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Senior Production Engineer - Kankakee, IL

At a Glance

Location
Kankakee (IL, United States
Work Regime
onsite
Employment
Full time
Experience
3+ years
Compensation
range for this position is:  $83,160-$147,960 Benefits – What Dow offers yo
Posted
2026-08-12

Key Requirements

Required Skills

Data Analysis

Domain Knowledge

  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • Environmental
  • Manufacturing

Requirements

3+ years of relevant experience in chemical manufacturing or closely related experience

: Process engineering is the understanding and application of the fundamental principles and laws of nature that allow us to transform raw material and energy into products that are useful to society, at an industrial level.

Chemical Engineering:

Chemical engineering uses principles of chemistry, physics, mathematics, biology, and economics to efficiently use, produce, design, transport and transform energy and materials.

Data analysis is a process of inspecting, cleansing, transforming, and modelling data with the goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions, and supporting decision-making.

Prior coatings manufacturing experience

Compensation & Benefits

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.

Responsibilities

Works closely with the operations team leveraging their problem-solving skills and technical expertise.

Ensures Most Effective Technology (MET) is understood and utilized and that process automation is used as a tool to optimize plant performance.

Utilizes defined MET and challenges/escalates MET application and assumptions when better solutions arise.

Partners with experts to perform advanced troubleshooting and improve and document operating discipline.

Diagnoses and documents root causes of asset utilization losses in the facility.

Maintains, owns, and reviews daily Key Process Indicators (KPI)/ trends to ensure optimum performance.