Polymers Reliability Team Lead

Basic Function

This is a working Team Lead reporting the Bayport Polymers Reliability Manager. The Reliability Team Lead will coach, mentor and supervise Maintenance Engineers and Reliability Engineers to establish Bayport Polymers’ equipment maintenance strategy to ensure the site’s physical assets function according to defined standards of performance; and as Maintenance and Operations executes the strategy, measure, analyze and continuously improve it. This is a developmental role for an Engineer seeking to become a future LyondellBasell Manager.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Lead a multi-discipline team of Mechanical and Instrument, Electrical and Analyzer (IEA) Maintenance and Reliability Engineers to systematically develop, monitor and continuously improve a maintenance strategy that ensures the site’s assets will function as required and realize value throughout their life cycles.

• Assign responsibilities for Engineers for support of routine, outage, turnaround, and Program Maintenance; small capital projects, and Operational Excellence (OE) and Process Safety Management (PSM) requirements.

• Ensure site performance key performance indicators (KPI) are met through active management of team members’ workload and performance.

• Direct team involvement in the identification of improvement opportunities and assign Engineering resources for work scope development and implementation support of improvements.

• Manage risk to the achievement of an organization’s strategic objectives in the areas of environmental health and safety, asset capability, quality and production.

• Ensure team members comply with safety policies, procedures, and workplace practices to achieve GoalZERO.

• Facilitate team member development through observation, coaching and continuous feedback.

• Complete performance appraisals and individual development plans for team members.

• Participate in Short Term Incentive (STI) and Merit increase determinations for team members.

• Improve group performance through implementation of work process improvements and system enhancements.

Min. Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Nuclear or Chemical Engineering with a minimum of 10 years relevant experience in maintaining and improving asset performance in the refining, petrochemical, chemical process, power generation or nuclear industries. 

• Strong interpersonal leadership skills are critical due to the requirement for effective communication of complex issues across the organization as well as for mentoring, consensus building and conflict resolution.

• Aptitude for leadership with the ability and willingness to coach, develop and ensure accountability for the direction of technical professionals.

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple and, at times, conflicting priorities.

• Exhibit an understanding of business drivers, management of change requirements, reliability processes and maintenance workflow.

• Demonstrated ability and willingness to independently identify the business case for change and to develop and execute a strategy to realize the associated value.

• Strong commitment to safety, a high level of personal integrity and dedication to conducting business in an ethical way.

• Application of computer software tools (e.g., SAP, Microsoft Office, AMS, Power BI).

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Nuclear Engineering.
• Formal or informal supervisory experience.

Competencies