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Dow Chemical Company

Manufactures high-performance materials across industries

Operator – Represented/Tariff

Machine & Process OperationPosted on Nov 12
Full-timeJincheon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do, South KoreaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Maintain qualification for the assigned area and complete training objectives on time, addressing skill and knowledge gaps.
  • Perform initial investigations and document them according to plant procedures; participate in formal or informal root cause analysis when needed.

Responsibilities

  • Operate the assigned plant equipment or area, perform operational activities according to the task list, and report on them.
  • Proactively operate the plant safely, reliably, and optimally using operational knowledge and experience.
  • Collaborate with shift team members to anticipate and address unexpected situations, escalating issues to appropriate support organizations when the team cannot resolve them.
  • Follow operating discipline policies, principles, procedures, standards, and practices to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operation of the assigned plant area.
  • Ensure appropriate operating discipline for all work, including planned and unplanned activities.
  • Operate process equipment and conduct field inspections; monitor process conditions, key performance indicators, equipment, and control systems; make decisions to maintain and achieve target production conditions and productivity aligned with plant, site, and business goals.
  • Adjust equipment operating conditions within the normal operating range to meet process performance targets.
  • Write clear, concise, value-adding work requests that meet standards and communicate problem symptoms and causes.
  • Resolve process deviations and problems using troubleshooting skills, relevant knowledge, and resources such as guides, procedures, and cause-and-effect analyses.
  • Apply Highly Reliable Organization principles, including identifying trends and predicting impacts, avoiding generalizations, preparing for unexpected situations, using expertise and collaboration, and maintaining resilience.
  • Escalate issues appropriately based on their impact on goal achievement.
  • Prepare equipment for handover to service organizations in accordance with environmental, health, and safety standards and plant operating discipline.
  • Restart equipment in accordance with plant goals, environmental, health, and safety standards, and operating discipline.
  • Use communication tools such as the OPD Logbook and Task List to share work details, improvement opportunities, and issues effectively.
  • Perform planned operational duties and work arising from unplanned situations, including field inspections, process adjustments, equipment preparation, sampling and analysis, rounds, housekeeping, and environmental, health, and safety tasks.
  • Collaborate with current and other shift teams to share capabilities and knowledge, balance workloads, and complete assigned work on time.
  • Conduct and document initial investigations according to plant procedures and participate in formal or informal root cause analysis when needed.
  • Conduct effective shift handovers as defined by equipment-specific operating discipline and related tools, ensuring communication and task transfer between shifts and contributing to continuous and improved plant performance.
  • Mentor and train new and existing operations personnel in process operations, troubleshooting, and use of operating discipline in accordance with the plant training system.
  • Perform Immediate Response activities under the direction of the Immediate Response Leader, including participating in Immediate Response drills, joining team activities to quickly control incidents under the Immediate Response Leader’s direction, and participating in post-reviews to identify strengths and improvement opportunities.
  • Use process knowledge and skills to improve plant performance and operating discipline; proactively identify improvement opportunities and issues using equipment improvement processes, management of change, and communication tools.
  • Track and use role-relevant key performance indicators during shifts to optimize operations and identify improvement opportunities.
  • Perform autonomous maintenance activities, including minor repairs and preventive maintenance, according to applicable policies, procedures, and standards.

About the Company

Dow Chemical Company

Manufactures high-performance materials across industries

Dow Inc. is a materials science company that develops high-performance materials for a range of industries, including agriculture, construction, and healthcare. Its products include agricultural films, construction materials, and medical packaging, all created through advanced science and technology to meet specific customer needs. These materials help customers improve product quality, efficiency, and sustainability. Dow differentiates itself through a broad, cross-industry portfolio, its focus on transparent and substantiated environmental and social claims, and industry recognition such as the 2024 BIG Innovation Awards. The company's goal is to advance innovation and sustainability by delivering reliable, high-quality materials that support customers across various markets.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Midland, MI
Founded
1897

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