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Position:Caverns Scheduler

Primary Location:Oyster Creek (TX, USA), Texas, United States of America

Schedule:Full time

Date Posted:11/03/2025

Job Number:R2062595

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.

About You and this Role

Dow has an exciting and challenging role for a Caverns Scheduler at Freeport Stratton Ridge Operations (FSR) facility located in Freeport, Texas.

This hybrid role integrates scheduling and cost tracking responsibilities to support FSR operations. In this role, you will contribute to the development and maintenance of an integrated schedule across key functions, including Pipeline, Caverns, Operations, and Maintenance Support. In addition to scheduling, this role is accountable for monitoring site expenditures for each key functions, comparing actual costs against budgeted figures, analyzing variances, and preparing cost reports to support informed decision-making. Collaboration across multiple teams is essential, as the role plays a critical part in ensuring accurate forecasting of both cost and schedule performance at the site.

Stratton Ridge or Salt Dome Operations is a cornerstone for the success and reliability of Texas Operations. 70% of all products produced at TXO hinge upon Stratton Ridge's ability to remain reliable and on-line in order to support Olin chlor-alkali and Dow hydrocarbons. Over the last ten years there has been significant reinvestment to improve reliability and longevity of the infrastructure. Stratton Ridge is a very unique operation for Dow as we not only deal with the typical unit operations of a standard chemical plant, but we also work with underground caverns, drilling technology, and geology as in the oil fields.

This role is aligned to the Diamond Infrastructure Solutions (“Diamond Infra”) company and will be seconded from Dow to Diamond Infrastructure Solutions until January 1, 2027. At that time, the role will become directly aligned to the Diamond Infrastructure Solutions Company. *

About Diamond Infrastructure Solutions (website (https://www.diamondinfra.com/en-us.html) )​

Diamond Infrastructure Solutions is an infrastructure-focused company strategically located in the U.S. Gulf Coast – the heart of U.S. manufacturing. The company is comprised of ~2700 employees and contractors that are driven by a customer-first entrepreneurial mindset, offering expertise and turn-key services to more than 70 on-site and off-site customers across the U.S. Gulf Coast. The company is built upon the foundation of Dow’s world-leading operational excellence to deliver best-in-class services and reliability.​

Our vision is to be the trusted leader in delivering reliable, sustainable, and highly integrated infrastructure services to meet our customers' evolving needs. Our experienced team and extensive asset capabilities provide safe, reliable, and attractive services to support customer growth targets, while delivering bottom line growth.​

•Our People are the integral ingredient to our culture of employee ownership and excellence-driven core values. An unwavering focus on employee & asset safety and the generational impact to our environment & surrounding communities is critical. Together we will strategically deliver Focused Growth while positioning the organization to leverage industry megatrends for sustained success.

Responsibilities

+ Serves as schedule management focal point for the Caverns group.

+ Work with each department at FSR (Caverns, Maintenance, Operations, Projects, SDOT Team) to maintain and update schedule and progress, tracking activies in Primavera master schedule

+ Work with Operations team to scheduling cavern interface logs (PND) and sonars to meet RRC rules and regulations. Track total salt produced per each well, and update each interface finding in the Cavern’s database. Work with Process Control contact to document completion dates on PND’s and Sonars and re-set mining report.

+ Maintain a 5 year outlook for regulatory required tasks for scheduling MIT’s /workovers by working with plant Geologist to meet RRC rules and regulations.

+ Responsible for end of month reports and transactions. This includes brine movement calculation into our NEA system, cost reports, quality data reports, and production of salt vs water for Brock lease Royalities.

+ Responsible for updating Olin and Dow budget to forecast the cost for upcoming and in progress work.

+ Gather documentation for monthly accruals for Olin and Dow for proper monthly allotment

+ Track all Caverns invoices in SAP, interact with each vendor/contractor monthly on any and all invoicing issues, Purchase Order (PO) issues or payments.

+ One time PO’s and Purchase order creation and close out for upcoming and in progress jobs.

+ Create POs for contractors/Vendors. Follow the process through PO approval and PO issued. These PO’s include Vendors, Equipment Rentals, Contractors, Materials for both Olin and Dow.

+ Alerts the caverns team and budget facilitator of critical Cost Management issues.

Qualifications

+ A minimum of an Associate's Degree plus 3 or more years of relevant experience, or in lieu of degree 5 or more years of relevant experience is required.

+ 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.

Your Skills

+ Organizing, Planning and Prioritizing Work:Ability to develop, maintain, and update integrated schedules across multiple departments using tools like Primavera to ensure efficient resource allocation and regulatory compliance.

+ Collaboration:Strong interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively with various teams and facilitate accurate forecasting and reporting across functions.

+ Project Management:Ability to coordinate and oversee multiple operational and maintenance activities, ensuring schedules, budgets, and regulatory requirements are met across departments like Caverns, Operations, and Maintenance.

+ Problem Solving:Skill in identifying and resolving scheduling conflicts, cost discrepancies, and vendor issues by analyzing data, collaborating with stakeholders, and implementing corrective actions.

+ Detail Oriented:Precision in tracking regulatory tasks, managing purchase orders, monitoring invoices in SAP, and preparing accurate cost and quality reports to support decision-making

Additional Notes

+ No relocation assistance is available for 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.