Activity coordinator

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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

Dow has an exciting opportunity for a Planner / Work Activity Coordinator in Seadrift, Texas.

The Planner / Work Activity Coordinator has the primary responsibility for ensuring that maintenance work is carried out safely in an effective and efficient manner following the appropriate work processes.

The maintenance needs of a production facility change rapidly due to the dynamic environment that exists in manufacturing.

The Planner / Work Activity Coordinator is the Focal Point for Operations to utilize to efficiently address these changing maintenance needs.

This person works with both Dow and Contract personnel, utilizing their knowledge, skills, and abilities to manage the maintenance needs of the maintenance department supported plants.

Responsibilities

• Reviews job packages and prepares to do the task.
• 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.
• Confirms that all scheduled job sequences, work and paperwork for the job have all been completed. Closes work order.
• Spends time in field to accurately assess and plan repair work that is not archived
• Streamlines plans to safely and effectively perform repairs
• Creates job packages with all the necessary documents as determined by Best Practice
• Actively participates and leverages within the Planner network
• Utilizes Internet search capabilities to locate and identify spare parts for ordering
• Works with site Materials Management Department for ordering parts
• Uses good verbal and written communications skills

Qualifications

• A minimum of a High School diploma or equivalent.
• 3 or more years of industrial manufacturing experience.
• Must possess a TWIC card or be eligible to obtain a TWIC card. For information on TWIC eligibility requirements, please see : (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 Skills

• 5 years of supervision / some type of industrial maintenance leadership experience or Work coordination experience.
• Experience in an industrial maintenance or craft role.
• Working within a maintenance organization.
• Experience using SAP and Microsoft.

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

• Lift, push, and pull.
• Frequent bending, reaching, and lifting.
• Stand and walk for extended periods of time.
• Work at heights, climb stairs and ladders.
• Work in tight and closed in spaces.
• Wear all required personal protective equipment, including but not limited to respirator, earplugs, goggles, and steel-toed shoes.

Additional notes

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 and emotional 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.
• Become a Dow shareholder through various employee stock programs.
• 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.
• Global Paid Time Off (PTO) policies : 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.

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 .

As part of our dedication to the diversity of our workforce, 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.

Last updated : 2024-05-25