Refinery Scheduler

Oman Shell; Sarnia; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global energy company in Canada is seeking a Refinery Scheduler to optimize product lines and feedstock channels. This role involves developing schedules aligned with the Monthly Operating Plan while managing inventories. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and at least 5 years of relevant experience, with a deep understanding of refinery processes and economics. This position offers competitive salaries, benefits, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Paid parental leave

Flexible hours

Remote options

Commitment to diversity and inclusion

Qualifications

• Legal authorization to work in Canada.
• At least 5 years relevant experience.
• Good understanding of refinery economics.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute optimized product schedules.
• Manage the Orion scheduling tool and its updates.
• Communicate refinery schedules to relevant teams.
• Quantify and analyze discrepancies between plans and actual performance.

Skills

Refinery processes

Supply chain logistics

Production scheduling

Linear Modelling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Technologist

Tools

Orion scheduling tool

GSAP

SHARE systems

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. Communicate the Refinery Schedule to the Refinery, Trading & Supply and/or 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 unexpected changes to the plan.
5. Prepare day-to-day orders and instructions to Production accurately, on time, and consistent with the plan. Work closely with the Business’ economics group to understand margin leakage and communicate this to the production team for resolution.
6. Quantify and analyze discrepancies between the plan, schedules, and actual performance daily.
7. Analyze and communicate results to responsible parties, taking corrective actions and escalating issues when necessary.
8. Coordinate and implement corrective actions to mitigate 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 activities affecting planned operations in the 90-day+ horizon.
11. Ensure the refinery schedule is integrated into Business planning or MOP activities as the team lead.
12. Support the Margin Variance Analysis (MVA) process by recording and reporting deviations from the plan and their impacts.
13. Proactively communicate operational and logistical changes impacting Production or Supply, ensuring the MOP reflects updated constraints from the Integrated Activity Plan.
14. Support the finance team on mass balancing closure.
15. Maintain focus in a fast-paced environment and communicate with field personnel onsite.
16. Act as an interface between E&S, refinery operations, and Trading & Supply teams to communicate refinery schedules and steers.

What you bring

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

What we offer

At Shell, you’ll work with talented, committed colleagues in an innovative environment, with opportunities for skill development, growth, and work-life balance, including flexible hours and remote options. We offer competitive salaries, benefits, paid parental leave, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Join us as we transition to a net-zero emissions future and address the global energy challenge together.