Circulus Production Activity Coordinator / Gatekeeper Lead

Dow Chemical•Ardmore, OK

56d•Onsite

About The Position

Dow is seeking a Production Activity Coordinator/Gatekeeper (AC/GK) for our facility in Ardmore, OK. As the AC/GK, you will work with plant personnel and expertise centers to coordinate, prioritize, and schedule plant activities. In this role, you will ensure that value-added and complete service requests are generated. You will understand the plant/department strategy, budget, business objectives, value-added criteria, and day-to-day operations. You will enable seamless integration between operations and service providers. This role requires full proficiency in a range of technical, operational, or analytical/scientific processes and procedures through job-related training and considerable on-the-job experience to perform a variety of work assignments. You will act as an informal resource for team members with less experience.

Requirements

A minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent required.
At least 4 years of process operations, manufacturing or other related experience required.
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.

Nice To Haves

An associate's degree in Process Technology or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide Task List and Operating the Plant Role utilization data and timing into the Operations Dashboard (OPD) for use in determining normal staffing.
Ensure operational tasks are value added, clearly defined, scheduled and completed.
Determine if procedures and plans for new service requests are aligned.
Review work status with service providers and work originators.
Coordinate work from functional support organizations to be performed by operations personnel.
Act as plant liaison to functional support organizations for general activities and sharing of core plant personnel.
Ensure appropriate operational resources are allocated to perform operational tasks and activities.
Utilize, update, and adjust the OPD-Task List to schedule plant activities that impact operations.
Work with Turnaround team to ensure start-up and shut-down tasks align with plant operations activities.
Participate in development/monitoring of the maintenance budget and apply status/forecast as an input to manage maintenance work in the facility.
Collect and/or review process data for improvement purposes and corrective actions.
Work with plant and maintenance resources to ensure plant-specific compliance activities are scheduled and completed to maintain compliance.
Participate in activity coordinator networks to improve effectiveness in role and leveraging of best practices, as available.

Benefits

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, financial, and social 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.
Employee stock purchase programs (availability varies depending on location).
Student Debt Retirement Savings Match Program (U.S. only).
Robust medical and life insurance packages that offer a variety of coverage options to meet your individual needs.
Travel insurance is also available in certain countries/locations.
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.
Competitive yearly vacation allowance.
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.
Wellbeing Portal for all Dow employees, our one-stop shop to promote wellbeing, empowering employees to take ownership of their entire wellbeing journey.
On-site fitness facilities to help stay healthy and active (availability varies depending on location).
Employee discounts for online shopping, cinema tickets, gym memberships and more.
Transportation allowance (availability varies depending on location)
Meal subsidiaries/vouchers (availability varies depending on location)
Carbon-neutral transportation incentives e.g. bike to work (availability varies depending on location)