Maintenance Manager

LyondellBasell

CXO Maintenance Manager leading the maintenance organization at LyondellBasell to ensure safe and efficient operations. Collaborating with teams to achieve corporate and site goals in Channelview, Texas.

Posted 5/20/2026full-timeChannelview • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Responsible for achieving corporate and site goals in the areas of process safety, personal safety, environmental, finance, and personal development
Responsible for ensuring your areas and the site are delivering in the Maintenance and Operations Workflow Process (MOWP) per the designed workflow each day.
Actively monitors, analyzes and understands the performance in Key KPIs in the MOWP workflow and Budget targets in the Maintenance related budgets.
MOWP Key KPI performance including efficiency of work
Responsible for ensuring the maintenance resources – internal & external, company and contractor – are structured to ensure the maintenance tasks are delivered safely, with expected quality of work, efficiently and effectively delivered.
Contractor management to maximize value of contracts and resource site per plan (budget, workload, evolving priorities)
Leads the CVO HVOLT Team that supports the entire plant, not just CXO.
Identifies and supports implementation of best practices within site maintenance to standardize technology across the site and speed technology transfer among areas. Justifies these initiatives with cost/benefit analysis to site management and senior leaders
Participate in occasional leadership roles during Turnarounds
Collaborate with the other Maintenance Managers, Reliability Managers, and Operations Managers to ensure unit performance meets targets
Responsible for the assurance steps necessary to prevent process safety related events from occurring including but not limited to: o Training for competency of craft skills o Providing training of team for requirements in standards and procedures and assuring understanding o Quality control measures and audits to assure and validate compliance o Addressing root causes of process safety events when root causes tie to maintenance
Incidents in Personal Safety, Process Safety, Environmental, and Motor Vehicle Accidents caused or contributed to by this role’s organization
Inspire and coach to optimize performance of people and processes; develop and coach people via dialogue to continuously improve knowledge, skills, and ability; holding people accountable; developing successors and talent pools
Address performance management of team reporting into their organization
Maintain a short and long term strategy for Maintenance at the site with a defined journey map, action items, and guides the organization through decisions that align with delivering the strategy
With budget and organization, adjust resources such as FTE, budgets, vehicles, etc. as long as overall and business unit target is met.
Assume responsibilities as given to the role by existing DOA practices and procedures.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Engineering Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 10-12 years of experience in petrochemical or refining process operations or, in lieu of degree, 20 years’ experience.
5 years of previous industry leadership experience in Maintenance and/or Reliability required.
Previous people leader and/or management experience is required.
Knowledge of company policies, Maintenance and Operations Workflow Process (MOWP).
Strong system skills for design and execution delegation of maintenance systems such as Operational Excellence, Mechanical Integrity, preventative/predictive maintenance programs, and process tracking.
Ability to develop a strategy and collaborate with the other Maintenance Managers to generate improvements.
Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization and with external suppliers.
Ability to work effectively with others outside the line of formal authority to accomplish organizational goals and to identify and resolve problems.
Maintain and promote social, ethical, and organizational norms in conducting internal and external business activities.
Maintain stable performance under time pressures or job ambiguity.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Workplace Flexibility: The Company’s Global Remote Work Policy allows eligible employees to request to work remotely up to two full days per standard work week at an approved location other than the designated worksite or office, such as at a home office with managerial approval.
Comprehensive Health, Welfare, Life and Retirement Programs: Our comprehensive programs are aligned with local practices.
6% LYB match on 401(k) contribution
5% LYB cash balance pension plan accrual
Comprehensive Well-being Benefits: Programs to support your physical, mental, financial, and social health, ensuring you receive the care you need, when you need it.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan: The LYB ESPP offers a 10% discount on LYB stock for eligible employees in Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, and US.
Educational Assistance Program: To encourage self-development by providing financial aid for approved educational activities voluntarily undertaken by employees.
Bravo Rewards Program: Recognizing outstanding employee contributions.
Robust Medical and Life Insurance Packages: Offering a variety of coverage options to meet individual needs.
Professional Development: Opportunities to learn and grow through training, mentoring, work experiences, community involvement, and team building activities.
Competitive Vacation Policies: Generous annual leave to support your work-life balance.
Global Adoption Policy: Support for employees expanding their families.
Matching Gifts Program: Enhance the impact of your charitable contributions to qualified organizations.

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Hard Skills & Tools

process safetyenvironmental managementmaintenance managementbudget managementKPI analysispreventative maintenancepredictive maintenanceOperational ExcellenceMechanical Integrityprocess tracking

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationcollaborationcoachingperformance managementproblem-solvingstrategic planningaccountabilityinspirationadaptability