Hindsight Economist

Exxon Mobil; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 270,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Exxon Mobil is seeking a Hindsight Economist to join a centralized team responsible for Overall (Production Planning) Model Validation and Lookback activities across manufacturing sites. The role will replace existing lookback processes and complement current model validation work.

Candidates should have a chemical engineering background with 5+ years in refinery or petrochemical production planning and scheduling, and familiarity with LP planning tools and manufacturing economics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or MSc/MEng in Chemical Engineering required.
• 5+ years experience in refinery/petrochemical production planning and scheduling.
• Experience with planning tools (LP models) and economics knowledge preferred.

Responsibilities

• Execute monthly backcasting/lookback to analyze opportunities and present them to sites.
• Improve tools including configuration/tag changes and planning case setup improvements.
• Collaborate with Site Sr Economists to address opportunities and with Modeling & Optimization engineers to adjust the model.

Skills

5+ years experience

Planning tools

Economics knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s/MSc/MEng in Chemical Engineering

Tools

LP models

Manufacturing economics

Job description

What role you will play in our team

• Hindsight Economist will be a part of a centralized team who will execute Overall (Production Planning) Model Validation (OMV) and (Production Performance) Lookback (LB) of a specific/integrated manufacturing sites.
• Hindsight/lookback process is intended to replace existing site lookback processes and complement current model validation work processes.
• This position is not limited to Malaysians only.

What you will do

• Execute the monthly backcasting/lookback process, to analyze, identify opportunities and to present them to the sites driving improvement in molecule management and profitability.
• Responsible for making tool improvements e.g. configuration/tag changes, planning case set up improvements, model biasing, etc.
• Work closely with Site Sr Economists to understand the opportunities identified by the lookback analysis and execute the follow ups.
• Work closely with Modeling & Optimization engineers to understand the potential gaps in planning model, investigate further and make necessary adjustments to the model.

About you

• Bachelor’s Degree / MSc. / MEng in Chemical Engineering.
• More than 5 years of experience working in Refinery/Petrochemical manufacturing site, including production planning and scheduling.
• Experience with planning tools (e.g. LP models) and manufacturing economics knowledge preferred.

Your Benefits:

We are committed to providing benefits that are competitive and support the needs of our employees.

Equal Opportunity Employer
ExxonMobil is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be duly considered for employment.