Job Description

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 -

Dow has an exciting opportunity for a Mechanical Maintenance Planner located in Deer Park, TX.

In this role, you will create job packages for exchangers, columns, piping, and rotating equipment. The job scope is to contain all the information regarding required labor material and services to ensure safe, effective and efficient execution of the work. Requires broadened technical skills in analytical/scientific methods or operational processes to perform a defined array of activities. May act as an informal resource for team members with less experience.

Responsibilities / Duties:

• Uses feedback from the person doing the work to optimize the work plans.

• Reviews work orders for technical completeness and return work orders to gatekeeper, if not complete.

• Creates job plans and packages that contains details of the work to be performed and includes, pictures, procedures, EMETL Documents, man hours needed to complete the job and the correct labor resources.

• Carries out field checks, when needed.

• Prepares job package and inputs plan into SAP indicating the required resources, materials, and services to upload in the daily maintenance schedule.

• Identifies task activities necessary to execute job plan and identifies materials/tools/equipment required to perform tasks.

• Identifies/solicits safety information and requirements necessary to safely perform tasks. Ensure Life Critical Safety Standards are identified in the job plan.

• Supports Maintenance Procedure Use Policy by ensuring all job packages include a procedure or the task is on the Procedure Exemption list before the job package is released. Checks that all Maintenance Procedures include a hazard assessment.

• Serves as a technical resource during procedure creation and review, as needed. Creates, develops, changes, updates job procedures and checklists, and initiates procedure Management of Change (MOC), as required.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of a High School Diploma or GED

• 3 or more years of relevant experience within a Chemical Manufacturing environment

• 3 or more years of planning experience in SAP or similar maintenance planning software

• Successful candidates must be able to work 10-hour daily schedule and work overtime as required, including Holidays and Weekends

• Must have valid US Driver’s License.

• 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.

Your Skills:

Communication: The ability to clearly exchange information with operations, maintenance, engineering, and contractors to ensure job plans are well understood and executed safely and efficiently.

Maintenance Planning: The capability to create, develop, optimize, and manage job packages that ensure safe, effective, and efficient maintenance execution.

Safety Standards: The knowledge of and adherence to Dow’s Life Critical Standards, Maintenance Procedure Use Policy, and hazard‑identification expectations to ensure all work can be performed without harm.

Fixed Equipment: Knowledge of and ability to plan maintenance for stationary equipment such as piping, pressure vessels, columns, and heat exchangers.

Rotating Equipment: The understanding of and ability to plan maintenance for mechanical systems that involve moving components—such as pumps, compressors, turbines, gearboxes, blowers, and motors.

Able to meet the following physical demands of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations

• Must be able to wear and use personal protective equipment (PPE), such as earplugs, goggles, respirators, steel-toed shoes and may include usage of harnesses with a total weight capacity of 300lbs.

• Perform frequently bending, reaching, and lifting.

• Climb stairs/ladders and work high off the ground, including tight and closed in spaces.

• Stand or walk for extended periods of time.

• Lift a maximum of 50 lbs.

• This role does involve elevated work greater than or equal to four feet above the ground.

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 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 visiting www.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.

Dow is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is committed to providing opportunities without regard for race, color, religion, sex, including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity, national origin, age, disability and genetic information, including family medical history. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may call us at 1-833-My Dow HR (833-693-6947) and select option 8.