tasks effectively in this role
- Process Optimization: Identifies and implements opportunities to improve wastewater plant performance, efficiency, reliability, and regulatory compliance.
- Root Cause Problem Solving: Investigates operational issues and unplanned events to determine root causes and implement effective corrective and preventive actions.
- Project & Maintenance Execution: Leads and supports capital projects, maintenance activities, commissioning, start-ups, and project handovers using established work processes.
- EHS & Process Safety: Promotes a strong environmental, health, safety, and process safety culture while supporting incident reporting and compliance with plant operating permits.
- Technical Leadership: Serves as a unit technical expert during routine and unplanned operations, providing technical guidance, mentoring others, and making or escalating critical decisions as needed.
Additional Notes:- This position does not offer relocation assistance.
Benefits - What Dow offers youWe 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)
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