PAD Engineer

Lyondell Basell North America • Bangor Township, MI

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About The Position

LyondellBasell 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 MoReTec 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.Come Join an Inclusive TeamThe Product and Application Development (PAD) engineer is responsible for driving composite material development projects and support efforts to win and retain business, leading and supporting efforts to reduce cost, support other business initiatives as a representative of product technology, and supporting continuous improvement and operational excellence efforts. The successful PAD will be helping implement new technologies and solutions by effectively collaborating with our customers, marketing, sales, manufacturing and technology. This position will report into the PAD manager. #LI-LL2A Day in the Life
Promote Goal Zero, safety, housekeeping, and compliance policies and practices: Support Goal Zero, safety, housekeeping, and compliance policies and practices. Operate in a safe, clean, and productive manner. Support efforts to enhance the safety of Lyondellbasell operations (for example assist in safe handling and use of raw materials in development and manufacturing, actively participating in HSE team, and actively participating in safety audits). Promote all aspects of the LYB Health, Safety, and Environmental guidelines.
New Business Awards & Innovation: Identify and implement innovative new product technologies for break-through product performance in order to build the pipeline for future growth. Generate and find new ideas, conduct proof-of-concept scouting, and push for market implementation. Lead and/or contribute to product development projects. Optimize existing technologies for improved product performance to meet market or customer objectives. Lead projects using solid scientific principals and statistical analysis to deliver on performance objectives. Extend rigor to take new products from the laboratory to the manufacturing floor, ensuring consistent manufacturing performance of the products. Document and communicate most important project learning in technical reports, support efforts in matters of our freedom to operate, identify & pursue patentable ideas via patent disclosures, and prepare patent applications. Work with marketing, commercial, manufacturing, quality, and technology teams to ensure success of efforts to win new business including efforts such as creation and management of product datasheets, technical bulletins, and other technical product literature. Develop and leverage an understanding of our products’ value proposition and fit in market.
Cost Reduction & Business Continuity: Lead and contribute to cost reduction projects (e.g. raw material cost reduction, scrap reduction, efficiency enhancement,…) as a representative of product technology. Provide guidance to the business unit in respect to supplier selection and alternate sources of key raw materials. Actively working on new raw material development and raw material portfolio optimization. Provide guidance to business unit in respect to managing product portfolio.
A Day in The Life Cont.
Application Development & Technical Service: Utilize understanding the materials and their properties to support customer molding trials or troubleshooting molding process to improve customer experience and success.
Operational Excellence: Support continuous improvement and operational excellence efforts. Prepare and deliver technical presentations at meetings or conferences, and actively participate in technical organizations and professional associations related to the targeted BU core technologies. Develop documentation to aid in knowledge retention, employee training, and new employee on-boarding. Effectively communicate key updates in a timely manner to aid in effective collaboration. Lead projects using solid scientific principals and statistical analysis and help the organization find improved ways to leverage such tools. Ensure compliance to performance management system. Support business initiatives and work in a manner consistent with LyondellBasell values.
Initiatives & Global Collaboration: Support other business initiatives as a representative of product technology, e.g. capacity expansion, quality improvement, and customer support. Support problem solving of customer complaints. Act as a technical consultant to manufacturing sites for product or process related items. Provide technical advice and training to internal (sales support, technicians, etc.) and external customers on product offerings and technologies. Assist in development of, and support and adhere to, the quality management system and design and development procedures.

Requirements

• The position requires a University / College degree in chemical engineering, polymer science or engineering, material science or engineering, mechanical engineering, composites engineering, chemistry, or other applicable disciplines.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience or higher education preferred.
• Ability to read and interpret documents, write routine correspondence effectively and to speak fluently with internal and external customers.
• Must have excellent communication and project management skills for working with cross functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Promote Goal Zero, safety, housekeeping, and compliance policies and practices
• Support efforts to enhance the safety of Lyondellbasell operations
• Promote all aspects of the LYB Health, Safety, and Environmental guidelines
• Identify and implement innovative new product technologies for break-through product performance
• Generate and find new ideas, conduct proof-of-concept scouting, and push for market implementation
• Lead and/or contribute to product development projects
• Optimize existing technologies for improved product performance to meet market or customer objectives
• Lead projects using solid scientific principals and statistical analysis to deliver on performance objectives
• Extend rigor to take new products from the laboratory to the manufacturing floor, ensuring consistent manufacturing performance of the products
• Document and communicate most important project learning in technical reports
• Support efforts in matters of our freedom to operate
• Identify & pursue patentable ideas via patent disclosures, and prepare patent applications
• Work with marketing, commercial, manufacturing, quality, and technology teams to ensure success of efforts to win new business including efforts such as creation and management of product datasheets, technical bulletins, and other technical product literature
• Develop and leverage an understanding of our products’ value proposition and fit in market
• Lead and contribute to cost reduction projects (e.g. raw material cost reduction, scrap reduction, efficiency enhancement,…)
• Provide guidance to the business unit in respect to supplier selection and alternate sources of key raw materials
• Actively working on new raw material development and raw material portfolio optimization
• Provide guidance to business unit in respect to managing product portfolio
• Utilize understanding the materials and their properties to support customer molding trials or troubleshooting molding process to improve customer experience and success
• Support continuous improvement and operational excellence efforts
• Prepare and deliver technical presentations at meetings or conferences, and actively participate in technical organizations and professional associations related to the targeted BU core technologies
• Develop documentation to aid in knowledge retention, employee training, and new employee on-boarding
• Effectively communicate key updates in a timely manner to aid in effective collaboration
• Lead projects using solid scientific principals and statistical analysis and help the organization find improved ways to leverage such tools
• Ensure compliance to performance management system
• Support other business initiatives as a representative of product technology, e.g. capacity expansion, quality improvement, and customer support
• Support problem solving of customer complaints
• Act as a technical consultant to manufacturing sites for product or process related items
• Provide technical advice and training to internal (sales support, technicians, etc.) and external customers on product offerings and technologies
• Assist in development of, and support and adhere to, the quality management system and design and development procedures

Benefits

• Choice of Preferred Provider or Consumer Driven Medical Plan including Prescription Drug Coverage
• Dental, Vision and Employee Assistance Program
• 401(k) Plan with Company Match of 6%
• Retirement (Pension) Plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life, AD&D and LTD Insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Vacation and Holidays
• Educational Assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees