Cross-Regional Refinery Planning & Optimization Lead

Marathon Petroleum Corporation; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 163,000 - 244,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Vision, and Dental insurance

401k matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Marathon Petroleum Corporation in Findlay, Ohio seeks a Cross-Regional Planning & Optimization Advisor/Engineer to align commercial strategy with market dynamics across multiple refineries. This role partners with logistics and commercial teams to drive economically optimized decisions across the value chain.

You will lead LP model development (Aspen PIMS preferred), run scenario analyses, and translate outputs into actionable insights for planning and execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is required; can consider other fields with 5 years of relevant experience.
• 4 years of refinery planning/optimization/related experience required.
• Aspen PIMS LP modeling experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leads development of optimized regional and cross-regional production plans using LP models across multiple refineries.
• Subject matter expert in refinery planning and optimization across multiple refineries and value chain functions.
• Provides technical leadership for LP model development and optimization; refine constraints and reflect business realities.
• Drives development of optimization strategies; aligns stakeholders to capture value opportunities and maximize value chain performance.
• Guides complex scenario and sensitivity analyses to support planning decisions and risk evaluation.
• Leads advanced performance assessments, backcast analyses, and scenario evaluations to identify gaps and drive improvements.
• Leads collaboration across Operations, Commercial, Logistics, and Planning to align assumptions and optimization recommendations.
• Mentors others and advances planning and optimization capabilities across the organization.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Building Partnerships

Business Acumen

Business Domain Knowledge

Commodity Market Analysis

Continuous Improvement Mindset

Data Analysis

Decision Support Analytics

Influencing Others

Integrated Planning & Optimization

Metrics Management

Optimization Modeling

Scenario Planning

Stakeholder Engagement

Systems Thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering required

Four (4) years of refinery planning, optimization, value chain analysis, operations, commercial, logistics, or related experience

Tools

Aspen PIMS

Job description

Marathon Petroleum Corporation in Findlay, Ohio seeks a Cross-Regional Planning & Optimization Advisor/Engineer to align commercial strategy with market dynamics across multiple refineries. This role partners with logistics and commercial teams to drive economically optimized decisions across the value chain.

You will lead LP model development (Aspen PIMS preferred), run scenario analyses, and translate outputs into actionable insights for planning and execution.