Lead Cross-Regional Planning & Optimization Engineer

Marathon Petroleum Corporation; Kenai (AK); On-site; USD 141,000 - 212,000; Full time

Job summary

Marathon Petroleum Corporation in Findlay, Ohio, is seeking a Cross-Regional Planning & Optimization Advisor/Engineer to align commercial strategy with regional constraints across the value chain. You will integrate planning, logistics, and trading inputs to drive economically optimized decisions and to embed advanced optimization methods into daily planning.

You will lead studies, mentor engineers, and collaborate with Operations, Commercial, Logistics, and Planning teams to translate model

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering is required; extensive refinery planning experience is welcomed.
• 4 years of refinery planning, optimization, value chain analysis, operations, logistics or related experience required.
• Aspen PIMS linear programming background is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performs scenario and sensitivity analyses to evaluate impacts of market conditions and constraints.
• Partners with Operations, Commercial, Logistics, and Planning teams to align plans across horizons and regions.
• Leads planning studies and optimization projects independently while guiding junior advisors.
• Manages cross-regional commercial aspects including feedstock selection and market analysis.
• Mentors junior engineers in planning strategies and optimization techniques.
• Leads collaboration meetings to discuss regional economic drivers and optimization results.
• Adapts cross-regional modeling constraints to reflect real operating limits.
• Executes end-to-end evaluation of cross-regional buy-or-make cases with data-driven insights.
• Collaborates with trading to align strategies and optimize outcomes.

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

Tools

Aspen PIMS

Job description

Marathon Petroleum Corporation in Findlay, Ohio, is seeking a Cross-Regional Planning & Optimization Advisor/Engineer to align commercial strategy with regional constraints across the value chain. You will integrate planning, logistics, and trading inputs to drive economically optimized decisions and to embed advanced optimization methods into daily planning.

You will lead studies, mentor engineers, and collaborate with Operations, Commercial, Logistics, and Planning teams to translate model