Planning & Optimization Engineer

Marathon Petroleum Corporation•Catlettsburg, KY

39d•Onsite

About The Position

The Value Chain Optimization group at the Catlettsburg Refinery is seeking candidates for an opening in the Planning and Economics group. The Planning group is responsible for optimizing refinery operations, developing short and long range production forecasts, feedstock scheduling, product production and scheduling, project analysis, and intermediate inventory management. All members of the team are expected to be actively engaged in ensuring all products meet specifications. The successful candidate will have an opportunity to interact with and influence many areas of the company. The group works closely with Operations and Technical Services to understand unit constraints and communicate the economic drivers of each of the operating areas. The team also works directly with various commercial organizations (Crude and Midwest Clean Product Value Chains, Asphalt Supply and Logistics, VCO Findlay, and Product Quality) to evaluate opportunities on feedstocks, products, and inter-refinery transfers. The candidate will initially be trained to use the refinery linear program (PIMS). After mastering the linear program, the individual is expected to serve as the short-term forecaster and learn APS. Responsibilities of the position include:

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in engineering required. Chemical Engineering preferred. (Education must be obtained/completed prior to start date)
Two (2) years relevant refining, chemical or petrochemical industry experience required. Technical Services or Economics & Planning experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Issue two month forecast on a weekly basis. Review unit and tank farm constraints, market prices, product demands, and feedstock availability as a part of the forecast process.
Work with Tech Service and Operations to identify and optimize around unit constraints.
Issue the daily unit target sheet.
Explain forecast variances, evaluate feedstock and product opportunities, and run sensitivities as needed.
Provide incremental economics on a weekly basis to support optimization efforts within the refinery.
Perform ad hoc analysis to guide business decisions around outages and slowdowns.
Analyze capital project value and provide transparent economics.
Serve on the refinery quality team.
Post audit LP results vs. actual results to ensure model accuracy.
Provide backup coverage for the Light oil, Gasoline, Crude oil and Black oil coordinators as necessary after training.
Support daily refinery material balances.