Health and Safety (H&S) Technician

Dow Chemical•Beaumont, TX

12d•Onsite

About The Position

Dow is hiring a Senior Health & Safety Technician for its East Texas Hub Safety Team, based in Beaumont, Texas. The East Texas Hub includes Sabine River Operations in Orange, Texas, and the Beaumont site. The technician will help implement the Health & Safety management system to meet business objectives and maintain the sites’ license to operate, providing hands-on industrial hygiene and health and safety services to plant customers. The role coordinates and supports day-to-day EH&S programs, operating discipline, compliance activities, industrial hygiene monitoring, audits, training, incident investigations, and management-of-change reviews. It also serves as a plant resource and contact for health and safety matters, coaches teams and individuals, and may act as a working team lead. Support for unplanned events, outages, and turnarounds is required. The position requires work weekends, overtime, and holidays when needed, and involves physically demanding plant work using required personal protective equipment. Dow does not offer relocation assistance for this position.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED, plus at least one of the following: an associate degree or higher in a relevant field; 3 or more years of relevant military experience; 3 or more years of EH&S experience; or 3 or more years of experience in an industrial manufacturing environment.
Willingness to work weekends, overtime, and holidays when required.
Must possess a TWIC card or be eligible to obtain one.
Ability to work legally in the United States; visa sponsorship or support, including for a permanent residency process, is unavailable.
Willing and able, with or without reasonable accommodation, to wear required safety equipment, including earplugs, goggles, and steel-toed shoes; wear and use respirators; climb stairs and ladders and work at heights; and stand or walk for extended periods.
Ability to wear and use PPE, including harnesses with a total weight capacity of 300 pounds.
Communication skills to convey information verbally and in writing, explain procedures, report incidents, and deliver training.
Problem-solving skills to identify safety issues, analyze root causes, and implement solutions.
Collaboration skills to work with operations, maintenance, leadership, and diverse teams toward H&S goals.
Risk awareness, including recognizing hazards, assessing risks, understanding regulatory requirements, and proactively preventing incidents.
Health and safety expertise, including industrial hygiene monitoring, compliance audits, and EH&S program implementation.
Conflict-resolution skills to address disagreements related to safety practices or compliance while maintaining alignment with safety objectives.
Multi-tasking, problem-solving, and time-management skills.

Responsibilities

Coordinate, implement, and optimize task-level, day-to-day EH&S programs using EH&S work processes, standards, and procedures.
Ensure industrial hygiene, health, and safety aspects of operating discipline are applied to achieve H&S performance goals; in most cases, own the H&S sections of the Dow operating discipline system.
Act as the plant resource for H&S procedures, guidelines, and standards, and serve as the plant contact for industrial hygiene and H&S issues.
Serve as an active member of the facility EH&S Team and coach teams and individuals on H&S tasks and activities.
Collaborate with facility leadership to develop and achieve area or plant H&S goals.
Ensure compliance tasks are completed.
Perform or coordinate industrial hygiene monitoring, data collection, analysis, and reporting for the plant.
Coordinate the audit schedule in safety- and health-related areas.
Participate in H&S reviews and projects as required.
Participate in or lead root cause analyses for H&S events, including gathering information, contributing as an H&S subject matter expert to incident investigations, and ensuring follow-up actions are completed to prevent recurrence.
Perform H&S reviews for Management of Change (MOCs), and initiate and support MOCs for H&S standards, rules, and processes, ensuring timely closure.
Perform assessments of H&S standards and work processes as assigned.
Develop and deliver training as needed to improve site or facility H&S knowledge.
Act as a working team lead by providing subject matter guidance and coordinating others’ work as required.
Work safely and comply with environmental, health, and safety standards; maintain ethical integrity.
Provide H&S support for unplanned events, outages, and turnarounds.

Benefits

Base pay and bonus opportunity, along with locally relevant incentives.
Programs supporting physical, mental, financial, and social well-being.
Competitive retirement program that may include company-provided benefits, savings opportunities, financial planning, and educational resources.
Employee stock purchase programs, subject to location availability.
Student Debt Retirement Savings Match Program for U.S. employees.
Medical and life insurance packages with a variety of coverage options.
Training, mentoring, work experiences, community involvement, and team-building opportunities.
Role-based flexibility to support productivity and personal needs.
Competitive yearly vacation allowance.
Paid time off for new parents, including adoptive and foster parents.
Paid time off to care for sick or injured family members.
Paid time off for volunteering and Employee Resource Group participation.
Employee Wellbeing Portal.
On-site fitness facilities, subject to location availability.
Employee discounts, including online shopping, cinema tickets, and gym memberships.
Some locations may offer transportation allowances, meal subsidies or vouchers, and carbon-neutral transportation incentives.