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Dow

Site Logistics Operations Performance Leader

LocationFreeport (TX, USA)
Work modeon-site
Typefull-time
SeniorityLead
Experience5+ yrs
EquityIncluded
Company size10,000+ people
PostedOct 8, 2026 · 4d ago
Verified live13h ago
At a glanceSummarised by Seekless from the posting.
Must have10
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Industrial Technology, or a related technical discipline, OR relevant military experience at or above a U.S. E-5 or Canadian Petty Officer 2nd Class/Sergeant ranking.
A minimum of 5 years of manufacturing/operations experience in a chemical, petrochemical, refining, energy, industrial manufacturing, or similarly high-hazard operating environment.
Understanding of process safety, operational discipline, risk management, and continuous improvement principles.
Experience working in environments involving hazardous materials, hazardous energy sources, or complex industrial processes.
Operations Leadership: Builds highly engaged teams and consistently delivers safe, reliable, and productive operational performance through effective leadership and coaching.
Process Safety and Risk Management: Understands and actively manages the risks associated with hazardous chemical operations, ensuring adherence to process safety and operational discipline requirements.
Manufacturing Excellence: Applies operational management systems, performance metrics, and continuous improvement principles to drive sustainable operational results.
Coaching and Development: Develops frontline personnel, operations leaders, and technical resources through mentoring, feedback, and capability building.
Problem Solving: Effectively identifies root causes, addresses performance gaps, and implements sustainable corrective actions using data-driven decision making.
Collaboration and Influence: Effectively influences and collaborates across multiple functions and organizational levels, building alignment among operations, engineering, maintenance, supply chain, and business teams to achieve common goals.
Nice to have6
Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
Experience within chemical manufacturing, petrochemical manufacturing, refining, industrial gases, terminals, marine operations, bulk liquid handling, or industrial logistics operations.
Experience leading shift teams, work groups, production units, logistics operations teams, or manufacturing organizations.
Knowledge of Process Safety Management (PSM), Management of Change (MOC), Safe Work Processes, Root Cause Investigation (RCI), and risk assessment methodologies.
Experience with production operations, maintenance, reliability, or operational excellence programs.
Experience leading cultural transformation, capability-building, or operational improvement initiatives.
Eligibility1
Ability to work legally in the United States.
Benefits
Equitable base pay
Bonus
Physical wellbeing programs
Mental wellbeing programs
Financial wellbeing programs
Social wellbeing programs
Retirement plan
Employee stock purchase
Student debt retirement savings match
Medical insurance
Life insurance
Travel insurance
Training and mentoring
Work experience
Community involvement
Team building
Flexible work
Vacation allowance
Paid time off new parents
Paid time off caregiving
Paid time off volunteering
Wellbeing portal
On site fitness
Employee discounts
Transportation allowance
Meal subsidiaries
Carbon neutral transportation incentives
About the company
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 Site Logistics Operations Performance Leader at our Texas Operations site in Freeport, Texas.
In this role, you will provide leadership within a chemical manufacturing environment and support logistics operations responsible for the safe loading, unloading, storage, transfer, and movement of multiple chemical products. The successful candidate will possess a strong manufacturing operations background and a demonstrated ability to lead people, develop capability, and improve performance in a process-driven operating environment.
You will partner closely with Production facilities, Maintenance, Engineering, and Technical resources to drive safe, reliable, and efficient site logistics operations. This role plays a critical part in ensuring operational excellence across process safety, environmental performance, productivity, reliability, and cost. The successful candidate will be a visible leader in the field, actively engaging with frontline personnel and coaching teams to strengthen operational discipline, improve management systems, reduce unplanned events, and deliver sustainable business results.
Responsibilities
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Lead frontline operations performance across site logistics activities, including chemical loading, unloading, storage, transfer, and transportation support activities.
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Develop and maintain a strong safety culture through visible leadership, coaching, mentoring, and active engagement with operations personnel.
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Drive operational discipline and compliance with process safety, environmental, regulatory, and operating requirements.
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Partner with production facilities to safely and reliably execute logistics activities that support manufacturing operations.
