Lead Planning & Optimization Advisor/Engineer
About The Position
The Value Chain Optimization (VCO) team is seeking a Cross-Regional Planning & Optimization Advisor/Engineer to enable enterprise-wide value optimization by aligning commercial strategy, operational constraints, and market dynamics across multiple regions. Reporting to the Cross Regional Optimization Director, the role works across planning, logistics, and commercial teams to support consistent, economically optimized decision-making throughout the value chain. The role requires close collaboration with logistics and commercial stakeholders, facilitating cross-regional alignment and communicating complex concepts clearly to influence outcomes across diverse groups without direct authority. Using analytical skills and linear programming models, including PIMS, the advisor/engineer evaluates scenarios, validates plans, and identifies opportunities to improve value capture. The role translates optimization outputs into actionable insights and promotes consistent application of models in planning and execution processes. The position is based in Findlay, Ohio, with additional listed locations across the United States. It is a regular, full-time position.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or a bachelor's degree in another field with five years of experience in refinery planning, optimization, value chain, operations, commercial, logistics, or related technical work.
- Four years of experience in refinery planning, optimization, value chain analysis, operations, commercial, logistics, or a related field.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Ability to build partnerships and leverage relationships across work groups.
- Business acumen and understanding of business processes, industry trends, and market dynamics.
- Knowledge of commodity markets, price dynamics, and supply-demand fundamentals.
- Ability to identify and lead continuous improvement and value-creation opportunities.
- Data analysis and decision-support analytics skills.
- Ability to influence others and build stakeholder alignment.
- Knowledge of integrated planning and optimization, optimization modeling, scenario planning, metrics management, and systems thinking.
Nice To Haves
- Aspen PIMS linear programming user background.
Responsibilities
- Lead development of optimized regional and cross-regional production plans using linear programming models, balancing operational constraints, market conditions, and value chain opportunities across multiple refineries.
- Serve as a subject matter expert in refinery planning and optimization, applying knowledge of refinery operations, economics, and market dynamics across refineries and value chain functions.
- Provide technical leadership for LP model development and optimization by challenging assumptions, refining regional constraints, and ensuring models reflect business and operational realities.
- Develop regional and cross-regional optimization strategies and align stakeholders to address constraints, capture value opportunities, and maximize value chain performance.
- Guide complex scenario and sensitivity analyses to support planning decisions, evaluate risks, and optimize performance.
- Lead performance assessments, backcast analyses, and scenario evaluations to identify systemic gaps and drive continuous improvement.
- Lead collaboration across Operations, Commercial, Logistics, and Planning organizations to align assumptions, operating strategies, and optimization recommendations.
- Lead complex planning and optimization initiatives, mentor other advisors, and advance organizational planning and optimization capabilities.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Vision insurance
- Dental insurance
- Paid time off
- 401(k) matching program
- Paid parental leave
- Educational reimbursement
- Eligibility for a discretionary company-sponsored annual bonus program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
