TS&D Engineering Specialist

Dow Chemical•Freeport, NY

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Dow has an exciting opportunity for a TS&D Engineering Specialist located in Lake Jackson, TX. This role will serve under Dow's Industrial Solutions portfolio. The selected candidate will join a high performing R&D team of engineers and scientists collaborating on Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Innovation. The candidate will have ample opportunity for TS&D/R&D project leadership and direct customer engagement.

Requirements

A minimum of PhD in Petroleum/Reservoir Engineering, Chemical engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, or an applied science related field (Ex. Polymer Science, Mechanical Engineering, etc.)
Minimum 3 years’ relevant working experience preferably in Reservoir engineering, Subsurface oil field Operations and related EOR Product development environments
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

Expertise in Chemical EOR, including surfactant phase behavior for complex reservoirs.
Proficiency in surfactant characterization analytical techniques.
Expertise in reservoir engineering and surface and subsurface oilfield operations.
Expertise in reservoir modeling, oil field data modeling, and machine learning a plus
Entrepreneurial mindset to develop and commercialize novel technologies.
Excellent communication skills. The ability to effectively convey ideas, findings, and proposals to multiple stakeholders both internally and externally.
Active Listening for understanding customer needs, collaborating with teams, and responding thoughtfully.
Excellent Collaboration Skills and Operational Efficiency : Ability to both lead and be a team player, in planning and executing projects with cross-functional teams and resources to achieve maximum productivity towards decisions or milestones in a timely manner.
Documentation : The practice of building and maintaining relationships with colleagues, industry peers, and other professionals to exchange information, support career development, and uncover new opportunities or collaborations.
Strong track record of innovation documentation in journals and patents

Responsibilities

Designs and develop novel surfactant formulations for complex reservoirs through expertise in Surfactants and their application in EOR to current and prospective customers
Designs and execute experimental methods related to EOR to expand on Dow offerings in relation to competition
Builds surfactant structure–property relationships for both Gas and Water injection EOR applications and deploy learnings to advance Dow’s EOR platform
Supports and lead TS&D projects working in highly cross-functional teams including R&D, sales, and marketing
Supports ideation and pipeline filling for a global R&D/TS&D project portfolio, and as applicable, generate intellectual property
Leverages broad market, customer, and application knowledge and in-depth understanding of competitive technologies to solve complex technical issues
Participates in the development and implementation of IC strategy for a business or platform, and fully participates in the development of technology maps for projects and leads area of IP development
Serves as principal author on papers and presentations and presents at industry conferences. Document work in company-internal research reports. Write external papers for targeted technical marketing venues, including prominent trade journals and conferences
Manages the technical project pipeline for a business, and translates competitive knowledge to useful insights for internal stakeholders, and works closely with marketing to proactively lead effort to identifying new high-value opportunity spaces with internal and external stakeholders
Provides effective TS&D to numerous strategic accounts for the business, responds to technical questions of customers and other Dow/market-facing businesses
Monitors the competition and market trends relative to Dow intellectual capital positions and integrates the information into group activities and projects

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)