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About you and this role
We have an exciting opportunity for an Electrical & Instrumentation (E&I) Maintenance Technician at our site in Terneuzen, the Netherlands.
In this role, you will support the Aromatics/Butadiene Plants by maintaining production installations and equipment. You will perform preventive and corrective maintenance as well as repairs on a wide range of equipment within your area of technical expertise. You will apply broad technical knowledge, including analytical and operational processes, to execute a defined scope of work. In addition, you will collaborate closely with planners, schedulers, and execution teams.
As an E&I Maintenance Technician, you will work with limited supervision and may serve as an informal technical resource and mentor for less experienced team members.
Responsibilities
- Diagnoses and troubleshoots equipment malfunctions and failures.
- Calibrates and aligns equipment.
- Performs preventive maintenance activities.
- Verifies the correct sizing and specification of components and parts.
- Specifies, orders, and installs parts and equipment.
- Coordinates maintenance spare parts.
- Supports the planning, prioritization, and scheduling of maintenance work in collaboration with the planner, work coordinator, and Operations.
- Adjusts, calibrates, tests, measures, and repairs all types of control systems and instrumentation, including pneumatic, electrical, and electronic systems.
- Repairs, maintains, and installs equipment and machinery used in the production process.
- Identifies and resolves equipment faults and documents troubleshooting and failure analyses.
- Collects operational and historical equipment data to support reliability improvement initiatives.
- Works in accordance with established Maintenance Work Processes and contributes to resolving issues arising from planning and scheduling activities.
Qualifications
- A minimum MBO-4 diploma in a technical discipline, preferably Electrical Engineering, Electronics, or Instrumentation, or an MBO-3 diploma in a technical field combined with at least 3 years of relevant work experience.
- You have relevant work experience.
- Knowledge of and experience with PLC systems is considered an advantage.
Your Skills
- Problem-Solving Skills – Ability to investigate the root cause of problems and identify effective solutions.
- Initiative – Ability to proactively identify and repair equipment failures and malfunctions without being directed.
- Maintenance Skills – Experience with preventive and corrective maintenance of electrical systems.
- Mechanical Skills – Basic mechanical skills to support maintenance activities within the plant.
- Communication Skills – Strong communication skills to effectively communicate within the plant and clearly provide feedback on how issues have been resolved.
- Team Coordination - Ability to provide technical guidance, coordinate work activities, and support less experienced team members.
Additional notes
There is no relocation/visa supported for this role
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.
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