Turnaround Engineer

Lyondell Basell North America

• $110K — $130K *
Energy & Utilities
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering required
  • Minimum 6 years of experience in a process plant or similar environment
  • Prior turnaround/project experience preferred
  • Understanding of plant operations and maintenance processes
  • Knowledge of industry design, engineering, and construction best practices

Responsibilities

  • Provide engineering support for turnaround planning staff
  • Collaborate with planning resources and site engineers to define technical needs
  • Ensure engineering design work scope is integrated into turnaround plans
  • Assist Turnaround Manager to meet on-time deliverables
  • Act as liaison between Capital Project Managers and Turnaround Team
  • Monitor key performance indicators for engineering projects
  • Drive best practices in turnaround planning and execution

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and welfare benefits
  • Opportunities for professional development
  • Supportive work environment promoting safety and productivity
  • Access to innovative projects and technologies
  • Engagement in a culture of inclusion and partnership
Full Job Description
The Global Turnarounds (GT) organization provides governance, planning, and execution oversight for LyondellBasell's large and mega-complexity turnaround events, typically exceeding $50 million in spend. These events are critical to maintaining asset safety and reliability, operational excellence, and long-term business performance across the company's manufacturing network. The Turnaround Engineer is a key member of the Global Turnaround organization, providing technical leadership for the identification, evaluation, and development of engineered turnaround work scope across LyondellBasell's manufacturing network. Working closely with engineering, operations, maintenance, reliability, and project teams, the role ensures that critical asset integrity, reliability, risk mitigation, and improvement opportunities are effectively incorporated into turnaround plans. Success in this position requires strong engineering fundamentals, sound technical judgment, and the ability to influence stakeholders across disciplines and locations. Working in partnership with Turnaround Event Managers, the Turnaround Engineer supports turnaround preparation, readiness, risk management, and execution strategy development. The role offers opportunities to assume increasing leadership responsibility, lead critical elements of complex turnaround events, and develop the capabilities necessary for future turnaround leadership positions within GAI&T. Through travel across North American manufacturing sites, the position contributes to event readiness, benchmarking, continuous improvement, and enterprise-wide turnaround performance. The position resides within the Global Asset Integrity and Turnarounds (GAIT) organization and reports to the Turnaround Manager for Engineering. Periodic travel within the United States is required to support turnaround preparation, readiness reviews, and execution activities. A Day in the Life • Provides first level engineering/technical support for turnaround planning staff • Collaborates with turnaround planning resources and site discipline engineers to define technical resource needs and assigns or procures them as necessary to meet turnaround goals • Assures work scope requiring engineering design be put into the design process such that design deliverables are received by the Turnaround Team per the turnaround excellence model • Assists the Turnaround Manager as needed to achieve on-time deliverables in support of the Turnaround Excellence Model • Acts as a liaison between the Capital Project Managers and the Turnaround Team for engineering projects executing during turnarounds • Provides progress reporting and monitoring of key performance indicators and metrics for assigned turnaround engineering projects • Contributes to overall leadership of turnaround planning and execution, driving use of best practices • Carries out responsibilities in a way that fosters a safe and productive work environment and provides leadership to enable the organization to achieve GoalZERO HSE performance You Bring This Value Education • Bachelor's degree in engineering, Work Experience • Typically a minimum 6 years of experience in a process plant or comparable environment is required • Prior turnaround / project experience strongly preferred Area of Expertise, Requirements • Understanding of plant operations and maintenance work processes • Knowledge of industry design, engineering, and construction best practices • General understanding of engineering specifications, codes and standard quality control inspections that would be applicable to turnaround work • Ability and willingness to perform shift work rotations during turnaround executions • Ability to support turnaround planning and execution activities outside the Houston area What We Offer Competencies Drive Innovation Technical Skills Grow Capabilities Promote Inclusion Motivational Fit Build Partnerships Deliver Results Learn more about our benefits: Benefits/Health & Welfare | LyondellBasell Stay Connected! • Visit our LYB Website • Follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram • Like us on Facebook • Subscribe to our YouTube channel

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