Pilot Line Coordinator

About the position

The Pilot Line Coordinator at LyondellBasell is responsible for managing the timely production of development samples to support product development initiatives. This role involves close collaboration with the Jackson production plant staff to align with the organization's growth objectives, ensuring compliance with EHS guidelines, quality standards, and effective scheduling of pilot lines for sample production and raw material testing.

Responsibilities

• Follow Jackson production Site HSE policy and contribute to the site HSE goal.
• Participate in Jackson site general activity (e.g. HSE activities, OE audits, LPA audits, on-line required training, advising T9 technicians as needed, etc.).
• Work directly with the JKO scheduler to establish T9 production schedule including production and developmental samples to meet both innovation and customer timing demands.
• Monitor current inventory of materials and quantities to ensure that sufficient raw materials are available for sample production, and replenish inventory as needed.
• Assist Lansing Technical Center in obtaining needed commercial raw materials for development purposes by communicating with Lansing laboratory personnel, obtaining needed raws, writing them off of SAP and arranging shipment to Lansing.
• Review development recipes and their Inspection plan to ensure correct recipes and test plans are in place for pilot requests.
• Maintain frequent communications with PAD teams and commercial teams to understand sample priorities and ensure compliance with the 'sample turnaround time' KPI.
• Provide support to the manufacturing team at the site to facilitate the process of scaling up from pilot line to production line.
• Work closely with production to address possible processing concerns including MFR, color and ash content adjustment if necessary or possible reshuffling of samples production schedule.
• Work with Jackson QC lab closely to ensure all testing is conducted per PAD request in due time.
• Manage database system including SAP and PLM to ensure data is updated and assist CSRs for sample releasing and shipping especially for exports outside USA.
• Resolve inconsistencies in the ERP system for the correct closing of orders.
• Assist PAD teams in addressing any concerns related to the quality of development sample productions.
• Create, update, and maintain pilot production procedures and/or documents.
• Follow-up to the assigned Intelex investigations related to the productions of the pilot lines.
• Coordinate corrective actions for the improvement of production processes in the pilot lines.
• Coordinate set-up activities, cleaning, definition of process parameters, reporting of orders and KPIs together with the manufacturing personnel.
• Support IATF 16949 Audit as needed.
• Report equipment issues that need maintenance support and support preventive maintenance actions for pilot lines.
• Maintain and promote the 5S of the area assigned to the pilot lines.
• Act as backup role for the pilot coordinator at EOO plant.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree preferred, will consider candidates with an associate's degree and 5+ years professional qualifying experience in polymer compounds production or similar areas.
• Minimum of 2 years relevant work experience in a manufacturing or technical center environment, preferably with working knowledge of quality systems and procedures, plastics and analytical testing, converting and processing.
• Fluent in English.

Nice-to-haves

• Strong written and verbal communication skills for effective communication across multiple levels cross functionally, with special emphasis in technical writing of standards, procedures, and work instructions.
• Strong numeric, analytical, and problem solving skills.
• Strong data management and record keeping skills.
• Conversant in Microsoft office programs and general business applications. SAP, Intelex, Documentum, Sphera and Ariba preferred.