Global Machinery Engineering, Sr. Mgr.

LyondellBasell North America•Houston, TX

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Global Machinery Engineering Manager is part of the Global Asset Integrity and Turnaround organization and provides technical leadership for the safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation of critical machinery across LyondellBasell’s global manufacturing portfolio. The position serves as a corporate technical resource for turbomachinery, finishing equipment, and associated machinery systems, partnering with manufacturing sites, capital project teams, turnaround organizations, Global Procurement, and equipment suppliers to improve machinery reliability and lifecycle performance. The role also strengthens organizational capability through technical networks, standards, mentoring, knowledge transfer, and collaborative problem solving. The manager leads and develops a global team of machinery engineers and specialists, setting technical priorities and organizational goals, managing performance and career development, and advancing training, mentoring, and succession planning. The role provides strategic direction and accountability for machinery reliability, maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, overhaul, and lifecycle decisions; supports reliability improvement efforts and machinery asset strategies; and stewards machinery engineering standards and technical networks. The position directs technical resources for major machinery capital projects and serves as the Capital Program Owner for machinery in long-range capital planning. It provides support and quality assurance for turnarounds, critical machinery overhauls, and high-consequence site issues. The manager also collaborates with suppliers and Global Procurement, evaluates emerging technologies, and promotes appropriate standardization across the manufacturing network. The position requires willingness and ability to travel to manufacturing sites, supplier facilities, project locations, and turnaround events as business needs require. Eligible employees may work from home up to two or three days per week under the company’s Global Remote Work Policy, with manager approval.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline.
At least 15 years of relevant machinery engineering experience, including required experience in a petrochemical or refining plant; additional experience in a central or corporate engineering organization or comparable industrial setting may count toward the total experience requirement.
Demonstrated experience with critical machinery, turbomachinery, finishing equipment, and/or associated machinery systems.
Experience supporting major capital projects, machinery overhauls, turnarounds, commissioning, or startup activities.
Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional and geographically dispersed engineering teams.
Strong knowledge of machinery reliability, diagnostics, condition monitoring, maintenance strategies, troubleshooting, repair, and overhaul practices.
Ability to analyze complex machinery problems, evaluate risk, and develop practical recommendations balancing safety, reliability, cost, and business priorities.
Working knowledge of applicable machinery engineering standards, specifications, and industry practices.
Ability to author and assess technical reports, standards, specifications, procedures, and guidance documents.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and support operating sites and functional organizations with minimal guidance.
Fluent written and spoken English.
Strong collaboration and teamwork skills, including building partnerships across manufacturing sites, engineering functions, projects, procurement, and suppliers.
High trust, integrity, and technical credibility, with the courage to champion corporate requirements and drive improvement when facing resistance.
Ability to lead through direct accountability and influence across sites and functions.
Clear and concise verbal and written communication skills, including presenting technical information to leadership and non-specialist audiences.
Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, facilitation, mentoring, and knowledge-transfer skills.
Willingness and ability to travel to manufacturing sites, supplier facilities, project locations, and turnaround events as business needs require.

Nice To Haves

Advanced engineering degree or relevant professional certification.
Personnel leadership experience.
Experience working with major machinery OEMs, repair facilities, and service providers.
An additional language.

Responsibilities

Lead, develop, and manage a global team of machinery engineers and specialists, including goal setting, work assignments, performance management, coaching, career development, and succession planning.
Communicate the team’s impact on site and global priorities and establish technical priorities, work processes, and organizational goals.
Develop organizational capability through training matrices, technical training, mentoring, and structured knowledge transfer.
Build and maintain a global machinery community that uses relationships with site personnel to improve technical capability and solve challenging problems.
Provide strategic leadership, technical direction, and organizational accountability for critical machinery reliability, maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, overhaul, and lifecycle decisions.
Develop and support long-range improvement strategies for machinery reliability and lifecycle performance.
Lead or facilitate efforts to identify and eliminate recurring bad actors and chronic machinery issues affecting process safety, reliability, and maintenance performance.
Support Technical Networks, Reliability Improvement Teams, RAM studies, and machinery asset strategy development.
Steward machinery engineering standards and maintain alignment with applicable industry standards.
Build and sustain technical networks that connect global and site machinery personnel, support collaboration, and promote sharing and cataloging of knowledge.
Champion collaborative design reviews for critical machinery changes and promote knowledge transfer, mentoring, and technical engagement across experience levels.
Lead and oversee the team responsible for delivering technical training, mentoring, and knowledge transfer to engineers and specialists.
Assign and direct technical resources supporting major machinery capital projects, including equipment selection, specifications, design reviews, supplier engagement, installation, commissioning, and startup.
Serve as the Capital Program Owner for machinery in long-range capital planning and guide machinery investment prioritization using technical, risk, and lifecycle considerations.
Provide technical resources for turnaround planning, execution, and post-turnaround review through assessments, mentoring, field support, and quality assurance.
Support development and implementation of the corporate machinery turnaround planning model and associated protocols.
Provide oversight and quality assurance for overhauls of critical machinery trains.
Provide strategic and tactical support to manufacturing sites for high-consequence or high-profile machinery issues.
Partner with Global Procurement and site personnel to support strategic relationships with machinery suppliers and service providers.
Evaluate emerging machinery technologies and recommend practical applications that improve safety, reliability, maintainability, or business value.
Promote appropriate standardization and optimization of machinery technologies across the manufacturing network.
Travel to manufacturing sites, supplier facilities, project locations, and turnaround events as business needs require.

Benefits

Competitive total compensation package including base pay and variable incentive pay programs.
Savings (401k) Plan with Company Match.
Retirement (Pension) Plan.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Educational Assistance.
Choice of Preferred Provider or Consumer Driven Medical Plan, including Prescription Drug Coverage.
Dental coverage.
Vision coverage.
Employee Assistance Program.
Flexible Spending Accounts.
Life insurance.
AD&D insurance.
LTD insurance.
Eligible employees may work from home up to two or three days a week with manager approval.