Associate Ts&d Scientist

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.

About you and this role

In this role, you will require in-depth conceptual and working knowledge of your discipline or functional area. You will need to understand your discipline's best practices and how they relate to others. You may need to lead small projects with manageable risks and resource requirements as well as serve as a resource for less experienced colleagues. You should also be able to explain difficult or sensitive information and work to build consensus with others.

It is your responsibility to analyze and resolve complex problems, examine information from multiple sources, and use judgement to evaluate established and new solutions. Your performance impacts a range of customer, operational, project, or service activities within your own team and other related teams and requires that you work within established guidelines and policies.

**Responsibilities**:

- Convinces others about differentiated technical solutions. Articulates synergies between technologies to maximize value effectively and understands how business value is created for Dow and the customer
- Consistently applies the scientific method to solve technical problems
- Understands the connections of the scientific method to Six Sigma, ICO, DFSS, NPI, and other methodologies
- Develops new approaches and solutions to problems by considering issues from different points of view
- Manages secrecy agreements and joint development agreements to protect Dow technology for specific projects
- Provides constructive input to project participants
- Leads technical sub teams and defines scope of the larger project space
- Mentors junior level scientists and technologists
- Delivers presentations or reports that distill complex ideas into clear results and proposals; communicates appropriately to influence internal and external audiences
- Communicates and appropriately documents work in the form of internal reports/ROC's/presentations, technology manuals, knowledge management resources, external reports, and patents when appropriate
- Serves as principal author on papers and presentations and presents at industry conferences

**Qualifications**:
Preferred Skills
- Results oriented with demonstrated ability to drive projects to completion and interact effectively in cross-functional and global teams.
- Demonstrated ability to think strategically about complex business issues and anticipate future trends and needs.
- Applicants should have excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Good problem solving and organizational skills. Works well with multiple projects and teams.
- Proficiency in statistics and Six Sigma, including Design of Experiment.
- You are fluent in both French and English.
- German language skills are desirable.

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.

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