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LyondellBasell

Senior Manager, Global Machinery Engineering

LyondellBasell

. Lead, develop, and manage a global team of machinery engineers and specialists .

Posted 11/2/2026full-timeHouston • Texas • United StatesSeniorWebsite

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Demonstrates extensive expertise in machinery engineering, including reliability, maintenance, and lifecycle performance strategies. Proven ability to lead and develop engineering teams while managing complex projects and ensuring alignment with industry standards.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Machinery EngineeringTurbomachinery ExperienceReliability ImprovementCapital Project ManagementTechnical Leadership

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Hard Skills
Machinery ReliabilityCondition MonitoringTroubleshootingRepair and OverhaulDiagnosticsTechnical Report WritingEngineering StandardsMaintenance StrategiesLifecycle PerformanceProject Management
Soft Skills
Team LeadershipCoachingPerformance ManagementAnalytical Problem SolvingCommunication
Industry Keywords
PetrochemicalRefining PlantCapital ProjectsTurnaroundsStartup ActivitiesSupplier EngagementManufacturing NetworkEngineering DisciplineTechnical DirectionProcess Safety

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead, develop, and manage a global team of machinery engineers and specialists
  • Set goals, assign work, manage performance, coach employees, support career development, and plan succession
  • Establish technical priorities, work processes, and organizational goals
  • Develop organizational capability through training, mentoring, and structured knowledge transfer
  • Provide strategic leadership and technical direction for critical machinery reliability, maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, overhaul, and lifecycle decisions
  • Develop long-range machinery reliability and lifecycle performance strategies
  • Identify and eliminate recurring 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
  • Lead collaborative design reviews and technical training across experience levels
  • Direct technical resources for major machinery capital projects, including equipment selection, specifications, design reviews, supplier engagement, installation, commissioning, and startup
  • Serve as Capital Program Owner for machinery and guide investment prioritization
  • Provide technical resources and quality assurance for turnarounds and critical machinery overhauls
  • Support manufacturing sites with high-consequence or high-profile machinery issues
  • Partner with Global Procurement and sites on strategic supplier relationships
  • Evaluate emerging machinery technologies and promote standardization across the manufacturing network

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline is required
  • A minimum of 15 years of relevant machinery engineering experience, including required experience in a petrochemical or refining plant
  • 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
  • Demonstrated 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 in written and spoken English; an additional language is preferred
  • Willingness and ability to travel to manufacturing sites, supplier facilities, project locations, and turnaround events as business needs require

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Competitive total compensation package including base pay and variable incentive pay programs
  • Global Remote Work Policy allowing eligible employees to work up to two or three days a week from home with manager approval
  • 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, Vision and Employee Assistance Program
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Life, AD&D and LTD Insurance