Site Logistics Technical Advisor

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Dow has an exciting opportunity for a Site Logistics Technical Advisor located in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada.

About you and this role:

The Site Logistics Technical Advisor Technologist serves in a vital role for Site Logistics, utilizing process knowledge, technical expertise, and site logistics experience to assist, teach and coach plant personnel. Focuses on troubleshooting process or equipment issues, improving process performance, and increasing site logistics reliability. Typically, responsible for a larger plant or facility. Requires advanced skills and expertise in a range of administrative, data organization or coordination processes, procedures and systems, or specialized technical expertise within an analytical/scientific method or operational process to perform a broad range of complex work assignments.

In this role, you will require advanced level of skills and expertise in administrative, data organization, and coordination processes, procedures, and associated systems or specialized technical expertise with analytical/scientific methods or operational processes. You should be able to perform a broad range of complex assignments and understand how teams coordinate efforts and resources to achieve organizational objectives. You will need to have the ability to evaluate and explain unusual and/or complex information use tact and diplomacy when communicating with others.

It is your responsibility to be able to gather and analyze data to identify and resolve unique, complex, or unusual problems. You will be required to provide subject matter guidance to less experienced team members and serve as a specialist or lead for the team with no formal supervisory responsibilities. Your performance impacts your own team and other teams with closely related work activities. You are expected to suggest improvements to existing processes and solutions to improve overall team efficiency.

Responsibilities:

• Acts as a technical/process subject matter resource in the assigned site logistics area

• Performs or assists in process related root cause or failure analysis. Leverages and communicates the results to operate site logistics personnel for learning purposes. Ensures thorough and timely pre-investigations occur

• Works with continuous improvement and site logistics resources to identify, implement and sustain improvements relating to area of expertise

• Develops and maintain site logistics process training material content and qualification assessments

• Maintains a high involvement in the formal training process and qualification of team members on site logistics process

• Develops a strong partnership with the site logistics activity coordinator/gate keeper and provides back up to these roles, as needed

• Maintains “on call” status for plant unplanned events, emergencies and advising

• Owns and coaches others on the effective use of logbook, focusing on quality of information entered and appropriate note type/stamp utilization

• Participates in available Technical Advising role networks to improve personal effectiveness and leveraging of best practices

• Creates, reviews, modifies and approves site logistics procedures to ensure sound operating discipline

• Partners closely with the site logistics staff to resolve problems, drive continuous improvement, and ensure the site logistics goals are achieved and mentors new site logistics staff as they on-board and train.

Your Skills:

• Technical Knowledge: Understanding of process equipment, piping systems, rotating equipment.

• Process Safety: Identifying potential hazards, assessing risks, implementing safety measures, and continuously improving safety management systems.

• Supply Chain Management: Navigate the complexities of managing the flow of goods, information, and resources from suppliers to consumers.

• Interpersonal Effectiveness: Ability to navigate relationships and interactions with others in a way that's both fulfilling and respectful, while asserting your needs and maintaining self-respect.

• Understanding Customer Needs: Actively listening, showing empathy, and asking clarifying questions to gain insight into what customers want and need.

• Teamwork: Work effectively with others toward a shared goal.

• Initiative: Identify opportunities, assess situations, and take action without being directed or prompted by others.

• Problem Solving: Identify problems, analyze potential solutions, and implement the most effective course of action.

• Value Creation: Identify and fulfill market needs, ultimately leading to the development, implementation, and evolution of solutions that provide value.

• Technical proficiency in use of computer applications: Effectively use and manipulate various software and technology to achieve specific tasks.

• Analytical Skills: Ability to break down complex information into smaller, manageable parts, analyze those parts, and use logical reasoning to draw conclusions and make informed decisions.

• Project Management: Requires a mix of hard and soft skills. Essential hard skills include risk management, budgeting, project planning, and using project management software. Soft skills like communication, leadership, problem-solving, and adaptability are also crucial for success.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent is required.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience of industrial/manufacturing experience.
• A diploma in Power, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering Technology (or related field) OR a Power Engineer (3rd/4th class) certificate is preferred.
• A minimum requirement for this position is the ability to work legally in Canada. No visa sponsorship/support is available for this position, including any type of permanent residency support.

Additional Notes:

• 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 31 countries and employ approximately 35,900 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $45 billion in 2023. 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 visiting www.dow.com.

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