Manufacturing ​/ Production Operator, Operations Engineer

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Position: Operator

Primary

Location:

Orange (TX, USA), Texas, United States of America

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Dow has an exciting opportunity for an Operator in Orange, Texas within Sabine River Operations (SRO).

In this role, you will utilize operations knowledge and experience, to proactively operate the plant in a safe, reliable, and optimal manner. You will work with shift team members to efficiently anticipate and resolve unplanned events within the capabilities of the shift team and effectively escalates issues that cannot be resolved to the appropriate support roles.

• Follow Operating Discipline policies, principles, procedures, standards and practices to ensure safe, reliable and efficient operation of assigned plant areas
• Operate process equipment by monitoring process conditions, key performance metrics, field equipment and control systems. Making appropriate decisions to maintain and/or achieve desired rates and conditions aligned with Plant/Site/Business goals
• Serve on site Emergency Response Team (ERT) and attend all required training (Fire Response, HAZMAT, Medical, etc)
• Conduct effective shift relief, as defined in facility specific operating discipline and tools, to ensure effective communication and handoff to arriving shift team
• Use process knowledge and skills to improve plant performance and operating discipline. Proactively identify improvements and opportunities utilizing facility improvement processes, appropriate management of change processes and communication tools
• Maintain qualifications in assigned areas, per facility policy, and complete training goals in a timely manner. This includes using discretionary time to address skills and knowledge gaps
• Mentor and train new and existing operations personnel on process operation, optimization, effective troubleshooting, emergency response and the use of operating discipline in alignment to plant's training process
• Perform scheduled operational and related tasks and unscheduled tasks that arise because of unplanned/non-routine events
• Perform Immediate Response/Severe Weather Response activities, as assigned
• Tracks and utilizes the plant's key performance metrics on shift that are applicable to the Operating the Plant role to optimize operations and identify improvement opportunities. Uses process knowledge and skills to make improvements in plant performance and operating discipline. Proactively identifies improvements and opportunities utilizing the facility improvement processes,…