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Project Specialist
At a glance
Position:Project Specialist
Primary Location:Midland (MI, USA), Michigan, United States of America
Additional Locations: Mumbai (IND) Houston (TX, USA) Sao Paulo (BRA) + More - Less
Schedule:Full time
Date Posted:05/03/2024
Job Number:R2051270
Position Type:Regular
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.
Dowhas an exciting opportunity for aProject Specialist. This role can be located inMidland, MI, Houston, TX or Sao Paulo, Brazil, or Mumbai, India!
About you and this role
As the Project Specialist, you will lead small cross functional project teams that deliver business process and IT solutions. This role will require understanding of key business drivers in order to lead project planning and management throughout the project lifecycle including the overall delivery of the solution into a successful support model, and is accountable for budget, contingency planning, scope, issue and risk management. Helps improve productivity, streamline business processes, help make better business decisions and begins to build solid customer relationships.
In this role, you will require understanding of key business drivers for your discipline and function. You will need to be able to expand conceptual and working knowledge related to your discipline or functional area. You are expected to provide informal guidance to new team members and be able to explain complex information to others.
It is your responsibility to use technical experience, established practices, and personal judgement to analyze and resolve straightforward problems. Your performance impacts the quality of your own work and your team’s work and requires that you work within established guidelines and policies.
Responsibilities
Uses expanded conceptual knowledge to begin determining the project approach and schedule, develops and reviews estimates and estimating assumptions, and creates project plan and tracking metrics throughout all phases
With guidance, manages the overall schedule for project delivery.
Measures and monitors progress, including phase reviews and deliverable reviews and sign-offs
Aware of dependencies across projects in the program as well as integration with other projects
Builds and manages relationships with suppliers and subcontractors on the project (monitor progress/adherence to schedule)
Works with teams on quality assurance process, manages budget forecasting and cost control for the project, manages project issues, risks and contingency planning and escalates as required
Ensures project follows methodology/approach to deliver solution and supports teams on scope change request and schedule implications
Performs budget, scope, issue, and risk management tasks by estimating information technology project costs and working with external service providers and processes
Completes project performance reports
Deliver results by utilizing various delivery frameworks including Waterfall, Scrum, Kanban, SAFe
Qualifications
A minimum of a Bachelor's degreeORrelevant military experience at a U.S. E6 rank or Canadian Petty Officer 2nd Class or higherORa minimum of 5 years of relevant experience. A degree discipline in an Information Technology/Systems is preferred.
For US Applicants Only: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 Skills
Influential leadership
Strong communication
Time management and organizational skills
Problem solving abilities
Additional Notes
Relocation assistance is not available for this position.
While this role offers locations in several countries, the recruiting is managed in the United States. If able, please upload a resume in English.
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 and emotional 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.
Become a Dow shareholder through various employee stock programs.
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.
Global Paid Time Off (PTO) policies:
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.
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 31 countries and employ approximately 35,900 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $45 billion in 2023. 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 visitingwww.dow.com.
As part of our dedication to the diversity of our workforce, 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.