Lead, Mech. Regional Discipline Engineer

Overview

Lyondell Basell 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 Mo Re Tec  recycling technology, LYB enables 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 are 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.

Lead Mechanical Discipline Engineer – La Porte Capital Projects

• Lead a small team of multi-discipline engineers (primarily Mechanical, Process, and CSA) and supervise a team of 5–12 engineers.
• Assess preliminary project scope and assign appropriate discipline engineers to project teams; manage transitions and reassign duties as needed.
• On-board new discipline engineers and off-board as required; monitor and balance workloads; conduct performance reviews and mentor staff.
• Lead initiative charters for the RDE Group and provide discipline engineering support to project teams to meet objectives, schedule, scope, budget, and quality requirements.
• Collaborate with internal and external design resources to achieve cost-effective, technically sound designs with operability aligned to upfront project objectives.
• Coordinate with other disciplines and subcontract engineers/designers to ensure compliance with standards, guidelines, and customer requirements; review specifications for materials and equipment purchases.
• Perform periodic design reviews; ensure designs, drawings, technical specifications, calculations, and programs meet codes, regulations, and contract requirements; maintain technical and quality standards.
• Align yearly project portfolios and priorities with Site Capital Managers / PM Leads; document communications affecting technical decisions.
• Review estimates of probable costs for construction across design stages; participate in evaluating equipment, technical material suppliers, and technical service providers.
• Develop acceptance tests, inspection criteria, equipment preservation plans, and commissioning plans; inspect completed installations and ensure conformance to design and safety standards.
• Support and participate in plant safety goals and manage risk related to environmental health and safety, asset capability, quality, and production.
• Plan and allocate discipline engineering resources; manage workload and assign engineers to projects; ensure safe, technically sound, and economical mechanical engineering designs.
• Oversee timely completion of contract engineering and vendor document reviews; serve as the company’s representative for factory acceptance testing and site acceptance testing; approve mechanical engineering design documents (fixed and rotating equipment, piping) and vendor inspection/test plans.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• Ten (10) years or more of relevant experience in the refining, petrochemical, chemical process, or power generation industries preferred.
• Strong interpersonal leadership skills for effective communication, mentoring, and consensus building.
• Excellent oral and written communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills to work effectively as a team member and coordinate processes for results.
• Results-oriented with the ability to drive technically sound decisions; strong commitment to safety and personal integrity.
• Understanding of business drivers, management of change requirements, project management processes, and construction workflow.
• Fundamental proficiency in areas with potential to develop into SME: ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code and Piping Codes; API Standards; ability to organize and track high volumes of detailed information; computer software tools (SAP, Microsoft Office, AutoCAD).
• Basic…