Senior Operations Performance Engineer

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Dowhas an exciting opportunity for aSenior

Operations Performance Engineer at our Bayport Operations site inLa Porte, TX!

Bayport Specialty Monomers is a standalone site thatoperateswithin the Houston Hub structure and provides critical raw materials to downstream Coatings facilities.

The engineer in this position will have the opportunity to support one of several different batch reaction processes as well aslogisticsand utilities operations.

This role requires broadened conceptual and working knowledge and experience in job discipline to perform a range of work assignments. In this role, you will serve as a vital resource for Operations by applying technical skills tooptimizeplant operations, resolve plant problems, and enable safe and efficient production of low cost, quality products.

• Strong understanding of chemistries, equipment, and processing technology in area of responsibility.
• Evaluates, categorizes production losses and deviation data.
• Analyze operational andlogisticsdata (KPIs, asset utilization, trends) tovalidateresults, diagnose gaps, andidentifyimprovements.
• Determines and prioritizes corrective actions to close Operational Performance Gaps (utilization, yield, uptime, quality, operating discipline losses, reliability opportunities).
• Ability to understand mass and energy balance for assets and correlate losses to value.
• Identify, prioritize, and implement improvement opportunities aligned with Plant Specific Improvement Plans (PSTP), Global Technology Plans (GTP), and businessobjectivesthat also deliver value or required performance.
• Lead and support capital and non-capital projects (expense and continuous improvement) using defined project and improvement work processes.
• Provide leadership during plant maintenance, unplanned events, commissioning, start-up, and project handover to Operations.
• Partners with maintenance,OTEC, processexpertiseand others toidentifyand drive temporary and permanent equipment repairs and improvements.
• Support and drive EHS and Process Safety culture, Compliance, and necessary IM reporting.
• Champion effective maintenance practices, process safety, operating discipline, and root cause problem solving in support of cost-effective Operations.
• Provides input toshut downscope for availability and equipment reliability opportunities that cannot be addressed during normal operations.

• A minimum of aBachelor's degree in Engineering.
• A minimumof4 years of relevant working experience.
• Ability to work outside of normal business hours, including evenings, weekends, holidays, andparticipatein an on-call rotation as business needs require, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• 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.

• Chemical Engineering degree discipline.

Willing and able to meet the physical demands of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation:

• Wear safety equipment, such as earplugs, goggles, and steel-toed shoes.
• Wear and use respirators.
• Perform frequent bending, reaching, and lifting.
• Work in tight or closed-in spaces.
• Climb stairs/ladders and work high off the ground.
• Stand or walk for extended periods of time.
• This role does involve elevated work greater than or equal to four feet above the ground. Must be able to use harnesses…