Senior Refinery Scheduler

Shell; Sarnia; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Shell is seeking a Senior Refinery Scheduler at its Sarnia Refinery. The role involves optimizing production schedules, managing inventories, and ensuring alignment between refinery operations and market demands. Ideal candidates will have relevant engineering education and extensive experience in refinery processes and logistics. Join a diverse and innovative team dedicated to operational excellence and continuous improvement.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Paid parental leave

Access to training and development programs

Qualifications

• At least 5 years relevant experience required.
• In-depth understanding of refinery processes and supply chain logistics.
• Good understanding of refinery economics.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute schedules aligned with the Monthly Operating Plan.
• Manage the Orion scheduling tool and blend quality requirements.
• Analyze discrepancies between plans and actual performance.

Skills

Refinery Processes

Supply Chain Logistics

Refinery Economics

Linear Modelling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Technologist

Tools

Orion Scheduling Tool

Job description

Shell Sarnia Refinery is seeking a Senior Refinery Scheduler (also known internally as 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 :

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

Managethe Orion scheduling tool, including its usage, updates, and collaboration with the Margin Optimization Advisor to enhance its functionality

Responsible to communicate the Refinery Schedule to the Refinery, Trading & Supply and / or Chemicals to ensure alignment

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

Ensure that the day-to-day orders and instructions to Production are prepared accurately, on time and consistent with the agreed plan. Refinery scheduler works closely with the Business’ economics group to understand margin leakage and to communicate this to the production team for effective resolution

Perform the daily task of quantifying and analyzing discrepancies between the plan, schedules and actual performance

Analyze and communicate results to the responsible parties to take necessary corrective actions and escalates issues to others when need be

Coordinate and implement corrective actions to mitigate impact of unplanned disruptions

Lead or support the Flash process for calculating and consolidating production and inventory data for crude, feedstocks and / or finished products volume reporting

Coordinate the Integrated Activity Plan for the refinery by leading a multi-disciplinary team to identify upcoming outages, maintenance, and other activities that could affect planned activities in the 90day+ horizon

Lead the team as the refinery scheduler, ensuring that this plan is integrated into the Business planning or MOP activities

Support the MVA (margin variance analysis) process by recording and reporting all deviations from the plan including impact on an ongoing basis and reporting regularly

Supportthe MOP (Monthly Operating Plan) process by proactively communicating operational and logistical changes or issues that may impact Production or Supply. Also ensure the MOP reflects any updated constraints as outlined in the Integrated Activity Plan process

Support the Finance team on mass balancing closure

Stay focused in a fast-paced dynamic environment

Go out on the site and communicate with field personnel

Act as an interface between the E&S team, refinery operations, and Trading & Supply teams to communicate refinery schedule and steers

What you bring

Must have legal authorization to work in Canada on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer

Bachelor’s degree in Engineer or Technologist is preferred

At least 5 years relevant experience

In-depth understanding of refinery processes, unit operations, yields, and supply chain logistics

Good understanding of refinery economics

Experience in using Linear Modelling and / or ASPIN unified scheduling is a plus

Must be willing to be on call 24 / 7

What we offer

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people in an innovative work environment. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

Progress as a person as we work on innovative projects 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 considered to be 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

15 Shell-owned distribution terminals, three of which have marine operations

Shell Aviation Canada delivers across a network of 27 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