Rotating Equipment Specialist

Dow • Knoxville, TN

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About The Position

Dow is seeking a Rotating Equipment Specialist to support its Knoxville Maintenance Organization. The role helps ensure the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of site rotating equipment, including pumps, compressors, motors, turbines, and other critical mechanical systems. The specialist applies technical expertise, EHS knowledge, and manufacturing experience to support maintenance and operations teams, improve equipment reliability, and enhance maintenance work processes. As a technical resource and mentor, the specialist develops site expertise and promotes safety, reliability, and operational excellence.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant military experience at or above U.S. E5, Canadian Petty Officer 2nd Class, or Sergeant ranking. A mechanical engineering degree is a plus.
• At least 3 years of relevant experience maintaining rotating equipment. In lieu of a degree, 10 or more years of experience working directly with rotating equipment is accepted.
• Ability to work legally in the United States; visa sponsorship or support is not available.
• Willingness and ability to participate in the maintenance support on-call schedule, approximately one week per quarter.
• Ability to meet the stated physical demands, with or without reasonable accommodation, including lifting, pushing, carrying, and pulling up to 50 lbs; working around tight spaces, large machinery, and hazardous materials; extended walking and standing; bending, reaching, climbing, and repetitive motion; and wearing required personal protective equipment.
• Ability to work in a laboratory environment with minimal supervision and adapt to the rhythm of shiftwork.
• Ability to wear and use required PPE, including safety glasses, fire-retardant clothing, ear plugs, safety shoes, and harnesses with a total weight capacity of 300 lbs.

Nice To Haves

• A degree in mechanical engineering.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical resource for the maintenance team.
• Review and adjust preventative maintenance activities to assure equipment reliability.
• Check sizing of components and parts.
• Specify and requisition parts and equipment, and support their installation.
• Coordinate identification of critical spare parts.
• Support maintenance planning activities as needed.
• Identify mechanics’ training needs and support training.
• Oversee repair quality and take action to ensure consistently high-quality results.
• Support repairs, maintenance, and installation of process equipment and machinery.
• Troubleshoot malfunctions, direct repairs, and document failure analysis.
• Collect equipment operation and history data to facilitate reliability improvements.
• Work within established Maintenance Work Processes and help resolve issues arising from work planning and scheduling.
• Interface with Maintenance and Reliability engineering to support maintenance and reliability improvements.
• Participate in the maintenance support on-call schedule, approximately one week per quarter.

Benefits

• Equitable, market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity, with locally relevant incentives.
• Benefits and 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 in the United States, applying the value of monthly student debt payments as employee savings plan contributions toward the company match.
• Medical and life insurance packages with a variety of coverage options; travel insurance is available in certain countries or locations.
• Training, mentoring, work experiences, community involvement, and team-building opportunities.
• Role-based workplace flexibility to support productivity and personal needs.
• Competitive yearly vacation allowance.
• Paid time off for new parents, including birthing, non-birthing, 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.
• Wellbeing Portal for Dow employees.
• On-site fitness facilities, subject to location availability.
• Employee discounts for online shopping, cinema tickets, gym memberships, and more.
• Some locations may offer transportation allowances, meal subsidies or vouchers, and carbon-neutral transportation incentives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level