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:

This role is for a Pilot Plant Technician at the Polyolefins Process R&D facility in South Charleston, WV. In this role, you will work as part of a Team to ensure the safe and reliable operation of the pilot plant facility through daily operational and support tasks.

In this role, you will be using your prior related experience, job-related training, or vocational training to complete routine activities. You will need to have basic technical or administrative skills to follow the established and approved work processes. You will need to understand how these assigned duties relate to other jobs within your workgroup and be able to exchange basic technical information with other team members.

It is your responsibility to use standard operating procedures and/or analytical/scientific methods to address defined and straightforward problems. You must have the ability to select solutions from established options to resolve typical administrative, data organization, and data coordination problems. You will be accountable for managing your own assigned workload with no additional supervisory responsibilities. Your performance impacts the quality of your own work as well as your team’s work. You will receive close to moderate level of supervision and guidance in this role.

Responsibilities:

• Applies previous related experience, job-related training, or formal vocational training to ensure safe and efficient operation of assigned plant areas
• Manage inventory and shipment of drum and gaylord boxes of product, including maintaining organization of the shipping warehouse
• Direct responsibility for warehouse cleanliness and organization to ensure alignment with company goals and commitments (Operation Clean Sweep).
• Manage inventory of critical materials & escalate for re-ordering (fiber drums, pallets, Gaylords, liners,  plastic jars, boxes, etc).
• Coordination and preparation of shipping product containers, sample containers, and waste containers in a timely manner to meet customer and regulatory requirements.
• Uses trouble shooting skills to resolve process related deviations and problems, and understands how the assigned duties relate to others in the team and how the team integrates with other related teams
• Performs process equipment troubleshooting, minor repairs, improvements and preventative maintenance
• Uses process knowledge and skills to make improvements in plant performance and Operating discipline, including creating and improving job procedures.
• Write SWP's and perform lock out/tag out
• Participates in Root Cause Investigations
• Demonstrates proficient application of Life Critical Standards, operate plant discipline and sets role model in safety culture
• Completes all assigned training per facility training plan

Required Qualifications:

• A minimum of high school diploma.
• A minimum 7 years of experience working in a chemical plant (or closely related industry).
• A minimum 1 year experience with the operation of a ribbon mixer for drum mixing.
• A minimum 7 years experience coordinating and processing shipping requests, including the use of computers and label machines to complete transactions.
• A minimum 7 years experience using forklifts to prepare shipments of drums and gaylord boxes.
• A minimum 7 years experience using shrink wrap machines for packaging items for shipments.
• Must have DOT training for waste handling.
• 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 Skills:

• Preferred 7 years experience using RDSIMS (or closely related program) to process sample requests.
• Knowledgeable using RXO Connect (or closely related program) to manage large shipments directly with scheduling companies is preferred.

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 www.dow.com.

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. Further information regarding Dow's equal opportunities is available on www.dow.com.