Lead/Principal Product Quality Advisor

Marathon Petroleum Corporation•Findlay, OH

About The Position

Marathon Petroleum is seeking a Lead or Principal Product Quality Advisor for its Corporate Product Quality group within Corporate HES&S. The role provides leadership in anticipating and identifying product quality issues involving light products, jet fuel, asphalt, petrochemicals, and additives. It applies regulatory expertise to develop and implement solutions that ensure conformance with industry, regulatory, and stakeholder requirements. This includes developing quality initiatives locally and globally and implementing strategies, guidelines, and procedures to create and mature MPC’s quality management system. The advisor will support the Product Quality Incident Command Structure as a Section Chief or Deputy Incident Commander and lead investigations of significant quality incidents. The position regularly engages with multiple MPC business units and external industry counterparts. The job family has increasing levels of responsibility, competency, and skill; the actual title and pay grade will depend on the selected candidate’s experience and qualifications. Expected travel is up to 25%, and after-hours on-call service is required for an average of 2–4 weeks per quarter.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, business, or another relevant field.
10 or more years of related experience.
Excellent working knowledge of refining, midstream, or downstream operations.
Recognized as a subject matter expert for key product lines and fuels regulatory requirements within the company and externally.
Valid driver’s license.
Must be able to pass a drug test and background check.

Responsibilities

Interpret federal and state fuel rules, assess business impacts, and provide timely implementation guidance.
Monitor EPA and state fuel waivers, determine jurisdiction-specific applicability, maintain compliance tracking, and communicate requirements to business stakeholders.
Provide technical assistance to correct off-specification product.
Take after-hours on-call service for an average of 2–4 weeks per quarter.
Perform quality audits independently or as part of a group, within and outside MPC facilities.
Maintain regular contact with assigned facilities and conduct periodic site visits.
Lead product quality responses and investigations to rectify product issues, determine causes and contributory circumstances, confer with appropriate management personnel, and assist in developing solutions and process improvements to prevent recurrence.
Lead, support, and participate in cross-organizational work groups and product quality initiatives to develop, maintain, and continually improve quality standards, procedures, and practices.
Initiate and coordinate the development of quality knowledge documents, information manuals, presentations, training materials, and programs, and communicate subject matter effectively.
Participate in and represent Corporate Product Quality on teams and projects.
Stay informed about regulatory changes and organizational operations, and maintain contact with industry peers, manufacturers, and governmental agencies to learn about issues that could affect the organization.
Work with personnel across MPC and external stakeholders to implement improvements, anticipate and identify quality issues, develop solutions, and consider impacts on other business units; this may include gathering and analyzing business and operational data.