Engineer, Principal

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.

In this role, you will lead the design and installation of long-term projects to overcome process constraints, resolve quality and reliability issues and comply with environmental regulations. This will include defining scope, providing front-end-loading and incorporating process knowledge during engineering phases while working with the site projects group. This role will also use benchmarking data to drive gap closure initiatives (e.g. variable costs) to maintain a competitive advantage.

• Leads capital, expense and special project scope development, execution, support and training
• Leads Management of Change process (MOC/PSSR)
• Provides technical expertise in process safety including PHAs, CDHA, PSVs, and other PSM activities in the area
• Provides expertise regarding the product quality, including the product wheel and plant trials
• Provides technical expertise during troubleshooting, turnarounds, startups, shutdowns, and other non-routine unit activities
• Analyzes complex operating issues and provides documented recommendations to improve performance
• Advocates and drives improvements in safety and environmental performance
• Participates on cross-functional improvement teams within the site
• Participates regularly in the Gas Phase PE Network Meetings with Global Process Engineering
• Participates in the unit’s VEP Boardwalks and provides guidance for initiative’s progression
• Maintains strong safety and environmental compliance focus
• Contributes in a team environment and establishes work relationships with onsite and global resources to achieve results
• Balances day-to-day operational priorities with long term strategic objectives to ensure alignment with company goals
• Supports gap closure and continuous improvement activities by providing technical expertise, engineering calculations, variable costs analysis and justifications for new projects
• Collaborates with operations to identify new opportunities to remove constraints to maximize on stream time and profitability while ensuring safe, environmentally compliant, reliable operation
• Coach less experienced engineers, as well as provide technical training to others

• B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering
• Minimum of 8-10 years of experience in the refining, petrochemical, or chemical process industries, with polymers experience preferred.
• Excellent troubleshooting and communication skills
• Strong leadership and organizational skills
• Strong analytical skills and excellent chemical processes knowledge
• Innovative thinking to solve complex problems
• Knowledgeable in chemical and process engineering fundamentals
• Knowledgeable in the development of Project Design Documents and related economics

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.

• 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…