Manager, Hydrocarbons Maintenance

LyondellBasell; Channelview (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work policy

401(k) match

Stock purchase plan

Health insurance

Paid vacation

Educational assistance

Job summary

LyondellBasell is seeking a Hydrocarbons Maintenance Leader to drive safe, reliable, and efficient maintenance across the Channelview Hydrocarbons site. You’ll lead a team, align with the Reliability and Operations teams, and deliver results through continuous improvement and strong governance.

The role emphasizes development of staff, budget discipline, and collaboration with external contractors to ensure safety, quality, and on-time maintenance execution in a Petrochemical environment.

Qualifications

• Engineering Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 8-10 years of experience in petrochemical or refining process operations, or, in lieu of degree, 18 years’ experience.
• 5 years of previous industry leadership experience in required. Leadership in Maintenance and/or Reliability preferred.
• Knowledge of Maintenance and Operations Workflow Process (MOWP).
• Strong system skills for design and execution delegation of maintenance systems such as Operational Excellence, Mechanical Integrity, preventative/predictive maintenance programs, and process tracking.
• Ability to develop a strategy and collaborate with the other Maintenance Managers to generate improvements.
• Strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization and with external suppliers
• Ability to work effectively with others outside the line of formal authority to accomplish organizational goals and to identify and resolve problems.
• Maintain and promote social, ethical, and organizational norms in conducting internal and external business activities.
• Maintain stable performance under time pressures or job ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for achieving corporate and site goals in the areas of process safety, personal safety, environmental, finance, and personal development.
• Responsible for ensuring your areas and the site are delivering in the Maintenance and Operations Workflow Process (MOWP) per the designed workflow each day.
• Actively monitors KPIs in the MOWP workflow and budget targets in Maintenance related budgets.
• Oversees maintenance resources – internal & external, company and contractor – to ensure tasks are delivered safely and with quality.
• Contractor management to maximize value of contracts and site resources per plan (budget, workload, priorities).
• Identify and implement best practices to standardize technology across the site and speed tech transfer, with cost/benefit justification.
• Participate in leadership roles during Turnarounds and collaborate with other managers to meet targets.
• Lead safety and process safety activities and training; drive audits and root cause analyses when needed.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

MOWP knowledge

Strategic planning

Communication skills

Team development

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

MOWP software

Maintenance management systems

Predictive maintenance

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

As the Hydrocarbons Maintenance Manager you will provide leadership to all employees within the Hydrocarbons Maintenance organization. You will deliver safe, quality, efficient and effective maintenance execution to the Channelview Hydrocarbons with a strategic view of continuous improvement and tactical focus on everyday excellence. You will be part of the LyondellBasell Channelview Extended Leadership Team and will provide leadership, development, and coaching to direct reports and support staff to achieve business results, create value, and optimize the site. This position reports to the Channelview Maintenance and Reliability Manager.

A Day in the Life

• Responsible for achieving corporate and site goals in the areas of process safety, personal safety, environmental, finance, and personal development
• Responsible for ensuring your areas and the site are delivering in the Maintenance and Operations Workflow Process (MOWP) per the designed workflow each day.
• Actively monitors, analyzes and understands the performance in Key KPIs in the MOWP workflow and Budget targets in the Maintenance related budgets.
• MOWP Key KPI performance including efficiency of work
• Responsible for ensuring the maintenance resources – internal & external, company and contractor – are structured to ensure the maintenance tasks are delivered safely, with expected quality of work, efficiently and effectively delivered.
• Contractor management to maximize value of contracts and resource site per plan (budget, workload, evolving priorities)
• Identifies and supports implementation of best practices within site maintenance to standardize technology across the site and speed technology transfer among areas. Justifies these initiatives with cost/benefit analysis to site management and senior leaders
• Participate in occasional leadership roles during Turnarounds
• Collaborate with the other Maintenance Managers, Reliability Managers, and Operations Managers to ensure unit performance meets targets
• Responsible for the assurance steps necessary to prevent process safety related events from occurring including but not limited to:
• Training for competency of craft skills
• Providing training of team for requirements in standards and procedures and assuring understanding
• Quality control measures and audits to assure and validate compliance
• Addressing root causes of process safety events when root causes tie to maintenance
• Incidents in Personal Safety, Process Safety, Environmental, and Motor Vehicle Accidents caused or contributed to by this role’s organization
• Inspire and coach to optimize performance of people and processes; develop and coach people via dialogue to continuously improve knowledge, skills, and ability; holding people accountable; developing successors and talent pools
• Address performance management of team reporting into their organization
• Maintain a short and long term strategy for Maintenance at the site with a defined journey map, action items, and guides the organization through decisions that align with delivering the strategy
• With budget and organization, adjust resources such as FTE, budgets, vehicles, etc. as long as overall and business unit target is met.
• Assume responsibilities as given to the role by existing DOA practices and procedures.

You Bring This Value

• Engineering Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 8-10 years of experience in a progressively more responsible positions in petrochemical or refining process operations or, in lieu of degree, 18 years’ experience.
• 5 years of previous industry leadership experience in required. Leadership in Maintenance and/or Reliability preferred.
• Knowledge of Maintenance and Operations Workflow Process (MOWP).
• Strong system skills for design and execution delegation of maintenance systems such as Operational Excellence, Mechanical Integrity, preventative/predictive maintenance programs, and process tracking.
• Ability to develop a strategy and collaborate with the other Maintenance Managers to generate improvements.
• Strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization and with external suppliers
• Ability to work effectively with others outside the line of formal authority to accomplish organizational goals and to identify and resolve problems.
• Maintain and promote social, ethical, and organizational norms in conducting internal and external business activities.
• Maintain stable performance under time pressures or job ambiguity.

What We Offer

LyondellBasell is proud to provide a competitive total compensation package designed to reward excellence and support the well-being of our employees. Our Total Rewards package includes equitable and market-competitive base pay as well as locally relevant incentives, fostering a culture of pay-for-performance that recognizes both individual and company achievements.

We extend the following benefits to *eligible employees:

• Workplace Flexibility: The Company’s Global Remote Work Policy allows eligible employees to request to work remotely up to two full days per standard work week at an approved location other than the designated worksite or office, such as at a home office with managerial approval.
• Comprehensive Health, Welfare, Life and Retirement Programs: Our comprehensive programs are aligned with local practices.
• 6% LYB match on 401(k) contribution
• 5% LYB cash balance pension plan accrual
• Comprehensive Well-being Benefits: Programs to support your physical, mental, financial, and social health, ensuring you receive the care you need, when you need it.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan: The LYB ESPP offers a 10% discount on LYB stock for eligible employees in Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, and US.
• Educational Assistance Program: To encourage self-development by providing financial aid for approved educational activities voluntarily undertaken by employees.
• Bravo Rewards Program: Recognizing outstanding employee contributions.
• Robust Medical and Life Insurance Packages: Offering a variety of coverage options to meet individual needs.
• Professional Development: Opportunities to learn and grow through training, mentoring, work experiences, community involvement, and team building activities.
• Competitive Vacation Policies: Generous annual leave to support your work-life balance.
• Global Adoption Policy: Support for employees expanding their families.
• Matching Gifts Program: Enhance the impact of your charitable contributions to qualified organizations.

• Eligibility for certain benefits and rewards programs will vary based on your job status, work location and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreement and may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.

Competencies

• Build Partnerships
• Deliver Results
• Drive Innovation
• Grow Capabilities
• Promote Inclusion
• Motivational Fit
• Technical Skills

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