Refinery Scheduler

Shell; Sarnia; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the energy sector is seeking a Refinery Scheduler to optimize refinery product lines and manage scheduling in a dynamic environment. This role requires a Bachelor's in Engineering, significant refinery experience, and the ability to handle multiple tasks efficiently. The successful candidate will contribute to production economics and work collaboratively across teams.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Remote work options

Competitive salary

Performance bonuses

Paid parental leave

Extensive training programs

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of relevant experience.
• In-depth understanding of refinery processes and supply chain logistics.
• Willingness to be on call 24/7.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Orion scheduling tool and optimize product schedules.
• Ensure product availability and align Refinery schedules with various teams.
• Analyze discrepancies between plans and actual performance.

Skills

Refinery processes

Unit operations

Supply chain logistics

Refinery economics

Linear Modelling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Technologist

Job description

Shell Sarnia Refinery is seeking a Refinery Scheduler to play a key role in optimizing and maximizing the value of the refinery’s product lines and feedstock channels, including gasoline, distillates, black oil, chemicals, and crude.

This position is responsible for developing and executing schedules aligned with the optimized Monthly Operating Plan, while managing inventories within agreed targets. The role also includes overseeing all aspects of distillate blending to minimize product quality giveaway and identifying opportunities to enhance production economics. Additionally, the Refinery Scheduler will support or lead the consolidation and reporting of production volumes and inventory data for crude, feedstocks, and finished products, including month-end reporting through GSAP and SHARE systems.

Accountabilities :

1. Convert the Monthly Operating Plan into optimized product schedules that meet Trading and Supply demands, blending quality requirements, pipeline schedules, and inventory requirements while minimizing quality giveaway, stock outs, and demurrage costs.
2. Manage the Orion scheduling tool, including its usage, updates, and collaboration with the Margin Optimization Advisor to enhance its functionality.
3. Responsible for communicating the Refinery Schedule to the Refinery, Trading & Supply, and Chemicals teams to ensure alignment.
4. Ensure product availability in the necessary quantities and qualities to meet commitments, while maintaining products and feedstocks within agreed stock levels and taking proactive actions to mitigate any unexpected changes to the plan.
5. Ensure that day-to-day orders and instructions to Production are prepared accurately, on time, and consistent with the agreed plan. Work closely with the Business’ economics group to understand margin leakage and communicate this to the production team for effective resolution.
6. Perform daily analysis of discrepancies between the plan, schedules, and actual performance.
7. Analyze and communicate results to responsible parties to facilitate corrective actions and escalate issues as needed.
8. Coordinate and implement corrective actions to mitigate impacts of unplanned disruptions.
9. Lead or support the Flash process for calculating and consolidating production and inventory data for crude, feedstocks, and finished products volume reporting.
10. Coordinate the Integrated Activity Plan by leading a multidisciplinary team to identify outages, maintenance, and other activities affecting planned operations in the 90-day+ horizon.
11. Lead the team as the refinery scheduler, ensuring integration of this plan into Business planning or MOP activities.
12. Support the Margin Variance Analysis (MVA) process by recording, reporting deviations from the plan, and assessing impacts regularly.
13. Support the Monthly Operating Plan (MOP) process by proactively communicating operational and logistical changes that may impact Production or Supply, and ensuring the MOP reflects updated constraints from the Integrated Activity Plan.
14. Assist the Finance team with mass balancing closure.
15. Maintain focus in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
16. Go out on-site and communicate with field personnel.
17. Act as an interface between the E&S team, refinery operations, and Trading & Supply teams to communicate refinery schedules and steers.

What you bring

1. Legal authorization to work in Canada on a full-time basis.
2. Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Technologist (preferred).
3. At least 5 years of relevant experience.
4. In-depth understanding of refinery processes, unit operations, yields, and supply chain logistics.
5. Good understanding of refinery economics.
6. Experience with Linear Modelling and/or ASPIN unified scheduling (a plus).
7. Willingness to be on call 24/7.

What we offer

At Shell, you will work with talented, committed colleagues in an innovative environment that values honesty, integrity, and respect. You will have opportunities to develop skills, grow professionally, and balance your priorities. Benefits include flexible working hours, remote work options, competitive salary, performance bonuses, paid parental leave, diversity and inclusion initiatives, extensive training programs, and international career opportunities.

Shell aims to be one of the most diverse and inclusive companies worldwide. We encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientations, and life experiences to apply.

Shell in Canada

Shell Canada is part of a global energy company with operations in exploration, production, refining, and energy solutions. In Canada, Shell is involved in LNG exports, shale gas, retail, refining, renewables, and energy solutions, with a significant presence across the country.