Waste Water/Waste Manager

At Dow, we believe in putting people first and we’re passionate about delivering integrity, respect and safety to our customers, our employees and the planet.  

Our people are at the heart of our solutions. They reflect the communities we live in and the world where we do business. Their diversity is our strength. We’re a community of relentless problem solvers that offers the daily opportunity to contribute with your perspective, transform industries and shape the future. Our purpose is simple - to deliver a sustainable future for the world through science and collaboration. If you’re looking for a challenge and meaningful role, you’re in the right place.

About you and this role

The Texas Regional Waste Water/Waste Manager is responsible for waste water and potable water permitting and compliance, including permit renewals and amendments, project evaluations for impact on permits, leading agency investigations, and periodic reporting. This role will also provide occasional waste compliance support. The role is also responsible for providing regional support for the other Texas site (East TX Hub, Seadrift/Victoria).

Primary Responsibilities

• Partner with businesses (Dow and tenants) to review proposed project changes to evaluate permitting needs and provide optimal solutions to maximize value for Dow and ensure project timelines are met.
• Lead water projects through the preparation of permit applications and agency negotiations to ensure optimal permit conditions that provide competitive advantage.
• Partner with project and plant personnel in the implementation of water permits into project/plant operating discipline by providing interpretation guidance and inspiring open communication and leveraging between sites.
• Lead agency information requests to ensure accurate, timely responses.
• Lead Dow personnel in inspections/investigations (both on-site and “records review”) by local, state, or federal agencies in a mutually respective environment.
• Provide technical input and/or lead efforts to evaluate Industrial Park impact to permits.
• Evaluate potential impact of proposed regulations on site plants and facilities; provide constructive comments to agencies for flexibility that is protective of the environment.
• Pursue excellence in operating discipline to ensure best practices are documented.
• Partner with consultants, as needed, for large projects.
• Coordinate Texas EH&S Audit Privilege correspondence related to water permitting and compliance.
• This role is primarily an in-office job but occasionally will be in the field, especially during investigations.
• Willingness for occasional travel in order to support multiple sites.

Required Qualifications

• A minimum of a bachelor's degree or relevant military experience at or above a U.S. E5 ranking or Canadian Petty Officer 2nd Class or Sergeant.
• A minimum of 6 years of relevant experience.
• Must possess a TWIC card or be eligible to obtain a TWIC card. For information on TWIC eligibility requirements, please see: https://www.tsa.gov/for-industry/twic (If unable to access link, copy and paste in your browser.)  
• 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.

Preferred Qualifcations

• Previous Texas water permitting management (preparation, negotiation, implementation).
• Experience working with external agencies and organizations.

Skills

• Communication: Strategic communication management is the control of communication in and out of an organization to promote the clear exchange of information and ideas.
• Critical Thinking: Critical thinking is the evaluation of facts to form a judgment by using the rational, data-based analysis of factual evidence.
• Regulatory Compliance: Regulatory compliance describes the goal that organizations aspire to achieve in their efforts to ensure that they are aware of and take steps to comply with relevant laws, policies, and regulations. Due to the increasing number of regulations and need for operational transparency, organizations are increasingly adopting the use of consolidated and harmonized sets of compliance controls.
• Change Management: Change management planning is an outline that serves as the roadmap defining concrete steps a company will take to implement and execute the change management process. They are adopted by organizations to embrace and encounter changes within their workflow.
• Cross-Functional Work: Cross-functional work is the work that happens between different teams or departments within an organization.
• Conducting Investigations: Investigation refers to the act of examining something carefully.
• Analytical Thinking: Analytical thinking means examining the information, collecting the facts and checking whether the statement follows logically in identifying causes and effects.

Physical Demands 

Willing and able to meet the physical demands of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation: 

• Wear all required personal protective equipment, such as earplugs, goggles, and steel-toed shoes.

Note: This position does not offer relocation assistance.

Benefits – What Dow offers you 

We invest in you. 
 

Dow invests in total rewards programs to help you manage all aspects of you: your pay, your health, your life, your future, and your career. You bring your background, talent, and perspective to work every day. Dow rewards that commitment by investing in your total wellbeing.  

Here are just a few highlights of what you would be offered as a Dow employee: 

• 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).
  • Dow will take the value of monthly student debt payments and apply them as if they are contributions to the Employees’ Savings Plan (401(k)), helping employees reach the Company match.
• 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.
• Additionally, some of our locations might offer:
  • 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)

Join our team, we can make a difference together.

About Dow
Dow (NYSE: DOW) is one of the world’s leading materials science companies, serving customers in high-growth markets such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. Our global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation, leading business positions and commitment to sustainability enable us to achieve profitable growth and help deliver a sustainable future. We operate manufacturing sites in 30 countries and employ approximately 36,000 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $43 billion in 2024. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. ​​​​Learn more about us and our ambition to be the most innovative, customer-centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world by visitingwww.dow.com.

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