What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technician, Maintenance Utility, JKO position at LyondellBasell?
LyondellBasell is a leader in the global chemical industry creating solutions for everyday sustainable living. With a nearly 70-year legacy that includes a Nobel Prize in Chemistry and our proprietary MoReTec recycling technology, LYB is enabling a more sustainable future for generations to come. LYB develops high-quality and innovative products for applications ranging from sustainable transportation and food safety to clean water and quality healthcare. LYB places high priority on diversity, equity and inclusion and is Advancing Good with an emphasis on our planet, the communities where we operate and our future workforce. We're addressing the global challenges of ending plastic waste, taking climate action, and supporting a thriving society, while generating value for our customers, investors, and society.
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This position assists maintenance resources within the Maintenance Department, with responsibility to assist all direct and support maintenance resources to provide the most cost-effective, fully integrated schedule that optimizes plant reliability and maintenance expense. This role assists the Maintenance Supervisor by coordinating activities between maintenance, contractors, and operations, scheduling all plant maintenance activities on a weekly and daily basis as well as providing maintenance technicians with forecasting of upcoming activities. This position assists with the management of all aspects of maintenance support to realize improvements in maintenance efficiency, including enhancements to SAP, management of maintenance inventories, and implementation of new maintenance requirements. Responsibilities include proactively improving production and maintenance performance and supporting their team while respecting the company’s values and strategic pillars.
A Day in the Life
The Maintenance Utility Technician ensures that a safe working environment is maintained through regularly scheduled safety observations, completion and review of safety incident reports (near miss, accident, or incident) for proper corrective and preventive actions, and training designed to increase safety. Similarly ensures that operations are carried out in accordance with the documented Environmental Management System and ISO14001.
A High School Diploma or the GED equivalent is required.
Served in S4 maintenance level role for minimum of two years. Must understand JKO’s production/maintenance processes.
Instills trust and exemplifies integrity, builds effective teams, cultivates innovation, ensures accountability, demonstrates courage, drives results, collaborates, and has customer focus.
This position is challenging, so the ability to multi-task, to work within time constraints, to rapidly weigh situations and make fast decisions, to work through constant interruption, to be good at methodical work and to keep things neat and tidy are major requirements.
Tasks are complex and demand focused attention, conceptual insight, and analytical reasoning.
To effectively perform the functions of this position, the individual must have a degree of credibility with both operations and maintenance personnel and be able to effectively coordinate with all organizational and functional levels.
The individual must be highly experienced in the maintenance and project processes, including planning, scheduling, and execution.
The individual must have excellent job planning skills and be able to understand and utilize Critical Path Methodology (CPM) to evaluate and optimize job plans for execution feasibility.
Sound verbal and written communication skills are absolute requirements, and the individual must possess effective people skills, as this position will be required to interface daily with all organizational and functional levels.
The individual must possess effective time management, leadership, and decision-making abilities; and be skilled at negotiating conflict resolution in a positive, clear, and effective way.
What We Offer
Why LyondellBasell?
Build Partnerships
Drive Innovation
Grow Capabilities
Promote Inclusion
Motivational Fit
Technical Skills
Deliver Results
Learn more about our benefits : Benefits/Health & Welfare | LyondellBasell
Stay Connected!
LYB is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation related to LYB’s recruiting process, please email us at Careers@lyb.com.
Applicants must be at least 18 years old.
LyondellBasell does not accept or retain unsolicited résumés or phone calls and/or respond to them or to any third party representing job seekers.
Privacy Statement: For information regarding how LyondellBasell processes your personal data, please read our Privacy Statement .
Come Join an Inclusive Team
This position assists maintenance resources within the Maintenance Department, with responsibility to assist all direct and support maintenance resources to provide the most cost-effective, fully integrated schedule that optimizes plant reliability and maintenance expense. This role assists the Maintenance Supervisor by coordinating activities between maintenance, contractors, and operations, scheduling all plant maintenance activities on a weekly and daily basis as well as providing maintenance technicians with forecasting of upcoming activities. This position assists with the management of all aspects of maintenance support to realize improvements in maintenance efficiency, including enhancements to SAP, management of maintenance inventories, and implementation of new maintenance requirements. Responsibilities include proactively improving production and maintenance performance and supporting their team while respecting the company’s values and strategic pillars.
