Quality Manager
LyondellBasell · Evansville, IN
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Quality
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Certification
- Green Belt preferred
- Industry
- Chemicals
- Posted
- 16 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A management quality role at LyondellBasell (chemicals) in Evansville, IN. A strong focus will be placed on statistical analysis, root cause investigation, and implementation of preventive solutions.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required · Green Belt preferred
- Tools it names
- Six Sigma, Green Belt, Root cause, FMEA
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Indiana: typical posted base $97k–$145k.
Median of the low and high ends of 15 live postings that list pay, out of 53 quality engineer openings in Indiana, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Indiana plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 52 other live quality postings in Indiana.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Typical (5+ years)
Typical $97k–$145k, from 14 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 68%
- SPC 45%
- ✓ FMEA 43%
- Control plans 38%
- Supplier quality 36%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 36%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Green Belt, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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How to get in at this plant
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- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Quality team at LyondellBasell
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Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Which standards drive the work here: ISO 13485, IATF 16949, AS9100?
- How much of the job is customer complaints versus prevention?
- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
- The posting mentions a Green Belt. Does the company sponsor certification?
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This plant: LyondellBasell in Evansville
1 other open role at this site.
- Maintenance Technician · Reliability · Technician
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requirements
are fully understood, met, and exceeded, while proactively identifying how these expectations evolve over time. A strong focus will be placed on statistical analysis, root cause investigation, and implementation of preventive solutions. This role contributes directly to developing and reinforcing a customer-focused and quality-driven culture #LI-RH1
Qualifications
- ✓High School Diploma or GED required; Bachelor’s degree preferred
- ✓5+ years of quality experience
- ✓Technical leadership and supervisory
responsibilities
- ◆Strong foundation in quality methodologies, statistical techniques, and problem-solving tools (8D, FMEA, Fishbone, 5 Whys)
- ◆Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) or Six Sigma Green Belt preferred
- ◆Excellent Computer Skills (Excel, Word, Statistical), and data analysis tools
- ◆Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams and interface effectively with all levels of the organization
- ◆Excellent interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills
Preferred Qualifications
- ✓Experience with ISO
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.
Educational Assistance
Competencies
Drive Innovation
Technical Skills
Grow Capabilities
Promote Inclusion
Motivational Fit
Build Partnerships
Deliver Results
Learn more about our benefits : Benefits/Health & Welfare | LyondellBasell
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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 Quality Manager will champion, support, and lead quality improvement initiatives that are data-driven, technical, and preventive in nature. This role plays a key part in monitoring the performance of quality systems and driving continual improvement in line with strategic quality goals. The Quality Manager works cross-functionally to ensure customer
A Day in the Life
- •Ensure that the components of the Quality System are in place, maintained, and effective.
- •Lead the application of quality tools, statistical methods, and process controls to reduce variation and improve product and process performance.
- •Act as a customer advocate, ensuring voice-of-customer feedback is translated into actionable improvements.
- •Drive and lead nonconformance and root cause investigations using structured methodologies.
- •Own the disposition process for nonconforming materials and associated decision-making.
- •Authorize credits for non-conforming products at customer locations (small to moderate financial impact).
- •Identify improvement opportunities through data analysis and partner with site teams to implement technical solutions.
- •Coordinate and manage customer visits, audits, and quality-related communications.
- •Respond to customer surveys, complaints, and inquiries with professionalism and urgency.
- •Collaborate with corporate quality and other site quality professionals to implement site-level quality initiatives aligned with broader corporate goals.
- •Provide leadership and technical guidance to site quality teams and lab technicians.
- •Work with front-line supervisors to enhance quality ownership and improve team engagement.
- •Contribute to the strategic development and deployment of quality goals and KPIs.
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