Planning & Optimization Engineer III/Senior Planning & Optimization Engineer
Position Summary
The Value Chain Optimization (VCO) team at MPC has an opening for a Planning & Optimization Engineer for the North Region. This role reports through the VCO organization to the North Strategic Mid-Term Planning Director. The successful candidate will work closely with the Value Chain members to optimize the long-term profitability of the North value chain.
Key Responsibilities
- Demonstrates an advanced understanding of refinery operations, economics, and market dynamics across the value chain.
- Manages the commercial planning aspects of the next three years for all regional refinery operations, including feedstock selection, product and intermediate placement, inventory optimization, seasonal inventory plays, supply chain optimization, and market analysis.
- Independently curios about model results, proactively seeks different economic cases to develop optimal refinery planning solutions.
- Completes and communicates LP based strategic analysis of regional assets to enhance understanding of asset strengths, opportunities, and challenges.
- Develops optimized and executable regional business plans using linear programming simulation models.
- Effectively communicates the mid-term planning economic strategies and drivers to the short-term planning team for further enhancement before execution.
- Questions refinery constraints and proactively work with refinery resources to accurately model.
- Identifies and develops economic projects associated with constraint removal and works with sites to progress.
- Leads the regional 10-year turnaround timing and production plan optimization through collaboration with value chain partners and LP model runs.
- Manages project support cases independently.
Education And Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required.
- Four (4) years of relevant experience required.
- Technical Services or Economics & Planning experience preferred.
Skills
- Action Planning
- Adaptability
- Business Acumen
- Commercial Awareness
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Decision Making
- Innovation
- Leadership & Mentoring
- Problem Solving
- Results Driven
- Strategic Planning
- Teamwork
Benefits
- Access to health, vision, and dental insurance
- Paid time off
- 401k matching program
- Paid parental leave
- Education reimbursement
Location
Findlay, Ohio
Job Requisition ID
00022892
Pay Range
$122,900.00 - $212,000.00
Salary Grade
12 - 13
Additional Locations
- Canton, Ohio
- Catlettsburg, Kentucky
- Detroit, Michigan
- Mandan, North Dakota
- Robinson, Illinois
- St Paul Park, Minnesota
Equal Opportunity Employer
Marathon Petroleum Company LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, reproductive health decision-making, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition or AIDS/HIV status, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, military, veteran status, marital status, citizenship or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.