MOWP & SAP Specialist

LyondellBasell; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

LyondellBasell is seeking a MOWP & SAP Specialist to lead maintenance planning, scheduling, and SAP PM optimization across manufacturing sites. You will standardize processes, improve data integrity, and drive efficiency with IT collaboration to support field maintenance activities.

The role requires deep SAP PM expertise, strong analytical skills, and the ability to work with cross‑functional teams, including maintenance, operations, IT, and training, while traveling up to 15% as needed.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in chemical plant or refinery operations or maintenance.
• 5+ years in maintenance planning, scheduling, or supervisory roles.
• Strong understanding of maintenance lifecycle: work id, planning, scheduling, execution, closeout.

Responsibilities

• Analyze maintenance work processes at sites and implement improvements.
• Assess maintenance organizations and identify opportunities to strengthen performance.
• Close gaps across full maintenance workflow and promote best practices.
• Develop methods to improve time and cost estimate accuracy using standards and tools.
• Create procedures and training materials to support planning, scheduling, and execution.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Collaboration

Problem solving

Leadership

Stakeholder influence

Tools

SAP PM

SAP MM

Primavera

Prometheus Scheduler

Microsoft Project

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

The MOWP & SAP Specialist will play a key role in driving improvements across the full maintenance process at LyondellBasell’s manufacturing sites. This position will support and optimize all core maintenance workflows, including work identification, prioritization, planning, scheduling, execution, closeout, and continuous improvement, ensuring consistency, efficiency, and operational excellence.

A critical aspect of this role is strengthening the planning and scheduling discipline. The MOWP & SAP Specialist will help improve planning accuracy and effectiveness, ensure that standardized planning and scheduling processes and tools are deployed and used across all sites, and work closely with site personnel to identify the most effective strategies to maximize productivity and time on tools.

This role will maintain direct engagement with site maintenance teams, including planners, schedulers, supervisors, and reliability personnel, to improve process performance, share best practices, and jointly develop solutions to recurring challenges.

The MOWP & SAP Specialist will also identify, track, and report key metrics that monitor maintenance process effectiveness.

In addition, this position will serve as a deep SAP PM expert, acting as the primary owner of the SAP PM module for maintenance work processes. The MOWP & SAP Specialist will work closely with site teams to standardize and continuously improve how maintenance processes are executed within SAP, ensuring accurate master data, consistent use of functionality, and alignment between system design and real-world practices. This role will ensure that SAP effectively supports field maintenance activities, drives efficient work execution, and meets broader operational and business needs.

A Day in the Life

• Analyze maintenance work processes at manufacturing sites, identify inefficiencies or gaps against MOWP standard, and partner with site teams to implement improvements.
• Assess site maintenance organizations, including planning, scheduling, staffing, skills, and overall process capability, and identify opportunities to strengthen performance.
• Work with sites to close gaps across the full maintenance workflow by proposing solutions, supporting implementation, and facilitating adoption of best practices.
• Develop methodologies and best practices to improve the accuracy of time and cost estimates through the use of standards, norms, specialized software, and field experience.
• Create and maintain procedures, training materials, and step‑by‑step guidance to support high‑quality planning, scheduling, execution, and closeout activities.
• Identify key performance indicators that measure the effectiveness of maintenance work processes and monitor site performance using these metrics.
• Analyze trends in maintenance performance, collaborate with site teams to identify root causes, and support the development of corrective and improvement actions.
• Serve as the owner of the SAP PM module for maintenance work processes, ensuring consistent process design, and effective system usage across all sites.
• Act as the primary interface between IT and manufacturing sites for SAP PM enhancements, ensuring that system changes support operational needs and align with maintenance work process requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement of SAP PM functionality by gathering user feedback, defining business requirements, supporting testing activities, and coordinating deployment with IT.

You Bring This Value

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in chemical plant or refinery operations or maintenance is preferred.
• At least 5 years of experience in a maintenance planning, scheduling, or supervisory role in a chemical plant or refinery environment.
• Knowledge of major planning and scheduling tools such as Primavera, Prometheus Scheduler, Microsoft Project, or similar software.
• Advanced knowledge of SAP PM (Plant Maintenance) and MM (Materials Management). Experience with SAP PS (Project System) is preferred but not required.
• Ability to work with IT and SAP teams to define requirements and optimize system functionality.
• Strong understanding of the full maintenance lifecycle, including work identification, prioritization, planning, scheduling, execution, and closeout, along with applicable company policies and HSE requirements.
• Experience developing, tracking, and analyzing maintenance KPIs, with the ability to use data to drive decisions and identify performance gaps.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with experience applying continuous improvement methodologies.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders and drive change across site organizations.
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills, with the ability to network and work cross‑functionally with Operations, Technology, Maintenance, and Training organizations.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 15 percent of the time.

What We Offer

Competencies

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

Learn more about our benefits : Benefits/Health & Welfare | LyondellBasell

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