Refinery Products Blend Scheduler

Shell; Fort Saskatchewan; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Remote working

Competitive salary

Job summary

Shell is seeking a Refinery Products Blend Scheduler for the Scotford site. You will lead blending and scheduling for all distillates and gasoline, working with Trading & Supply, Operations, and Economics to optimize the blend strategy and supply chain.

You will convert the monthly operating plan into actionable daily instructions, coordinate with cross-functional teams, and drive continuous improvement in scheduling using automation and digital tools.

Qualifications

• Legal authorization to work in Canada on a full-time basis.
• Undergraduate degree in Science, Engineering or Business, and/or 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Basic understanding of refinery/chemical economics and supply chain.
• Knowledge of production specifications and product quality reporting.
• Advanced MS Excel skills and data analysis capabilities.
• Ability to manage priorities under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Blend and schedule Diesels, Jet Fuel, and gasoline for the Scotford refinery.
• Coordinate with Calgary Trading & Supply schedulers and transport teams.
• Manage Scotford rail and SMT inventory and staging for pipelines to outlying terminals.
• Track product quality and ensure compliance with specifications.
• Issue daily operating instructions to hourly production workforce.
• Provide off-hours support on a rotational basis.
• Coordinate seasonal recipes with commercial schedulers for blends.
• Translate MOP into detailed schedules; align with Process Unit Scheduler.
• Contribute to benchmarking and mandated reporting including margin variance analysis.

Skills

Excel

Analytical skills

Communication

Team player

Priority management

Stress management

Data analysis

IT/databases

Work authorization Canada

Education

Undergraduate degree in Science, Engineering or Business

Tools

MS Excel

IT/data analysis basics

Job description

What’s The Role

Shell is seeking a Refinery Products Blend Scheduler to join its team in Scotford.

Shell’s business requires the ability to quickly respond to changing market conditions and production capabilities to deliver the most value. The Refinery Products Blend Schedulers lead blending and scheduling activity for all distillate products (Diesels, Jet Fuel) and gasoline (regular and premium) for the Scotford integrated asset.

As a Refinery Products Blend Scheduler at Scotford, you are a key member of the Refinery Asset Optimization team, working closely with the Refinery Process Unit Scheduler, Refinery Economists, site Operations and Commercial Products Trading and Supply. You lead blending and scheduling activity for the integrated Scotford site, ensuring alignment with business objectives to capture market opportunities.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Blending products (Diesels/ Jet fuel, and/or regular/premium gasoline) for the Scotford Refinery.
• Interfacing with Calgary commercial Trading & Supply pipeline, truck, rail and marine schedulers, and other Trading & Supply personnel, to manage product supply to customers.
• This includes managing inventory at Scotford Refinery for rail loading, and at the Sherwood Marketing Terminal (SMT) which distributes a significant volume via truck sales and serves as the staging area to inject into two product pipelines to outlaying terminals.
• Tracking and optimizing product quality giveaway across the assigned product portfolio and leveraging Scotford operations personnel to ensure products meet specifications.
• Issuing daily operating instructions to hourly production workforce indicating how the various blending systems are to be operated.
• Providing off-hours support for blending and oil movement operations (tank farm operators) as needed on a rotational basis.
• Coordinating seasonal product recipes with commercial Trading & Supply schedulers to ensure successful blend-up and blend-down is achieved for products across the supply chain, while minimizing giveaway.
• Validating blend recipes produced by the linear program (LP) model and translating the monthly operating plan (MOP) into a detailed schedule to provide clear direction for Operations. Close coordination with the Refinery Process Unit Scheduler is required to ensure processing unit operations are optimized.
• Providing key inputs for internal and external financial and production benchmarking and mandated reporting including but not limited to margin variance analysis (MVA).
• Providing basic vacation coverage to the other scheduler and blender roles within the Refinery Asset Optimization team.
• Leading continuous improvement projects in scheduling and blending, including but not limited to leveraging automation and digital technologies.
• Coordinating with the other schedulers and blenders (and Economic Model Coordinators) needed improvements to the scheduling model to sustain useability of the tool and incorporate any automation and best-practices promptly.

The individual should be able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in an ever-changing and fast-paced environment. As the Refinery Asset Optimization department assists Production, extended coverage outside standard working hours may be required based on business need. Must also be an effective communicator, build strong relationships with the key process performers (Production and Technology), and be able to influence without formal authority.

What You Bring

• The candidate must have legal authorization to work in Canada on a full-time basis
• Undergraduate degree in Science, Engineering or Business, and/or 3 or more years of relevant experience
• Basic understanding of Refinery/Chemical economics and supply chain
• Knowledge of production specifications and product quality reporting process an asset
• Advance skill level in MS Excel or demonstrated capability to analyze large amounts of data
• Understanding of IT technologies, Data Analysis techniques, databases, and reasonable computer programming skills is a plus
• Ability to manage priorities effectively, balance multiple objectives and cope with occasionally high levels of stress in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent analytical, oral and written communication skills
• Team player and self-motivated

If you don’t see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed in the posting above, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. Research has shown that women & those from under-represented groups often only apply when they feel 100% qualified. We are committed to creating a more equitable, inclusive, and diverse company, and we strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientations, and life experiences to apply.

What We Offer

• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together
• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead
• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices
• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise
• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself
• Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working
• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance-related salary increase; our pay and benefits packages are among the best in the world
• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents
• Join an organization working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world
• We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply
• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams
• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programs

We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world’s most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal,

Shell in Canada

Shell Canada is part of a global group of energy and petrochemicals companies with an average of 92,000 employees in more than 70 countries and has been operating in Canada since 1911.

Shell Canada is one of the few truly integrated energy companies in Canada with all of Shell’s global businesses represented, including upstream, integrated gas, downstream, and renewables and energy solutions. That means we do everything from exploration, gas production, refining and manufacturing, to providing fuels and developing energy solutions for our customers.

At a glance, our businesses and projects in Canada include:

• Joint Venture Partner (40%) with LNG Canada which will export Canadian natural gas to Asian markets
• Shale gas and liquids assets in Alberta and British Columbia
• A network of 1,400 retail stations across Canada
• The Scotford Complex in Alberta includes an upgrader; chemicals plant and is home to the Quest carbon capture and storage facility
• The Sarnia Manufacturing Centre refinery in Ontario
• Investments in renewables and energy solutions, including EV charging, hydrogen and biofuels
• 12 Shell-owned distribution terminals, three of which have marine operations
• Shell Aviation Canada delivers across a network of 26 airport fixed-based operations and airport consortiums, from coast to coast. Shell Aviation provides 1.7 billion litersof high-quality fuel annually in Canada and offers reliable and safe into-plane delivery
• Strong Sulphur and Lubricants businesses as well as an innovative Supply and Trading business