HSEQ Manager

HSEQ Manager

Location: Carpentersville, IL, US, 60110 Req ID: 90570 Facility: CARPENTERSVILLE-5001 Division: Global APS

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. Come Join an Inclusive Team

The HSEQ Manager is responsible for driving quality excellence at the plant and operational level by ensuring robust execution of quality systems, process discipline, and defect prevention across manufacturing sites in the Americas. This role leads the implementation and sustainment of the Quality Management System (QMS) with a strong focus on shop floor execution, process capability, and right-first-time performance. In addition, the position provides leadership for Health, Safety, Environmental (HSE), and Security programs, ensuring that safe, reliable, and compliant operations are consistently executed at the site level through strong standards, accountability, and continuous improvement.

A Day in the Life

Plant-Level Quality Execution & Control (Primary Emphasis)

• Serve as the owner of plant-level Quality Management System execution, ensuring procedures, controls, and standards are consistently applied across all manufacturing sites.
• Drive process discipline and adherence to standard work, ensuring quality is built into operations rather than inspected at the end.
• Implement and sustain in-process quality controls, including critical control points, inspections, and process monitoring to prevent defects and variability.
• Lead efforts to improve process capability (Cp/Cpk), off spec creation, scrap reduction, and First Pass Prime performance.
• Own the customer complaint and non-conformance process, ensuring strong root cause analysis (RCA), corrective/preventive actions, and feedback loops into plant operations.
• Partner directly with plant leadership, operations, and maintenance teams to identify, prioritize, and resolve chronic quality issues impacting production and customer satisfaction.
• Ensure effective use of data and real-time metrics at the plant level to monitor quality performance and drive immediate action when deviations occur.
• Maintain and enforce clear, practical, and auditable procedures and work instructions that support execution on the shop floor.

Continuous Improvement & Operational Excellence

• Lead site-level problem-solving and continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, and structured RCA methodologies.
• Drive initiatives focused on defect elimination, waste reduction, and variation control within manufacturing processes.
• Facilitate Gemba-based engagement, working directly on the shop floor to identify improvement opportunities and reinforce quality standards.
• Support implementation of the Operational Excellence model, ensuring quality principles are embedded in daily plant operations.

Quality Systems & Compliance

• Ensure plants maintain compliance with ISO 9001:2015 or IATF 16949 (if necessary), with strong emphasis on practical application at the operational level.
• Act as the site's Quality Management Representative (QMR), with responsibility for reporting on QMS performance to site leadership, promoting customer focus throughout the organization, and ensuring the effectiveness and continual improvement of the Quality Management System.
• Coordinate and lead internal and external audits, ensuring findings translate into actionable improvements on the plant floor.
• Drive the transition toward a standardized global QMS, ensuring consistency in execution, documentation, and controls across sites.
• Lead the Quality Network to share plant-level best practices and standardize successful approaches across facilities.

HSE & Safe Operations Integration

• Lead HSE initiatives with a focus on safe execution of manufacturing processes and risk elimination at the source.
• Ensure HSE controls are fully integrated into daily plant operations, including procedures, training, and accountability systems.
• Develop and track site-level HSE performance metrics, ensuring alignment with operational and quality objectives.
• Champion a proactive approach to incident prevention, near-miss reporting, and corrective actions, ensuring lessons learned are embedded into plant processes.
• Ensure compliance with all regulatory and corporate HSE requirements through disciplined execution and monitoring.

Culture & Capability Building

• Build and sustain a plant culture where quality and safety are core operational priorities, owned by all employees.
• Develop and coach plant teams on quality tools, process control methods, and problem-solving techniques.
• Reinforce accountability at all levels for meeting quality and HSE expectations in daily operations.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

You Bring This Value

• Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
• 6+ years as a quality owner.

What We Offer

• Benefits starting day one:
• Choice of Preferred Provider or Consumer Driven Medical Plan including Prescription Drug Coverage
• 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

Why LyondellBasell?

• Safety focused organization
• Grow personally and professionally
• Work with others to develop innovative solutions

Competencies

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