I&E Engineer

LyondellBasell; Edison (NJ); On-site; USD 122,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

LyondellBasell is seeking an Electrical Engineering - Reliability Specialist for our Edison plant to drive maintenance reliability and asset performance. You will troubleshoot instrumentation and electrical issues, monitor equipment, and participate in root-cause analysis across engineering and operations teams.

The role emphasizes preventive/predictive maintenance, asset optimization, and strong collaboration with process, maintenance, and project groups to maximize asset availability and

Qualifications

• BS degree in Electrical Engineering; minimum 3 years of experience in refining, petrochemical, chemical processing, or power generation.
• Strong interpersonal leadership; ability to communicate complex issues across the organization and mentor others.
• Understanding of business drivers, change management, reliability processes, and maintenance workflow.
• Proficiency basics in industry codes and standards; familiarity with safety and reliability concepts.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day maintenance support and troubleshooting for instruments and electrical issues.
• Monitor equipment performance and propose improvements.
• Apply data analysis to develop engineering solutions for recurring problems affecting capacity, quality, cost, safety, and compliance.
• Lead or participate in root cause investigations; contribute to incident analysis.
• Define and refine maintenance plans, including preventive and predictive tasks; evaluate repair/replace decisions.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Root cause analysis

Communicate across organization

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Leadership & mentoring

Industry codes & standards

Process instrumentation

Control valves

Motors & drives

Analyzers & sample systems

PLC maintenance & programming

Distributed control systems

Project management

Power distribution knowledge

SIS design & logic

SPI/InTools knowledge

SAP

Microsoft Office

Meridium

CAD

Education

BS degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Meridium

CAD

Job description

LyondellBasell is a leader in the global chemical industry creating solutions for everyday sustainable living. With a nearly 70-year legacy that includes a Nobel Prize in Chemistry and our proprietary MoReTec recycling technology, LYB is enabling a more sustainable future for generations to come. LYB develops high-quality and innovative products for applications ranging from sustainable transportation and food safety to clean water and quality healthcare. LYB places high priority on diversity, equity and inclusion and is Advancing Good with an emphasis on our planet, the communities where we operate and our future workforce. We're addressing the global challenges of ending plastic waste, taking climate action, and supporting a thriving society, while generating value for our customers, investors, and society.

Come Join an Inclusive Team

This role supports our Edison plant operation and reliability improvement efforts. Working in a team environment, it carries responsibility for implementing reliability best practices, developing and optimizing preventive maintenance tasks, and supporting maintenance activities. The position interacts with other technical groups on site (process engineering, maintenance, and capital project groups), corporate technical networks and peers, and vendors/suppliers as needed to resolve problems and improve plant reliability and performance.

A Day in the Life

• Provide day-to-day support and expertise to maintenance craft and operations for troubleshooting instrument and electrical issues
• Monitor equipment performance and make improvement recommendations
• Apply data analysis techniques to develop engineering solutions to repetitive failures and other problems that adversely affect plant operations including capacity, quality, cost, safety, environmental, and regulatory compliance issues
• Consult with peers at the site and across the company
• Provide technical support/expertise within your discipline in the design and installation stages of projects for new assets and modification of existing assets to minimize life cycle cost and maximize asset availability
• Lead or participate in incident investigations and root cause analysis
• Systematically define, design, develop, monitor, and refine an asset maintenance plan that includes:
• Value-added preventive maintenance tasks
• Effective utilization of predictive and other non-destructive testing methodologies designed to identify and isolate inherent reliability problems
• Apply value analysis to repair/replace, repair/redesign and make/buy decisions
• Participate in interdisciplinary reliability improvement teams to guide efforts to ensure reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, controls, and safety systems.
• Provide technical support within your discipline to production, maintenance, project, and process engineering groups

You Bring This Value

BS degree in Electrical Engineering with a minimum of 3 years relevant experience in the refining, petrochemical, chemical process, or power generation industries is preferred. Strong interpersonal leadership skills are critical due to the requirement for effective communication of complex issues across the organization as well as for mentoring and consensus building. The successful candidate must exhibit an understanding of business drivers, management of change requirements, reliability processes, and maintenance workflow. The individual must have or develop basic proficiency in the following areas:

Preferred Requirements

• Interpretation and application of industry codes and standards (i.e. IEEE, ISA, NFPA, NEC)
• Process instrumentation and control valves
• Motors, motor controls, and drives
• Analyzers and sample systems
• PLC maintenance, troubleshooting, and programming
• Distributed control systems
• Project management
• Reliability Engineering concepts
• Reliability data analysis techniques
• Predictive and Preventive Maintenance concepts
• Basic knowledge of power distribution systems
• Basic knowledge of Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) design and logic
• Basic knowledge of Smart Plant Instrumentation (SPI/ InTools)
• Ability to apply computer software tools (SAP, Microsoft Office, Meridium, CAD)
• The successful candidate must have strong commitment to safety, a high level of personal integrity, and dedication to conducting business in an ethical way.

What We Offer

Competencies

• Build Partnerships
• Deliver Results
• Drive Innovation
• Grow Capabilities

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Regulatory Disclosure

• The compensation and reference to benefits for this role is listed on this posting in compliance with applicable law. Please note that the compensation and benefits listed below are only applicable for U.S. payroll offers.
• The anticipated salary range for this position is $122,400.00 - $183,600.00 . The selected candidate’s compensation will be determined based on their skills, experience, and qualifications.