Economics & Planning Advisor/Engineer

Marathon Petroleum Corporation•Catlettsburg, KY

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Value Chain Optimization is seeking a motivated employee interested in commodities scheduling and refinery optimization, working closely with business partners to identify and advance optimization opportunities. The role works across organizations, including MPLX, Commercial Scheduling, Planning & Optimization, and Refinery Products Control. It is intended as a growth opportunity to build knowledge of refinery logistics and economics and the commercial side of the business. The position is located in Catlettsburg, Kentucky, and reports directly to the Economics & Planning Manager – Catlettsburg Refinery. The successful candidate will develop and run LP-based economic plans, analyze refinery economics and market conditions, and translate model outputs into executable operating plans. The role also supports refinery economic models and planning assumptions, integrates turnaround plans into operating plans, communicates forward assumptions, and can cover at least one other desk.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
A Bachelor's degree in another field may be considered with five years of experience in feedstocks, refined products coordinating, refinery operations, lab, or closely related industry experience.
Two years of refinery operations, planning, optimization, scheduling, value chain analysis, or related experience.
Skills in analytical thinking, building partnerships, business acumen, business domain knowledge, continuous improvement, data analysis, decision support analytics, forecast analysis, influencing others, integrated planning and optimization, optimization modeling, results orientation, scenario planning, stakeholder engagement, and strategic operational planning.

Responsibilities

Develop and run LP-based economic plans for an assigned refinery or system scope to evaluate crude selection, unit operating modes, blending, and product placement decisions.
Analyze refinery-level operating economics, market inputs, and constraints to identify margin opportunities, trade-offs, and economic sensitivities.
Translate short-term economic model outputs into executable refinery operating plans and targets, collaborating with scheduling, operations, supply, and Commercial teams to align economic intent with operating constraints and day-to-day execution.
Provide technical direction for refinery economic models and planning assumptions, ensuring constraints and yields reflect current operating capability.
Communicate refinery forward operating assumptions to planners, schedulers, and leadership to support informed forecasting decisions with minimal oversight.
Integrate mid-term turnaround plans into prompt economic and operating plans, incorporating turnaround scope, unit constraints, and production objectives into sequence-of-events and day-to-day refinery execution plans.
Cover at least one other desk.