Capacity Planner jobs in Beaumont, TX

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About you and this role - What you will do in this role

In this role, you will serve as a Maintenance Planner for Dow's Sabine River Operations (SRO) Site Leveraged Services Team located in Orange, TX.  Sabine River Operations is strategically located in the heart of the Dow Gulf Coast sites.  As a high value, large site in the Dow fleet, you will have opportunity to learn and deepen your skills across several different technologies and processes.

You will create job packages from the information provided in a work order regarding required labor material and services to ensure safe, effective, and efficient execution of the work.

The Maintenance Planner role is ideal for an experienced technician that:

• Has a proven work history in a team environment where individuals often set priorities and complete work activities with minimal supervision.
• Can clearly communicate verbally and in writing to internal and external partners.
• Exhibits strong multi-tasking, problem solving and time management skills with minimal supervision.
• Can lead by influence and collaborate with people of various backgrounds and experiences to achieve common goals.
• Is skilled at building and maintaining collaborative relationships with operations and maintenance personnel, including site and facility leadership.

The Details:

As the Maintenance Planner, you will be ready to take on the following challenges and bring value to Dow as you:

• Prepare job package and input plan into Global Engineering and Maintenance Tracking System (GEMTS) indicating the required resources, materials, and services.
• Identify task activities necessary to execute job plan and identify materials/tools/equipment required to perform tasks.
• Review work orders for technical completeness and returns work orders to gatekeeper, if not complete.
• Carry out field checks, when needed.
• Identify and solicit safety information and requirements necessary to safely perform tasks.
• Use feedback from the person doing the work to optimize the work plans. 
• Support Maintenance Procedure Use Policy by ensuring all job packages include a procedure or ensure the task is on the Procedure Exemption list before the job package is released.  Ensure all Maintenance Procedures include a hazard assessment prior to release.
• Serve as a technical resource during procedure creation and review, as needed. 
• Create, develop, or update job procedures and checklists, and initiates procedure Management of Change (MOC), as required.
• Provide team leadership, act as subject matter expert when needed, and coordinate the work of others.
• Demonstrate your commitment to a safe work environment by working safely and complying with environmental, health and safety standards.
• Demonstrate leadership skills that inspire others and lead through influence.
• Participate in all safety programs and required training.
• Prove your commitment to maintain ethical integrity in both successes and setbacks.

Qualifications - Required education, experience and abilities that are needed for this role (must haves)

• A minimum of an Associate's degree in Maintenance Technology, Instrumentation or Electrical Technology or related field OR 3 or more years relevant experience.
• Must have valid US Driver’s License.
• Must possess a TWIC card or be eligible to obtain a TWIC card. For TWIC eligibility requirements, see: https://www.tsa.gov/for-industry/twic (If unable to access link, copy and paste in your browser.)
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications, such as Word, with ability to learn new systems quickly.
• 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.

Preferred Skills - An expanded list of qualifications that are "nice to have", but not essential

• Experience with SAP.
• Experience coordinating field activities in Maintenance or Production.
• Knowledge and application experience with scheduling software/tools.

Physical Requirements:

Candidate MUST be willing and able to meet the physical demands of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation:

• Wear required safety equipment, such as earplugs, goggles, and steel-toed shoes, including respirators, in areas of intense or continuous noise.
• Lift, push, and pull with frequent bending and reaching, including drum handling.
• Climb stairs/ladders and work high off the ground, including tight and closed in spaces.
• Stand or walk for extended periods of time. 
• Essential functions of this position may require use of safety equipment with weight limit thresholds that include the total of the individual’s weight plus any other tools/items carried to tools and other items and materials. Example: Safety equipment rated for a maximum weight limit of 300 total pounds.
• All job offers are conditional and require a pre-employment medical examination to ensure ability to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

**The Dow Chemical Company does not offer relocation assistance for this position.  This includes reimbursement for travel expenses incurred to and from test sessions/interviews.  If you apply for a position that is not within the area in which you reside, you will be responsible for all costs that you incur. **

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. 

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About Dow

Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines global breadth; asset integration and scale; focused innovation and materials science expertise; leading business positions; and environmental, social and governance leadership to achieve profitable growth and help deliver a sustainable future. The Company's ambition is to become the most innovative, customer centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world. Dow's portfolio of plastics, industrial intermediates, coatings and silicones businesses delivers a broad range of differentiated, science-based products and solutions for its customers in high-growth market segments, such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. Dow operates manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employs approximately 37,800 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $57 billion in 2022. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. For more information, please visit www.dow.com or follow @DowNewsroom on Twitter.

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.