NG & NGL Optimization Modeling Lead (Digital Tools)

Marathon Petroleum Corporation

Denver (CO)

On-site

USD 163,000 - 244,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

Marathon Petroleum Corporation in Denver, Colorado, seeks an NG, NGLs, and Specialties Optimization Modeling & Technology Manager to lead digital models and decision-support tools across the NG & NGL value chain.

Positioned within Planning & Optimization, the role connects Commercial, Trading, Operations, Scheduling, Logistics, Finance, Digital/IT, and other stakeholders to translate business decisions, plant capabilities, operating constraints, and value drivers into trusted optimization

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Engineering; substantial relevant experience in NG/NGL processing, optimization modeling, operations research, planning, commercial, logistics, data analytics, or digital solution development.
Ten (10) years or more of relevant experience developing, supporting, or applying optimization, process, economic, scheduling, forecasting, or decision-support models in the natural gas, NGL, midstream, refining, petrochemical, or related energy industry. Leadership of cross-functional technical initiatives and third-party solution providers preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead the development, implementation, and lifecycle management of NG & NGL optimization models, digital tools, and decision-support applications supporting planning horizons from long-range strategy through near-term execution.
Serve as the NG & NGL processing and optimization subject matter expert, translating plant configurations, process relationships, operating limits, product recoveries, quality requirements, commercial terms, logistics constraints, and market economics into functional and technical model requirements.
Partner with Digital/IT, data and architecture teams, and third-party software providers to define solution design, data integration, testing, security, deployment, support, and enhancement requirements while maintaining business ownership of model logic and outcomes.
Direct model configuration, calibration, validation, and performance monitoring to ensure recommendations accurately reflect asset capabilities and produce feasible, explainable, and economically sound results across plants, regions, and the enterprise value chain.
Coordinate priorities and delivery of the digital tools across Planning & Optimization, Commercial, Trading, Operations, Scheduling, Logistics, Finance, Digital/IT, and other business partners; manage project scope, resources, risks, milestones, vendor performance, and status reporting for digital initiatives.
Own business acceptance and operational readiness, including test-case development, user acceptance testing, recommendation backcasting and validation, defect resolution, production support, and transition to sustainable business and IT support models.
Develop training, procedures, support playbooks, and technical guidance for business users and support teams. Coach team members and stakeholders in model interpretation, scenario development, appropriate use of recommendations, and continuous improvement of planning processes.
Evaluate emerging optimization methods, solvers, analytics, forecasting capabilities, and digital technologies; recommend enhancements that improve scalability, reliability, transparency, decision speed, and value realization across the NG & NGL business.
Define and monitor measures for model accuracy, reliability, adoption, decision latency, plan-versus-actual performance, and realized value; communicate results, limitations, risks, and recommended actions to leadership and key stakeholders.