Technical Team Lead

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 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.

Lyondell Basell is staffing for Technical Team Leads for our Channelview, TX Manufacturing Complex, located 18 miles from downtown Houston. Our 4,000-acre Channelview Complex manufactures multiple products to support both LYB’s Olefins & Polymers and Intermediates & Derivatives businesses. The CVO site consists of a North facility with two Olefin units with downstream processing that manufacture Ethylene, Propylene, Butadiene, MTBE, Alkylate, C5’s and Aromatics as well as separate Methanol and Isopropanol units.

The South facility uses can manufactures Propylene Oxide, Tertiary Butyl Alcohol, Styrene Monomer, ETBE/MTBE and BDO derivatives.

This is a truly exceptional opportunity for a high-performing Chemical Engineer to join our Channelview manufacturing team in a Technical Leadership role. The position offers a competitive base salary, bonus, 401K matching, generous benefits package, pension plan and employee discounts.

The Technical Team Lead role is to supervise and develop a team of unit production engineers supporting one or more of the main production areas  Technical Team Lead also functions as VEP Workstream Lead for their respective business area.

• The Team Lead is knowledgeable in the policies and procedures to execute the CVO site strategy in a safe and environmentally responsible manner.
• Provide technical expertise in PSM activities including PHA, MOC, PSV calculations, Safety Critical Equipment/Variables, Incident Investigations, Alarm Management, etc.
• Set day-to-day and longer term priorities for assigned team members
• Identify and leverage employees’ strengths and development opportunities
• Manage team members that participate in OE / PSM activities (PHAs, MOCs, etc.), Engineering, Turnaround, etc.
• Ensure timely completion of team member assigned action items and/or defined data submissions; participate in review and extension meetings
• Ensure site performance metrics are met through active management of team members workload and performance
• Actively support site work processes of operations and maintenance that have touchpoints with the technical department and ensure work activities are implemented in an efficient and cost effective manner
• Assist the production specialists and engineers with troubleshooting and problem-solving support to assigned team
• Direct team involvement in identification of improvement opportunities then manage the work scope and support implementation
• Review and approve technical details such as engineering calculations, project design scopes, emissions calculations, etc.
• Partner with Manufacturing and/or Business to develop and implement plans to maximize revenues
• Facilitate team member development of and completion of Performance Appraisals and Development Plans
• Participate in STI and Merit increase determinations for team members
• Primary backup for the area technical manager
• Approve documentation when assigned such as Safety System Disablement, Management of Change, etc
• Assist with development and management of assigned cost center details and budgets
• Assist development of Capital and Expense Long Range Plans
• Assist development of Channelview’s Asset Strategy
• Develop and oversee Variable Cost and Revenue Enhancement Tracking
• Act as Co-Sponsor for relevant site procedure team (MOC, SSD, etc)