Lead Maintenance Coordinator

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.

Dow has an opportunity for a Lead Maintenance Coordinator located in Bahía Blanca, Argentina.

About You and This Role:

You will ensure work activities are carried out safely in an effective and efficient way. Manages productivity of the team that performs the task. Requires advanced skills and expertise in a range of processes, procedures, and systems, and/or specialized technical expertise within an analytical/scientific method or operational process to perform a broad range of complex work assignments. May act as a working team lead, providing subject matter guidance and coordinating work of others.

Responsibilities:

• Prioritize, schedule, and coordinate. maintenance act. across plants.
• Develop job packages (scope, labor, materials, tools, safety).
• Validate technical completeness of work orders and PM tasks before execution.
• Perform field checks to ensure work readiness.
• Coord. daily execution, adjusting schedule based on conditions.
• Allocate/optimize resources across planned and unplanned work.
• Ensure compliance with procedures and safety requirements.
• Own and maintain PPM data quality, task lists, and maintenance. Plans.
• Monitor execution performance, backlog, and budget adherence.
• Drive continuous improvement using feedback, data, and root cause insights.
• Reports the progress of the daily work to enable adjustments to the work schedule when needed. Reviews work status with service providers and originators and adjusts schedule as required.
• Reassigns person scheduled to perform work to the next job, in the event the equipment is not prepared for maintenance on originally assigned job
• For Priority Work, serves as a planner and follows the planner responsibilities.
• Maintenance strategy and PPM optimization decisions.
• Reliability improvements and defect elimination priorities.
• Resource planning across maintenance and operations.
• Maintenance budget planning and cost optimization.
• Continuous improvement initiatives and performance standards.

Qualifications:

• An Engineering degree is required, preferably in Industrial, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering.
• 3 to 5 years of experience in maintenance, inspection, reliability, fabrication, repair, or related activities involving fixed assets in industrial plants.

Your Skills:

• Experience on planning and scheduling expertise (job packages, sequencing, critical path).
• Deep operational and equipment knowledge.
• Knowledge of PPM, reliability principles, and maint. Strategies.
• Advanced use of SAP syst. for planning and tracking.
• Strong decision-making and prioritization skills.
• Cross-functional stakeholder management and coordination.
• Ability to interpret data and drive performance improvements.
• Deep understanding of safety standards.
• Field execution knowledge and practical problem-solving ability.
• Communication and coaching skills to drive execution discipline.

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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.

As part of our dedication to inclusion, Dow is committed to equal opportunities in employment. We encourage every employee to bring their whole self to work each day to not only deliver more value, but also have a more fulfilling career. Further information regarding Dow's equal opportunities is available on www.dow.com.