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About you and this role

Join the Dow Terneuzen Light Hydrocarbons Optimize Facility Team as an Improvement Engineer 

The Hydrocarbons complex in Terneuzen, commonly named as LHC “Light Hydrocarbons,” is composed of three Steam Crackers and their corresponding Aromatics & Butadiene facilities. Overall, more than 300 employees are part of this team. The Optimise Facility Team is a sub-team in LHC, focused on driving continuous improvement in safety, reliability, and production capabilities of the operating plants.

Terneuzen is home to Dow’s second largest manufacturing site globally and the largest in Europe. LHC-1 and LHC-2 went into operation in 1970, and LHC-3 has been operating since 2000. The crackers convert naphtha (crude oil) and LPG into ethylene, propylene, benzene and butadiene. These four chemicals are important raw materials in all of Dow’s production processes to produce plastics and other derivative materials.

Terneuzen LHC's vision is to become Light Hydrocarbons safest, most reliable and most competitive asset in the fleet, with continuous improvement on feedstock flexibility and sustainability. As an Improvement Engineer you serve as a vital resource for Operations by applying technical and organizational skills to drive the plant level continuous improvement program targeted at delivering maximum value from the assets, while also focusing on process safety and production efficiency.

Responsibilities

You possess in-depth process technology and continuous improvement skill sets helping to establish credibility with the operations team. You drive knowledge exchange with technology experts to increase awareness of potential improvement opportunities for the technology. You will partner with the experts to implement projects from the Plant Specific Technology Plan (PSTP) that delivers continuous improvement while meeting the plant level EH&S improvement goals. You will partner with plant operation and maintenance personnel to identify and track performance indicators to be used in identification of technology gaps and continuous improvement opportunities. You serve in the role of "manufacturing representative" in Global Project Methodology (GPM) to implement Capital and Expense improvement projects. You serve as the implementation arm of the technology center to ensure alignment with Most Effective Technology (MET) implementation, and Process Safety requirements. You will participate in the on-call program for plant immediate response and advising.

Qualifications

You have minimum a bachelor’s degree in engineering. Chemical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering preferred. You are fluent in English, verbally and written.

Preferred Skills

Fluency in Dutch, verbally and written or willing to learn.

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 visiting .

As part of our dedication to the diversity of our workforce, Dow is committed to equal opportunities in employment. We encourage every employee to bring their whole self to work each day to not only deliver more value, but also have a more fulfilling career.

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