Unleash your potential with LyondellBasell: where innovation meets impact. Dive into the heart of the chemical industry and join a team that values sustainability, diversity, and forward-thinking. Shape the future with our Digital Product Passport initiative, leveraging blockchain technology for global change. Your internship journey to professional excellence starts here — be the catalyst in our mission to advance good. Welcome to Lyondellbasell...

This is Lyondellbasell

This is the role

We are looking for candidates that will join running projects and contribute as part of a team. Parallel to that, the candidates will also have opportunities to work on individual tasks that starts with research and will develop over a project life-cycle. A few examples are as follows:
• Development of a Track & Trace platform:
We are developing a platform that can support track and tracing of products across various stakeholders from raw materials to finished products. The Digital Product Passport (DPP), being the first product on this platform is a European Commission legislative (effect 2026/27) that will allow for sharing of product information in an immutable way across the value chain, allowing stakeholders and regulators to add/verify data being shared. We will be using Blockchain technology to support the immutability of data concept. The role requires to liaise with relevant internal/external stakeholders within the team to build the project. This is an ongoing effort.
• Research around Digital Innovation 
Identifying and working around new technology that can be deployed in the domains of Sustainability and Circularity. Everything starts with research and understanding the problem at hand. This will then lead to find technology that can solve the business problem. With all this information, a business case will be built to proceed with developing/deploying in a Proof of Concept (PoC). The intern will be responsible for the research with the support of the core team to find use-cases and applicability of the technology to the problem.
Action Parties: Digital Transformation, Sustainability, Commercial, R&D, Supply Chain, Customer Centricity and Excellence.

Roles & Responsibilities

Develop assigned project as per scope, objectives and deliverables;
Participate in orientation sessions & Trainings;
Participate in day-to-day support activities of assigned organization and understand the priorities for the team;
Participate in discussions regarding the approach, planning, and development of components for the assignment;
Meet with experienced professionals from all around the globe working in IT, Digital, Cyber security, manufacturing and other teams;
Document procedures and technical designs for new initiatives; present to peers and senior management;
Conduct all activities in compliance with policies, guidelines, procedures, work processes, and internal controls;
Work with the manager & mentor to develop other key projects or initiatives;
Participate in discussions regarding leveraging developing/novel technologies for existing work-flows (sharing knowledge and learning together);
Be involved in meetings with external tech vendors, research institutes and companies;
Drive standardization and proactively recommend improvements.

Objectives and Deliverables 

Continue the initial research that has been done in the space;
Dive deeper into certain use-cases and evaluate the technology holistically;
Assess use cases of similar technologies using an outside-in view, understanding what has been done in our industry or other industries;
Work with the DPP Team to contribute towards the Track and Trace platform project;
Propose next steps – how do we proceed.

This is who you are

Proactive in taking up responsibilities; 
Ready to work in an agile environment;
Depending on the student’s performance there would be an option to join as a full-time employee at the end of the internship;
Must be an EU citizen or a registered candidate in the Netherlands (with a BSN and Dutch bank account).

This is what you bring

To be a student in your final year of bachelor's / master's degree or a recent graduate;
Open minded, happy to learn, think outside the box, take on new challenges;
Interested in innovative technologies, sustainability and circularity;
Internship to be based out of the Rotterdam Office.

This is what we offer

We offer an environment where we encourage personal and professional growth and where you will be rewarded for your performance and results. You will have the possibility to work with specialist on all fields to develop innovative solutions and to extend your national and international network. In addition, we offer you a competitive salary package. The Company's Global Remote Work Policy allows eligible employees the option to work up to three days a week from home. LyondellBasell is committed to advancing diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) to ensure a positive experience for all employees.

Interested?

Would you like to apply? Just send us your motivation and resume via the application button. The recruitment process starts with an initial phone screening followed by two/three business interviews before proceeding to a possible job offer and a background check will be part of the process.

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