Global Security & Crisis Management Summer Intern 2025

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Are you passionate about how the private sector collaborates with governments to safeguard critical infrastructure as part of national homeland security strategies? Do you aspire to apply your skills in criminal justice or international relations within a multinational corporation to manage a spectrum of complex business security risks?

If you answered yes to any of those questions, then this internship is perfect for those eager to learn how security-related risks—including crisis management, asset protection, protective intelligence, supply chain security, and cybercrime investigations—are managed to create tangible value for shareholders.

 

What You Can Expect:

LyondellBasell is dedicated to providing you with a broad-based experience, helping you understand the vital strategic and tactical roles of corporate global security within a multinational corporation. This internship also offers exposure to rewarding career opportunities within the petrochemical industry for talented corporate security professionals.  Some examples of opportunities may include:

• Security Risk Assessments: Gain insight into how complex security risk assessments of high-value corporate facilities, operations, and assets are conducted, supporting national homeland security strategies.
• Open-Source Intelligence: Learn how to collect, evaluate, and analyze open-source intelligence to develop threat assessments and comprehensive risk forecasts, forming the foundation of global security programs.
• Corporate Investigations: Understand how corporate investigations are conducted across various international legal jurisdictions and how lessons learned are applied to support global business objectives.
• Crisis Management & Business Continuity: Explore how corporate crisis management and business continuity programs are tailored to corporate/industry risk profiles to minimize security and financial risk while supporting global operations.
• Supply Chain Security & Asset Protection: Discover how proactive, intelligence-based supply chain security and asset protection programs are integrated into business models, enabling operations in high-risk international markets.
• Global Security Strategies: Learn how multi-dimensional global security risk management strategies are developed and implemented to add quantifiable value to business operations.

 

What We Expect:

• Upper-level undergraduate or graduate student majoring in Criminal Justice, Criminology, Global Security, International Relations/Global Affairs, or Security Management.
• At least one (1) recommendation from a university faculty member.
• Ability to work for 40 hours per week either in person at our Downtown Houston location or remotely.
• Minimum overall GPA of 3.0
• Willingness to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) relating to LyondellBasell confidential and proprietary information.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring sponsorship for employment visa status.

 

Location: Houston, TX

Assignment Timeline:  May-August,