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BASF Geismar
Posted on 8/21/23 at 7:50 pm
Posted on 8/21/23 at 7:50 pm
Any insight on DCS position at BASF in Geismar? I know it's union and that they are currently negotiating a new contract so all details may not be known. Mainly looking to see if anyone knows about their vacation and pay scale. Been a plant baw for about 15 years and being forced to look for new employment, current plant will be shutting down. Not too worried about starting over as far as wage goes, but definitely not wanting to take a major step back as far as vacation time.
Posted on 8/21/23 at 7:54 pm to coopsdad
They don't make DCS positions. They make DCS positions better.
Posted on 8/21/23 at 7:55 pm to coopsdad
You gone work alot and make alot
Posted on 8/21/23 at 7:55 pm to fightin tigers
Time to sell those truck nuts baw!
Posted on 8/21/23 at 7:55 pm to coopsdad
I don’t work for them directly, but I frequently deal with people who do and they seem to like it there.
That’s about all I have to offer
That’s about all I have to offer

Posted on 8/21/23 at 7:56 pm to fightin tigers
I think that was a Dow slogan…. BASF ‘creates chemistry’
Posted on 8/21/23 at 7:56 pm to coopsdad
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This post was edited on 8/21/23 at 10:27 pm
Posted on 8/21/23 at 7:57 pm to TSS_Tiger
BASF used to be “we don’t make products, we make them better”
Or something along those lines. Then it changed to “we create chemistry”
Or something along those lines. Then it changed to “we create chemistry”
Posted on 8/21/23 at 8:01 pm to coopsdad
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DCS position
That a board man? As in, you're controlling and monitoring the process via the computer through DCS?
Posted on 8/21/23 at 8:03 pm to coopsdad
Tangentially, I spent a day interviewing there for an IT position decades ago. The problem isn't BASF, it's the rest of the plants, particularly Honeywell, nearby, that produce toxic shite (Anhydrous HF, Chlorine, etc.)
Those plants are going to kill you, not the Melamine BASF makes.
Those plants are going to kill you, not the Melamine BASF makes.
Posted on 8/21/23 at 8:04 pm to Arkapigdiesel
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That a board man? As in, you're controlling and monitoring the process via the computer through DCS?
DCS is basically the guy behind the computer that the board man looks at.
Posted on 8/21/23 at 8:06 pm to HawkeyeHankHatfield
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DCS is basically the guy behind the computer that the board man looks at.
Meaning, the guy that improves and tweaks the DCS for the board man?
Posted on 8/21/23 at 8:06 pm to HawkeyeHankHatfield
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DCS is basically the guy behind the computer that the board man looks at
The guy who comments out the code that is there to raise alarms when shite gets outta spec, causing shite to blow up.
Or so I've heard.

This post was edited on 8/21/23 at 8:07 pm
Posted on 8/21/23 at 8:07 pm to Arkapigdiesel
Yes. Basically controls system engineer/programming role typically.
Posted on 8/21/23 at 8:08 pm to Arkapigdiesel
Congrats on the cancer. Hope it was worth it.
Posted on 8/21/23 at 8:10 pm to LemmyLives
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Those plants are going to kill you, not the Melamine BASF makes.
Freddie would disagree
Posted on 8/21/23 at 8:10 pm to CP3
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Yes. Basically controls system engineer/programming role typically.
Gotcha. I have experience with engineers that are good with DCS and some that just collect a paycheck. A good program engineer can make a board man's life a helluva lot easier.
Posted on 8/21/23 at 8:18 pm to Arkapigdiesel
Tell them they are out of points, call it a day and play Minecraft back in the server room.
Posted on 8/21/23 at 8:18 pm to TSS_Tiger
Dow had the worst slogans. Examples:
- Dow Lets You Do Great Things
- What Good Thinking Can Do (which we morphed into "What good can thinking do?"
Meanwhile, Dupont had the hands down winner - Better Living Through Chemistry.
- Dow Lets You Do Great Things
- What Good Thinking Can Do (which we morphed into "What good can thinking do?"
Meanwhile, Dupont had the hands down winner - Better Living Through Chemistry.
Posted on 8/21/23 at 8:20 pm to coopsdad
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current plant will be shutting down
Which plant is this?
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