Cross-Regional Planning & Optimization Architect

Marathon Petroleum Corporation; Mandan (ND); On-site; USD 163,000 - 244,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Total rewards

Health insurance

Job summary

Marathon Petroleum Corporation in Findlay, Ohio, with additional locations including Mandan, North Dakota, seeks a Cross-Regional Planning & Optimization Advisor/Engineer to align commercial strategy, operations, and market dynamics across refineries. This role integrates planning, logistics and engineering to optimize value across the value chain.

Responsibilities include leading LP-based production plans, providing modeling leadership, and guiding scenario analyses to improve value capture and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering required; five years refinery planning or related experience.
• Four years of refinery planning, optimization, value chain analysis, or related work.
• Aspen PIMS LP modeling experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leads development of optimized regional and cross-regional production plans using LP models.
• Acts as SME in refinery planning, optimization, and market dynamics across multiple sites.
• Provides technical leadership for LP model development and optimization.
• Drives regional and cross-regional optimization strategies; aligns stakeholders.
• Guides complex scenario analyses to support planning decisions and risk assessment.
• Leads performance assessments and optimization to identify gaps and drive improvement.
• Collaborates across Operations, Commercial, Logistics, and Planning to align strategies.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Building Partnerships

Business Acumen

Data Analysis

Decision Support Analytics

Influencing Others

Integrated Planning & Optimization

Scenario Planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Five years refinery planning experience

Aspen PIMS experience

Tools

Aspen PIMS

Job description

Marathon Petroleum Corporation in Findlay, Ohio, with additional locations including Mandan, North Dakota, seeks a Cross-Regional Planning & Optimization Advisor/Engineer to align commercial strategy, operations, and market dynamics across refineries. This role integrates planning, logistics and engineering to optimize value across the value chain.

Responsibilities include leading LP-based production plans, providing modeling leadership, and guiding scenario analyses to improve value capture and