Site Operations Leader

At Dow we believe in putting people first and were 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. Were 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 youre looking for a challenge and meaningful role youre in the right place.

About you and this role

The Site Operations Leader has overall responsibility and accountability for the plant assets personnel and performance. This role has oversight of a smaller site with moderate levels of complexity. The plant is comprised of a production unit utilities and logistics. The Site Operations Leader provides business and administrative leadership to multiple empowered work process driven teams this includes other people leaders and professional individual contributors. The Site Operations Leader develops and executes operational strategy to achieve business objectives. As a leader fosters a work environment with a high level of integrity and strong safety and customer focus. The leader should be one that embraces inclusion and diversity innovation and sustainability continuous improvement and empowerment.

Responsibilities

• Provide the strategic leadership necessary for successful long-term operation of site facilities. The site leader represents Dow locally with community and agency partners.
• Delivers continuously improving Environmental Health & Safety performance. This includes maintaining site compliance with all internal and external regulations. Ensures the plant is meeting the operational requirements of Dows businesses and continuously improving. This includes product delivery quality and operating the plant to meet customers needs.
• Engages established leveraged site services to achieve plant success. Leveraged services typically include: Maintenance Technology Implementation for Competitive Advantage Environmental Health & Safety operations Logistics HR Business Services Purchasing and Public Affairs. Provides a sustainable highly-trained operational work force including contractors.
• Balances short-term priorities with long-term needs of the site and the business on site. Meets the annual expense budget for the plant as set by the function and business.
• Develops and maintains relationships with the appropriate business and functional leaders to ensure that the needs of the business are understood and communicated to the site.
• Maintains Dows license to operate by developing and maintaining strong relationships with community state/provincial and regulatory leaders.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a Bachelors degree in a science or engineering discipline.
• A minimum of 10 years of engineering manufacturing or related experience.
• Previous people leadership experience.

Your Skills

• Communication: Effectively share information ideas and feelings with others encompassing both verbal and nonverbal aspects
• Strategic Planning: Setting organizational direction developing goals and creating action plans to achieve those goals
• Leadership: Guide motivate and inspire others towards achieving a common goal
• Environment Health and Safety: Understanding regulations conducting risk assessments investigating incidents and communicating effectively
• Business Relationship Management (BRM): Crucial for fostering strong connections between an organization and its stakeholders
• Budget Management: Effectively plan track allocate and adjust financial resources. Business Management: Effectively lead and oversee teams and organizations

Additional notes

• Relocation support is available under the European Long-Term Relocation program.

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 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 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 Groups (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 worlds leading materials science companies serving customers in high-growth markets such as packaging infrastructure mobility and consumer 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 30countries and employ approximately36000 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately$43 billionin 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.

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 Dows equal opportunities is available on .