Manufacturing Engineer APS

Company: LyondellBasell
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Responsibilities and Accountabilities

  • Preparation and distribution of the templates for metrics collection
  • Development and maintenance of dashboards to meet the manufacturing needs for the regional directors
  • Train the sites on how to report data and keep the guidelines updated
  • Ensure consistency and accuracy of data throughout the sites
  • Preparation of any other presentations for stakeholders as necessary
  • Ensure continuous improvement of the reporting system process consistently with the latest available IT tools, in order to increase automation in reporting and data accuracy
  • Create benchmarking metrics which show non‑ideal performances and the consequent possibility of improvement; assess causes of non‑ideal performances and lead initiatives/programs for improvement
  • Facilitate data collection for any benchmark study
  • Liaise with sites, checking consistency and accuracy of data
  • Prepare reports as necessary to support activities
  • Share best practices between the sites and across regions

Benchmarking

  • Facilitate data collection for any benchmark study
  • Liaise with sites, checking consistency and accuracy of data
  • Prepare reports as necessary to support activities
  • Assess causes of non‑ideal performances and lead initiatives/programs for improvement
  • Share best practices between the sites and across regions

Capex

  • Maintain LRP tool for the APS sites to enter the 5‑year CapEx planning
  • Troubleshoot LRP entries
  • Provide leadership and training to site project owners in the entry and updating of projects into the LRP tool
  • Track LRP entries through the approval process based on the treasury class approval and report discrepancies as needed
  • Compile LRP budget data by region, business group and treasury class
  • Update LRP budget as directed by regional manufacturing directors
  • Assist sites with entering AFF, AFD and AFE documentation in SAP
  • Troubleshoot SAP routing and workflow issues for the sites as needed
  • Track CapEx spending as compared to forecast on a monthly basis
  • Generate the monthly CapEx report distributed to the regional manufacturing directors and other APS leadership
  • Develop a dashboard to replace the monthly CapEx report and maintain the data
  • Assist sites with poor forecast accuracy to improve their forecast data
  • Effectively communicate with site management, as well as senior APS management, on capital project progress
  • Consult, assist, and/or lead as necessary on CapEx spend inaccuracies, investigations, and follow‑up actions

Education

Engineering degree

Work Experience

3 to 5 years Manufacturing experience, preferably in a PPC or other specialties sites

Skills

  • Written communications skills, creating presentations
  • Business acumen
  • Numeracy, ability to manage complex data
  • IT literacy

Languages

  • Fluency in English verbal and written is necessary. Any other language is an advantage

What We Offer

  • Participation in the Company’s discretionary short‑term incentive (bonus) programme; currently, the full‑year target bonus for this position is 10% of base salary
  • Salary sacrifice pension scheme with employer contributions matching double employee contributions to maximum of 10% employer contributions
  • 25 days’ holiday (plus bank holidays if applicable) increasing to 29 with service
  • Group income protection & life insurance
  • Health cash plan
  • Enhanced company sick leave
  • Enhanced family‑friendly policies
  • Cycle2Work scheme
  • BUPA medical

Critical Competencies

  • Translates manufacturing data, benchmarks, and CapEx insights into measurable performance improvement across APS sites
  • Focuses on practical outcomes, not just analysis

Customer Focus (Internal)

  • Acts as a trusted partner to site leadership, regional manufacturing directors, and APS leadership
  • Balances global standards with site‑specific realities

Decision Quality

  • Uses data, benchmarking, and financial insight to support sound, timely decisions
  • Escalates risks and inconsistencies with clarity and evidence

Manages Complexity

  • Effectively handles multiple sites, regions, tools (LRP, SAP, dashboards), and competing priorities
  • Navigates ambiguity across global manufacturing environments

Competencies

  • Build Partnerships
  • Drive Innovation
  • Grow Capabilities
  • Promote Inclusion
  • Motivational Fit
  • Technical Skills
  • Deliver Results

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Posted: April 21st, 2026