Refinery Economics & Planning Engineer - Optimization

Marathon Petroleum Corporation; Catlettsburg (KY); Presencial; USD 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health insurance

401k matching

Paid time off

Educational reimbursement

Descripción de la vacante

Marathon Petroleum Corporation seeks a motivated professional for Value Chain Optimization at the Catlettsburg refinery in Catlettsburg, KY. You will develop LP-based economic plans, analyze refinery economics, and coordinate with scheduling, operations, supply and commercial teams.

The role provides exposure to refinery logistics, economics, and the commercial side of MPC's value chain, with opportunities to grow in a collaborative environment and contribute to mid-term and near-term

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required; other fields considered with five years related experience
• Two years of refinery operations, planning, optimization, scheduling, value chain analysis, or related experience required

Responsabilidades

• Develops and runs LP-based economic plans for assigned refinery or system scope to evaluate crude selection, unit operating modes, blending, and product placement decisions.
• Analyzes refinery-level operating economics, market inputs, and constraints to identify margin opportunities, trade-offs, and economic sensitivities.
• Translates short-term economic model outputs into executable refinery operating plans and targets, working directly with scheduling, operations, supply, and Commercial teams to align economic intent with operating constraints and day-to-day execution realities.
• Provides technical direction for refinery economic models and planning assumptions, ensuring constraints, and yields reflect current operating capability.
• Communicates refinery forward operating assumptions to planners, schedulers, and leadership to support informed forecasting decisions with minimal oversight.
• Integrates mid-term turnaround plans into prompt economic and operating plans, incorporating turnaround scope, unit constraints, and production objectives into sequence of events and day-to-day refinery execution plans.
• Has ability to cover at least one other desk.

Conocimientos

Analytical Thinking

Data Analysis

Decision Support Analytics

Forecast Analysis

Integrated Planning & Optimization

Optimization Modeling

Stakeholder Engagement

Strategic Operational Planning

Building Partnerships

Influencing Others

Results Driven

Scenario Planning

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Descripción del empleo

Marathon Petroleum Corporation seeks a motivated professional for Value Chain Optimization at the Catlettsburg refinery in Catlettsburg, KY. You will develop LP-based economic plans, analyze refinery economics, and coordinate with scheduling, operations, supply and commercial teams.

The role provides exposure to refinery logistics, economics, and the commercial side of MPC's value chain, with opportunities to grow in a collaborative environment and contribute to mid-term and near-term