Refinery Scheduler

HF Sinclair Corporation•Anacortes, WA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

HF Sinclair is seeking a Refinery Scheduler based in Anacortes, WA. In this role, you will manage and optimize the hydrocarbon production of the refinery, which includes the valuation and selection of crude and feedstock, defining and monitoring targets for process unit operations, and the blending and delivery of products to our customers. The Refinery Scheduler uses inputs from Commercial and Manufacturing to develop, optimize and execute an evolving and robust refinery schedule.

Requirements

A minimum of 3 years of job related or industry experience is required.
A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience, is required.
Understands 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 deal with various issues at the same time and make decisions with incomplete information.
Resilient under pressure.

Nice To Haves

Prior planning/scheduling experience is beneficial.
Knowledge of petroleum qualities and lab testing methods is beneficial.
It is highly valuable to building Margin Optimization experiences and competences as the incumbent will participate in end-to-end optimization discussions and steering.

Responsibilities

Refinery Scheduler provides and uses inputs from Commercial and the site to develop, optimize and execute an evolving and robust schedule through converting the Monthly Operating Plan into:
Optimized product and intermediates schedules that meet blending quality requirements while minimizing quality giveaway, stock outs, and demurrage costs
Optimized crude and feedstock schedules that stay within unit corrosion and engineering limits while minimizing demurrage costs
Defined loading/discharge programs
Communicates the Refinery Schedule with Commercial and site interfaces and implements it collaboratively.
Ensures products availability in the necessary quantities and qualities to meet commitments whilst maintaining products and feedstocks within agreed stock levels and taking proactive actions to mitigate the effects of early or late shipments.
Ensures that the day-to-day orders and instructions to oil movements are prepared in conformance with the Production Plan.
Performs the daily task of quantifying and analyzing discrepancies between schedules and actual performance.
Analyzes and communicates results to the responsible parties to take necessary corrective actions.
Participates in daily/weekly teleconferences for products and feedstocks optimizations and provides ad-hoc analysis for real-time decision making.
Coordinates and implements corrective actions to mitigate impact of unplanned disruptions.
Manages the dock schedule for the site.
Maintains good working relationships with transportation carriers, operations, and commercial marine scheduling.
Pro-actively supports the Finance team on mass balancing closure.
Applies Plan Production and Schedule Production processes consistently, including the proper utilization of tools including Orion / MBO.
Pro-actively manages product quality and follows Quality Incident reporting procedures.
Participates in a system team as necessary. Team is responsible for product quality follow up and generating margin opportunities and optimization.
Requires off-hours support to operations, Commercial, and third party marine carriers on an as needed basis.
Special assignments or tasks assigned to the employee by his/her superior, as determined from time to time in the supervisor’s sole and complete discretion.