Junior Economic Planner

HF Sinclair Corporation•Artesia, NM

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

HF Sinclair is seeking a Junior Economics Planner to conduct complex oil flow planning, scheduling, optimization, economic analysis, gasoline blending optimization, and transportation assignments related to refinery operations under minimal supervision. This role involves regular interaction with Operations, Process Engineering, Commercial, and Turnaround teams to identify and discuss optimization opportunities. The Junior Economic Planner will manage daily optimization activities to ensure the refinery operates at planned feed rates and quality targets to maximize profit, while also maintaining intermediate feedstock inventories within operating envelopes and oil flow plans. The position requires participation in daily/weekly teleconferences for product and feedstock optimization, providing ad-hoc analysis for real-time decision-making, and coordinating with Midstream for tank maintenance schedules to align with refinery oil flow and maintenance events. This role is crucial for updating the monthly plan with weekly price updates using the LP model, reporting shifts in economic incentives, developing the monthly production forecast (MPF) for pipeline schedules, and creating the monthly oil flow plan for RLT review and approval. Communication of the monthly oil flow plan, planned maintenance activities, and adjustments to operating conditions will be key responsibilities. The role also involves determining lost profit opportunity (LPO) estimates, unit rate valuations, and gasoline blend values using the LP model, as well as maintaining the refinery outage and turnaround schedule and developing oil flow plans for these events. Occasional off-hours support and special assignments may be required.

Requirements

A minimum of 5 years of on-the-job experience in refinery operations, process engineering, or other relevant experience is required.
Understand supply chain economics and refining processes.
Ability to provide clear direction to multiple parties regarding feasibility while keeping economic considerations in the forefront.
Capability to work on multiple issues in parallel and make decisions with incomplete information.
Resilient under pressure.
Working knowledge of Microsoft products.
Ability to learn to use other relevant software (Petro, Spiral Software, BLEND).
Strong communication skills.
Ability to perform mathematical calculations.
Ability to foster strong teamwork and maintain good working relationships with multiple teams throughout the organization.
Ability to operate and drive all assigned company vehicles at company standard insurance rates is essential.
Valid State driver's license and proof of insurance required.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of petroleum qualities and lab testing methods is beneficial.

Responsibilities

Conducts complex oil flow planning, scheduling, optimization, economic analysis, gasoline blending optimization, and transportation assignments related to refinery operations.
Manages daily optimization activities to ensure the refinery is operating at plan feed rates and quality targets to maximize profit.
Manages intermediate feedstock inventories to stay within operating envelope and oil flow plans.
Participates in daily/weekly teleconferences for products and feedstocks optimizations and provides ad-hoc analysis for real-time decision making.
Coordinates with Midstream to ensure tank maintenance plans mesh well with refinery oil flow and maintenance event schedules.
Coordinates and implements corrective actions and adjusts oil flow plan to mitigate impact of unplanned events.
Uses the LP model to update the monthly plan with weekly price updates and reports any shift in economic incentives for products and crude oil grades.
Uses the LP model to develop the monthly production forecast (MPF) that is used to set up the monthly product pipeline schedules.
Uses the LP model to develop the monthly oil flow plan and meets with RLT for review and approval.
Communicates the monthly oil flow plan to individuals and teams throughout the organization.
Communicates with Operations regarding planned maintenance activities and adjusts operating conditions as needed to accommodate taking equipment off-line planned work.
Works with the Economics and Planning team to determine lost profit opportunity (LPO) estimates for current refinery events and monthly reporting purposes.
Uses the LP model to determine unit rate valuations each month and reports out to the organization.
Uses the LP model to determine gasoline blend values used to determine quality giveaway each month.
Participates in meetings with the Operations Business Teams.
Maintains the refinery outage and turnaround schedule.
Works with Operations to develop oil flow plans for planned outages and turnarounds and communicates the plan with the refinery team.
Backs up the Blending Specialist as needed.
Occasionally requires off-hours support to operations, Commercial, and third party companies.
Special assignments or tasks assigned to the employee by their supervisor, as determined from time to time in their sole and complete discretion.