Cross-Regional Planning & Optimization Engineer

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

Job summary

Marathon Petroleum Company LP is seeking an experienced Cross-Regional Planning & Optimization Advisor/Engineer in Findlay, Ohio. The role focuses on enterprise-wide value optimization by aligning commercial strategy, constraints, and market dynamics across regions.

You will partner with logistics and commercial teams, translate optimization outputs into actionable insights, and drive decisions across the value chain with strong analytical and modeling skills, using LP tools like PIMS.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering; 5 years of refinery planning/optimization, value chain, operations, logistics, or related technical experience required.
• Aspen PIMS linear programming background preferred.
• Experience leading LP model development and optimization is highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Leads development of optimized regional and cross-regional production plans using LP models, balancing constraints, market conditions, and value opportunities across multiple refineries.
• Provides technical leadership for LP model development and optimization, refining assumptions and regional constraints.
• Drives regional and cross-regional optimization strategies and aligns stakeholders to maximize value chain performance.
• Guides complex scenario and sensitivity analyses to support planning decisions and risk evaluation.
• Leads collaboration across Operations, Commercial, Logistics and Planning to align strategies and optimization recommendations.
• Mentors other advisors and advances optimization capabilities across the organization.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Partnership Building

Business Acumen

Data Analysis

Decision Support Analytics

Influencing Others

Integrated Planning

Metrics Management

Optimization Modeling

Scenario Planning

Stakeholder Engagement

Systems Thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Aspen PIMS

Job description

Marathon Petroleum Company LP is seeking an experienced Cross-Regional Planning & Optimization Advisor/Engineer in Findlay, Ohio. The role focuses on enterprise-wide value optimization by aligning commercial strategy, constraints, and market dynamics across regions.

You will partner with logistics and commercial teams, translate optimization outputs into actionable insights, and drive decisions across the value chain with strong analytical and modeling skills, using LP tools like PIMS.