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Position:Maintenance Group Leader

Primary Location:Hayward (CA, USA), California, United States of America

Schedule:Full time

Date Posted:10/14/2025

Job Number:R2063069

Position Type:Regular

Workplace Type:Onsite

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.

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.

Dowhas an opportunity for aMaintenance Group Leaderat ourHayward, CAsite!

About you and this role:

Supervises daily activities of administrative, technical and operational employees. Sets priorities for the team to ensure task completion. Shares responsibility and accountability for the plant assets, personnel and achievement of the plant related business goals. As a leader, fosters a work environment with a high level of integrity and strong customer and safety focus that embraces inclusion and diversity, innovation and sustainability, continuous improvement and empowerment. Serves as Reliability steward to ensure sustained reliability improvement through utilization of proven reliability practices and techniques. Focuses on those opportunities that over a long-term period or historically have impacted the plant’s measured asset capability and the opportunities identified as "high-risk" in risk assessments, reliability models, and other evaluations.

Responsibilities:

+ Fosters EH&S engagement, particularly in the field and in the areas of personal safety and compliance.

+ A clear focus will exist on creating a Highly Reliable Organizational culture and the elimination of unplanned events by implementing reliability and maintenance services and solutions.

+ Completes the requirements of the Performance Management Process for Maintenance direct reports which is leveraged to support meaningful opportunities for leader/employee engagement. This includes coaching and career development.

+ Implements and provides on-going support of the Maintenance Procedure Use Policy at the facility.

+ 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.

+ Identifies and resolve Top Reliability Opportunities and decrease equipment failure losses and leverages those solutions both into and out of the facility. Ensures consistency in the Reliability Opportunity List process.

+ Develops and implement the Facility Reliability Strategy and provides input into the Business Reliability Strategy.

+ Manages site annual Turnarounds (pit-stops).

+ Facilitates the annual maintenance budget setting process.

Required Qualifications:

+ A minimum of a bachelor's degree or relevant military experience at or above a U.S. E5 ranking or Canadian Petty Officer 2nd Class or Sergeant.

+ 6+ years of maintenance, engineering, manufacturing or related experience.

+ Demonstrated leadership abilities (leading a project or initiative, mentoring, etc).

+ 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:

+ A degree in Mechanical Engineering.

+ SAP & GMISS proficiency.

Physical demands:

Willing and able to meet physical demands of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations:

+ Ability to safely work in a plant environment, meet physical demands, work at elevated heights, and comfortably use PPE and safety equipment. Must be familiar with or open to training on proper equipment usage.

+ Wear safety equipment, such as earplugs, goggles, and steel-toed shoes

+ Perform infrequent bending, reaching, and lifting

+ Climb stairs/ladders and work high off the ground

Your Skills:

+ Plant Safety:Plant safety primarily aims to prevent accidents at facilities where hazardous substances are used – and in the event of an accident, its goal is to minimize the consequent health and environmental effects.

+ Leadership:Motivational leaders make decisions, set clear goals and provide teams with the empowerment and tools to achieve success. Motivational leaders evoke and see the best in their coworkers, inspiring them to work toward a common goal.

+ Communication:Professional communication, which encompasses written, oral, visual and digital communication to promote the clear exchange of information and ideas.

+ Proactive Problem Solving:Proactive Problem Solving is a strategy that focuses on preventing issues before they arise by targeting the root causes of potential problems and planning preventive measures well in advance.

+ Accountability:Accountability is the acknowledgment and assumption of responsibility for actions, products, decisions, and policies including the administration, governance, and implementation within the scope of the role.

+ Asset Reliability:Asset reliability refers to the ability of physical assets—such as pumps, compressors, reactors, and instrumentation—to consistently perform their intended functions under specified operating conditions without failure or unplanned downtime. In chemical manufacturing, this concept is critical because it directly impacts production continuity, safety, compliance, and cost efficiency.

+ Preventive Maintenance:Preventive maintenance (PM) is maintenance that is proactively performed on an asset with the goal of lessening the likelihood of failure, reducing unexpected downtime, and prolonging its useful life.

Additional Notes:

This position does not offer relocation assistance.

For positions based in California, Dow is required by law to include the pay scale that is reasonably expected to represent the pay range for the position. This pay range is specific to the State of California and accounts for both new and experienced employees with consideration to factors including but not limited to skillset, experience, and sustained job performance (or similar jobs).

A reasonable pay range for this position is: $98,400– $175,200.

This job is eligible for an additional 18% geographic differential associated with the California location and this position.

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.

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 onwww.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.