Manager, Environmental

LyondellBasell is seeking a Manager, Environmental for their Louisiana Integrated Polyethylene Joint Venture. This role involves leading environmental activities, ensuring compliance, and collaborating with various departments. Responsibilities include developing environmental strategies, managing budgets, and representing the site with regulatory agencies. The position requires a BS/MS in engineering or relevant sciences, a minimum of 10 years of environmental experience in petrochemical manufacturing, and supervisory experience.
LyondellBasell

Basic Function

This position is responsible for the design, integration and execution of the environmental functional activities for the Louisiana Integrated Polyethylene Joint Venture in Westlake, LA. This position provides leadership and direction to the Environmental Organization, works with the Site Management to meet business requirements while maintaining environmental compliance. In addition, this position will sponsor and/or lead multi-functional teams chartered to improve site performance and may be a resource to the site’s Leadership Team for the local Community outreach Environmental Justice.

This position reports to the site HSE & Training Manager.

Roles & Responsibilities
• Maintains a working knowledge of the Louisiana Integrated Polyethylene JV environmental requirements and production processes.
• Maintains good knowledge and relationship of the site’s integration with joint venture partner.
• Develops and recommends appropriate environmental strategies and environmental systems to meet business results, continuously improve performance, and to maintain regulatory compliance.
• Interacts with other departments including Operations, Technical, Maintenance & Reliability, Corporate, and Legal to ensure that environmental systems are in place, practices are consistent with other company sites, and required external reports and communications are completed.
• Maintains environmental management and audits these systems to verify they meet corporate requirements.
• Tracks environmental action items and environmental related projects to ensure they are progressing per schedule and that required changes are being made.
• Represents the site with environmental regulatory agencies and environmental justice organizations.
• Coordinates and implements company environmental policies and initiatives.
• Participates in Trade Associations and networks with other industry representatives to optimize compliance strategies.
• Manages environmental consultants to ensure services are commensurate with agreed work.
• Sets performance recommendations for employees, recommends employee development, and works through human resources to hire new environmental employees as needed.
• Manages the environmental budgets and cost centers.
• Leads and supervises the environmental team at the site.
• May supervise environmental contract support personnel.
• Becomes the site’s champion for OE (Operational Excellence), ISO (International Organization for Standardization), ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) & Sustainability related to environmental disciplines.
• Participates in OE audits or other relevant audits at different sites.

Min. Qualifications

Education:
• A BS or MS In engineering, relevant sciences or specific environmental discipline

Experience
• Minimum 10 years environmental experience in petrochemical manufacturing
• Working knowledge of the environmental regulatory process
• Experience representing a company to the regulatory agencies
• 3+ years of previous supervisory experience

Preferred Qualifications

Competencies

Build Partnerships

Deliver Results

Drive Innovation

Grow Capabilities

Promote Inclusion

Motivational/Cultural Fit

Technical Skills

We are LyondellBasell – a leader in the global chemical industry creating solutions for everyday sustainable living. Through advanced technology and focused investments, we are enabling a circular and low carbon economy. Across all we do, we aim to champion our employees, and unlock value for customers, investors and society. LyondellBasell places high priority on diversity, equity and inclusion and is strongly committed to our planet, the communities where we operate and our future workforce. As one of the world’s largest producers of polymers and a leader in polyolefin technologies, we develop, manufacture and market high-quality and innovative products for applications ranging from sustainable transportation and food safety to clean water and quality healthcare. For more information, please visit www.lyondellbasell.com or follow @ LyondellBasell on LinkedIn.

Must be at least 18 years of age and must be legally authorized to work in the United States (US) on a permanent basis without visa sponsorship.

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LyondellBasell is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. The US EEO is the Law poster is available here .