Senior EH&S Technician

Location: Plaquemine

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.

** About you and this role** - What you will do in this role

The Senior EH&S Technician shares responsibility for the implementation of the EH&S management system, in order to meet business objectives and to maintain the license to operate. Provides hands-on environmental, industrial hygiene (IH), and health and safety (H&S) activities for a specific plant. Requires full proficiency in a range of technical, operational, or analytical/scientific processes and procedures through job-related training and considerable on the job experience to perform a variety of work assignments.

Acts as an informal resource for team members with less experience. This role will be supporting the Poly D unit at the Plaquemine, LA site!
** Responsibilities** - Duties, projects, tasks, and activities you would be responsible for in this role
* Implements detailed, task level, day to day EH&S programs, utilizing the EH&S work process, standards and procedures.
* Ensures that the Environmental, IH, and Health and Safety aspects of operating discipline are adequate and applied to achieve EH&S performance goals. In most cases, would perform the role of section owner for the EH&S sections of operating discipline.
* Acts as the Plant resource for related EH&S information on procedures, guidelines and standards.
* Serves as plant contact for Environmental, IH, and Health and Safety issues.
* Coaches teams and individuals on EH&S related tasks and activities.
* Assists in developing and achieving area or plant EH&S goals.
* Ensures compliance tasks are completed.
* Performs/coordinates certain Environmental, and IH monitoring, data collection, analyzing and reporting for the Plant.
* Contributes to the development of documented equipment maintenance, training and operational check requirements and amending, as needed, to match global/local templates. Ensures that all maintenance training and operational check requirements meet global/local templates and that all emergency preparedness tasks performed are value adding leading to all emergency systems/equipment being ready for any emergency response.
* Contributes to developing operating discipline and using it to conduct emergency preparedness work and document performance.
* Checks emergency preparedness task list annually to confirm tasks are value adding.
* Completes the emergency preparedness tasks as per the site ES&S Preparedness Plan including Operating Discipline.
* Executes the applicable scenarios from the emergency response plan or the alternate response plan and use operating discipline to complete the response to the emergency.
* Works with all security personnel in the preparation of secure asset plans and the development of operating discipline to execute secure asset tasks.
** Qualifications** - Required education, experience and abilities that are needed for this role (must haves)
* A minimum of a High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
* A minimum of 4 years of relevant experience.
* Must possess a TWIC card or be eligible to obtain a TWIC card. For information on TWIC eligibility requirements, please see:
* 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.
** Skills** - Specific abilities and expertise required to perform tasks effectively in this role (must haves)
* ** EH&S Program Implementation:
** Ability to apply established environmental, health, and safety (EH&S) standards and procedures to ensure compliance and achieve performance goals.
* ** Regulatory Compliance:
** Skill in monitoring and enforcing adherence to environmental, industrial hygiene, and safety regulations to maintain the plant’s license to operate.
* ** Emergency Preparedness:
** Capability to develop, execute, and document emergency response plans and preparedness tasks to ensure readiness for potential incidents.
* ** Data Analysis and Reporting:
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