A Day in the Life
The Maintenance Utility Technician ensures that a safe working environment is maintained through regularly scheduled safety observations, completion and review of safety incident reports (near miss, accident, or incident) for proper corrective and preventive actions, and training designed to increase safety. Similarly ensures that operations are carried out in accordance with the documented Environmental Management System and ISO14001.
- Maintain maintenance operations in accordance with HSE procedures and Operations procedures and work instructions.
- Assist Maintenance Supervisor to develop the maintenance team in HSE management principles and play a key role in improving HSE performance and establishing and controlling safe working practices.
- Assist in the implementation of specific HSE tactical plans in the maintenance area. Ensure maintenance technicians are utilizing proper PPE etc.
- Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a diverse set of cross functional groups.
- Attend Weekly Work Order Review Meetings.
- Attend regularly scheduled Capital Review Meetings
- Review plant KPI’s involving Maintenance/Reliability
- Document and Record all activities via SAP.
- Anticipate potential problems to avoid production downtime.
- Perform Root Cause Analysis and determine/implement Corrective Actions.
- Assist Maintenance Supervisor with daily production reporting, reasons for deviations and actions.
- Assist Maintenance Supervisor with daily staffing requirements and activities for team members.
- Assist Maintenance Supervisor achieve PM/PdM schedule accuracy and accurate completion of all work orders.
- Supports maintenance performance that achieves OEE target.
- Manage Problem Solving and corrective action in continuous performance improvements.
- Perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions to prevent process failures.
- Ensure completion of work orders in a timely fashion and ensuring jobs are completed right the first time.
- Evaluate team members and give feedback of performance regularly.
A High School Diploma or the GED equivalent is required.
Served in S4 maintenance level role for minimum of two years. Must understand JKO’s production/maintenance processes.
Instills trust and exemplifies integrity, builds effective teams, cultivates innovation, ensures accountability, demonstrates courage, drives results, collaborates, and has customer focus.
This position is challenging, so the ability to multi-task, to work within time constraints, to rapidly weigh situations and make fast decisions, to work through constant interruption, to be good at methodical work and to keep things neat and tidy are major requirements.
Tasks are complex and demand focused attention, conceptual insight, and analytical reasoning.
To effectively perform the functions of this position, the individual must have a degree of credibility with both operations and maintenance personnel and be able to effectively coordinate with all organizational and functional levels.
The individual must be highly experienced in the maintenance and project processes, including planning, scheduling, and execution.
The individual must have excellent job planning skills and be able to understand and utilize Critical Path Methodology (CPM) to evaluate and optimize job plans for execution feasibility.
Sound verbal and written communication skills are absolute requirements, and the individual must possess effective people skills, as this position will be required to interface daily with all organizational and functional levels.
The individual must possess effective time management, leadership, and decision-making abilities; and be skilled at negotiating conflict resolution in a positive, clear, and effective way.
What We Offer
Why LyondellBasell?
- 🛡️ Safety First: We’re a safety-driven organization where your well-being is our top priority.
- 🚀 Grow With Us: We’re passionate about your personal and professional development. Many of our Supervisors and Managers began their journey at the plant level—your growth is our success!
- 💡 Innovate Together: Collaborate with a dynamic team to create smart, forward-thinking solutions that make a real impact.
- Starting your journey with us with rapid progression to the next pay bracket—your hard work pays off quickly!
- Progressive pay increases and on the job training
- Dental, Vision and Employee Assistance Program
- 401(k) Plan with Company Match of 6%
- Retirement (Pension) Plan
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Life, AD&D and LTD Insurance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Vacation and Holidays
- Educational Assistance
Build Partnerships
Drive Innovation
Grow Capabilities
Promote Inclusion
Motivational Fit
Technical Skills
Deliver Results
Learn more about our benefits : Benefits/Health & Welfare | LyondellBasell
Stay Connected!
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LYB is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation related to LYB’s recruiting process, please email us at Careers@lyb.com.
Applicants must be at least 18 years old.
LyondellBasell does not accept or retain unsolicited résumés or phone calls and/or respond to them or to any third party representing job seekers.
Privacy Statement: For information regarding how LyondellBasell processes your personal data, please read our Privacy Statement .