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About this role
Dow is looking for Asset Engineer to be located in Chennai, India.
The Asset Management Professional provides global support for master data management activities on SAP Plant Maintenance (PM) and Materials Management (MM) through the Maintenance Technology Center.
The engineer possesses strong expertise in Maintenance and Materials Master Data Management (MDM), including data creation, cleansing, classification, verification, validation, standardization, and enrichment activities. Demonstrates proficiency in managing ERP/CMMS master data in compliance with SAP PM and MM module standards, along with a solid understanding of global customer MDM practices and industry best practices.
This role should demonstrate strong accountability and commitment to delivering high-quality work while adhering to project schedules and timelines, be capable of developing and effectively populating the required deliverables with accuracy and completeness, and possess expanded conceptual and practical knowledge within their job discipline and continuously broadens their capabilities to handle increasing responsibilities and complex assignments.
Responsibilities
PLANT MAINTENANCE (SAP-PM) MANAGEMENT
- Master equipment list (MEL)/ asset register preparation & Physical asset verification, mark-up and As Built of P&ID
- Develop functional location (FLOC) & Develop Bill of Materials (BOM) for equipment.
- Review Recommendation of new spares from vendor documents and spare parts inter-changeability record (SPIR)
- PM Plan, maintenance item, task list, task list group & interpret and incorporate FMEA outputs with PM plan.
- PM spares against task list operations & Maintenance of Work-Pack preparation against work orders
MATERIALS MANAGEMENT (SAP-MM) MANAGEMENT
- Material creation in SAP MM using transaction codes & Cleansing, standardization, enrichment and de-duping.
- Materials Coding and Cataloguing, Coding logics as per MESC, UNSPSC standards
- Classification of materials based on noun and modifier (Class) concept with suitable attributes (Characteristic)
- Class, Characteristic master template creation and standardize & Classify materials as OEM, general and consumable spares.
- Review SPIR/SPDF with all related documents and establish operational spares for new projects & experienced in MRO spares criticality analysis.
- Define/ recommend stock and non-stock spares for different types of equipment.
- Inventory Optimization, define ROP/ MAX and ability to identify the equipment for no BOM linked materials.
- Perform Material Replenishment study for routine spares.
Additional Support
- Creates Equipment Reliability Strategies based upon Top Opportunity List, Critical Equipment List, and identified plant/business needs.
- Validates ERS implementation and closes gaps to improve/sustain reliability improvement.
- Evaluates effectiveness of individual aspects of the PPM program by showing quantitatively the impact of failures and Predictive Preventive Maintenance (PPM).
- Optimizes PPM activities, on an on-going basis, to support overall productivity improvements.
- Identifies and resolve Top Reliability Opportunities and decrease equipment failure losses in order to meet the site Product Supply Reliability improvement goals for the given year.
- Develops and maintains, as requested, a model that identifies the unit operations, equipment, process, etc. that identifies the value of opportunities for improvement.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree only in Mechanical Engineering.
- 5 to 10 years of working experience in Chemical/ Petrochemical plants plus reliability, maintenance, manufacturing or related experience required.
Your Skills
- Strong technical expertise in plant asset management, reliability, maintenance or related.
- Collaborative communication to work efficiently with different stakeholders across different regions.
- Proactive problem solving to manage challenges, problems and provide the right solutions.
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 Chemical International Pvt Ltd
Dow Chemical International Private Limited (Dow India) aims to be the most innovative, sustainable, inclusive customer-centric materials science company. The company is committed to delivering the right solutions to its customers’ challenges. With broadest technology sets spanning performance materials, industrial intermediates, and plastics Dow India delivers differentiated science-based products and solutions in high-growth segments, such as packaging, infrastructure, automobile, and consumer care.
A Great Place to Work® Certified company with approximately over 1000 employees, its operations comprise of manufacturing sites, innovation center, established centers of excellence, and commercial office. As a responsible corporate, the company supports its Corporate Social Responsibility (program) with technology expertise and employee volunteerism. Dow India works with non-profit partners towards the empowerment of differently abled, women, and children in communities where it operates. The company aims to redefine the societal blueprint, by supporting holistic sustainability and circular economy initiatives.
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.
