Manager, Technical

Location:

Clinton, IA, US, 52732

Facility:
Clinton Operations-Lyo

Department: CLO Monomer Tech Process Engineering

Division:
Olefins and Polyolefins, and Trading

Lyondell Basellis 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 Tecrecycling  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'readdressing 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 the Olefins Technical organization to enable safe, reliable, compliant, profitable, and increasingly sustainable operation of the site. Provide technical direction, develop organizational capability, and establish Olefins Technical strategies and priorities that align technology, reliability, risk, sustainability, and capital needs with site and business objectives.

Provide visible GoalZERO leadership and ensure technical work complies with HSE, Process Safety, Process Hazard Analysis, Management of Change, Operational Excellence, and other company standards.

Lead, coach, and develop engineers and technical professionals; build technical depth, succession plans, knowledge transfer, and a high-performing, collaborative culture.

Set Technical organization priorities, goals, resource plans, and budgets; align daily technical support with site and business objectives.

Ensure effective monitoring, troubleshooting, optimization, and continuous improvement of Olefins operations across safety, environmental performance, reliability, capacity, yield, energy, quality, and cost.

Lead or sponsor cross-functional studies and initiatives that remove constraints, reduce risk, improve asset performance, and create sustainable business value.

Provide technical governance and process design support for capital, expense, turnaround, and reliability projects, including technical justification, scope development, risk review, and operational readiness.

Provide the Olefins Technical perspective to site and business planning processes; collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, HSE, Business, and corporate technology teams to evaluate alternatives, prioritize opportunities, and support agreed site actions.

Advance value enhancement, cost competitiveness, feedstock and product flexibility, digitalization, energy efficiency, carbon reduction, and other site sustainability objectives.

Represent the site on local, regional and corporate initiatives and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or other relevant discipline.

Minimum 6 years relevant experience in chemical or refining industry.

Working knowledge of HSE, process safety, operations, maintenance, reliability, engineering, project, and business processes in a manufacturing environment.

Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, written, verbal, and presentation skills; ability to communicate effectively at all organizational levels.

Critical

Competencies:

strategic leadership, driving improvement in others, champion of change, driving and managing teamwork, managing situational, delegation and empowerment, communication effectiveness and initiative.

Prior supervisory and/or leadership experience

Prior experience with Olefins process technology, unit optimization, process safety risk management, turnarounds or capital projects

Lyondell Basell 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…