Senior Improvement Engineer

Dow•Freeport, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Diamond Infrastructure Solutions has an exciting opportunity for Senior Improvement Engineers supporting Diamond's Environmental Operations in Water and Water Distribution assets as well as Incineration assets located in Freeport, TX. You will become a vital resource for Operations by applying technical and organizational skills to drive the plant level continuous improvement program targeted at delivering maximum value from the assets, while continuously improving process safety and production efficiency. This role is aligned to the Diamond Infrastructure Solutions (“Diamond Infra”) company and will be seconded from Dow to Diamond Infrastructure Solutions until January 1, 2027. At that time, the role will become directly aligned to the Diamond Infrastructure Solutions Company.

Requirements

A minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
A minimum of 3 years of relevant experience (i.e. engineering, manufacturing or related fields)
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.
Continuous Improvement: drives efficiency and performance gains through structured, plant-level initiatives.
Process Technology: applies deep technical knowledge to troubleshoot issues and identify optimization opportunities.
Process Safety: leads safety initiatives and ensures compliance with EH&S standards in operations.
Root Cause Analysis: investigates incidents to determine causes and implement corrective actions.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: partners with operations and technical teams to execute improvement plans

Responsibilities

Possesses in-depth process technology and continuous improvement skill sets helping to establish credibility with the operations team.
Drives knowledge exchange with technology experts to increase awareness of potential improvement opportunities for the technology.
Partners with the experts to develop and implement a Plant Specific Technology Plan that delivers positive year-over-year ROC (return on capital) and non-capital continuous improvement while meeting the plant level EH&S improvement goals.
Champions process safety activities and acts as a resource for relevant process safety concerns.
Partners with plant operation and maintenance personnel to identify and track performance indicators to be used in identification of technology gaps and continuous improvement opportunities.
Supports the facility root cause investigation process by serving as a team member or facilitator for incidents related to process technology.
Leads and supports plant continuous improvement activities aligned to the PSTP and also supports the capital plan for the facility.
Leads continuous improvement activities for the facility and may serve in specific GPM related roles of project manager or manufacturing representative.
Champions the “next unplanned event” exercise for the plant and ensures potential solutions are captured in the appropriate prioritization system.
Serves as the implementation arm of the business.

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)