Economics & Planning Specialist/Engineer

This position is responsible for supporting the commercial and operational optimization of company assets, with a focus on planning and scheduling refinery operations, defining operational targets, and maximizing overall profitability.

Responsibilities

• Optimize blending and product scheduling to meet quality specification, minimize giveaway, and maximize profitability across refinery operations
• Coordinate cross-functional activities including shipping schedules, blending instructions, reporting, and operational communication to ensure seamless execution and alignment
• Manage and forecast inventories of feedstocks, intermediates, and finished products to support production, marketing, and logistics decisions
• Determine optimum combination of feedstock, process unit utilization, operating conditions and product slate to maximize plant profitability
• Mentor and develop optimization capabilities and skill sets within team and supporting organization
• Develop short and long term operational plans for maximizing plant profitability
• Collaborate with leadership in major projects, crude supply, clean products, operations, and finance to develop and evaluate opportunities
• Provide feedback to operations so timely corrective actions can be taken to continuously move operations towards optimal for maximization of profits
• Use crude assay management software and refinery LP model to evaluate crude oils and feedstocks for purchase or sale and ensure models are tuned to refinery yields for optimized planning and forecasting
• Keep planning models, other software and spreadsheet tools up-to-date
• Regularly communicate with supervisor work progress, issues or process improvements
• Exposure to work near potentially volatile and combustible materials and chemicals

Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field required; engineering degree preferred
• 4 years of experience in refinery or process industry required
• Optimization or commercial experience preferred
• Leadership experience preferred
• Demonstrated strong working knowledge of the fundamentals of refinery operations
• Experience with refinery LP modeling software, scheduling software, crude assay management software preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite preferred
• Fluent in English, oral and written required
• Strong written/verbal communication, interpersonal and administrative skills
• Ability to adjust schedule to meet business demands

Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States. The Company will not sponsor immigration or work visas.