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Lead and develop operators, shift leaders, and technical personnel to achieve safe, reliable, and efficient daily operations.
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Strengthen team capability through coaching, mentoring, performance feedback, and knowledge sharing.
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Drive continuous improvement initiatives that improve safety, reliability, productivity, and cost performance.
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Identify, assess, and mitigate operational risks associated with hazardous chemical handling and facility operations.
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Improve management systems, work processes, operating procedures, and operational standards to drive sustainable performance.
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Prioritize team resources and improvement efforts to maximize value creation and eliminate non-value-added work.
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Ensure effective corrective actions are implemented from self-assessments, audits, Root Cause Investigations (RCIs), KPI performance gaps, and operational learning events.
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Champion operational excellence through robust use of data, metrics, problem-solving tools, and risk-based decision making.
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Serve as, or develop the capability to serve as, the Facility Work Group Leader delegate.
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Partner with engineering, maintenance, production, and EH&S personnel to continuously improve operational performance.
Required Qualifications
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Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Industrial Technology, or a related technical discipline, OR relevant military experience at or above a U.S. E-5 or Canadian Petty Officer 2nd Class/Sergeant ranking.
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A minimum of 5 years of manufacturing/operations experience in a chemical, petrochemical, refining, energy, industrial manufacturing, or similarly high-hazard operating environment.
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Understanding of process safety, operational discipline, risk management, and continuous improvement principles.
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Experience working in environments involving hazardous materials, hazardous energy sources, or complex industrial processes.
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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 Qualifications
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Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
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Experience within chemical manufacturing, petrochemical manufacturing, refining, industrial gases, terminals, marine operations, bulk liquid handling, or industrial logistics operations.
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Experience leading shift teams, work groups, production units, logistics operations teams, or manufacturing organizations.
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Knowledge of Process Safety Management (PSM), Management of Change (MOC), Safe Work Processes, Root Cause Investigation (RCI), and risk assessment methodologies.
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Experience with production operations, maintenance, reliability, or operational excellence programs.
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Experience leading cultural transformation, capability-building, or operational improvement initiatives.
Skills
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Operations Leadership: Builds highly engaged teams and consistently delivers safe, reliable, and productive operational performance through effective leadership and coaching.
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Process Safety and Risk Management: Understands and actively manages the risks associated with hazardous chemical operations, ensuring adherence to process safety and operational discipline requirements.
•
Manufacturing Excellence: Applies operational management systems, performance metrics, and continuous improvement principles to drive sustainable operational results.
•
Coaching and Development: Develops frontline personnel, operations leaders, and technical resources through mentoring, feedback, and capability building.
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Problem Solving: Effectively identifies root causes, addresses performance gaps, and implements sustainable corrective actions using data-driven decision making.
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Collaboration and Influence: Effectively influences and collaborates across multiple functions and organizational levels, building alignment among operations, engineering, maintenance, supply chain, and business teams to achieve common goals.
Additional Information
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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:
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Equitable and market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets, along with locally relevant incentives.
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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.
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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.
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Employee stock purchase programs (availability varies depending on location).
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Student Debt Retirement Savings Match Program (U.S. only).
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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.
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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.
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Opportunities to learn and grow through training and mentoring, work experiences, community involvement and team building.
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Workplace culture empowering role-based flexibility to maximize personal productivity and balance personal needs.
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Competitive yearly vacation allowance.
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Paid time off for new parents (birthing and non-birthing, including adoptive and foster parents).
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Paid time off to care for family members who are sick or injured.
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Paid time off to support volunteering and Employee Resource Group’s (ERG) participation.
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Wellbeing Portal for all Dow employees, our one-stop shop to promote wellbeing, empowering employees to take ownership of their entire wellbeing journey.
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On-site fitness facilities to help stay healthy and active (availability varies depending on location).
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Employee discounts for online shopping, cinema tickets, gym memberships and more.
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Additionally, some of our locations might offer:
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Transportation allowance (availability varies depending on location)
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Meal subsidiaries/vouchers (availability varies depending on location)
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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.
Legal
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.
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