Refinery Optimization & Scheduling Manager

Valero Energy; Texas City (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Pay and Annual Bonus

401(K) match up to 7% with immediate v

Company-sponsored Pension Plan

Comprehensive Healthcare and Wellness

Job summary

Valero Energy in Texas City seeks a Manager Refinery Optimization to lead the Refinery Scheduling and Planning team, driving optimization and profitability while coordinating with Corporate Planning & Economics and refinery operations.

The role oversees planning engineers, schedulers and blenders, providing guidance for daily scheduling, unit targeting, and capital project support on-site at the Valero Texas City Refinery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or higher level degree in Engineering, required.
• 10 years of refinery experience, required.
• Experience using AVEVA Spiral LP model and/or other linear programming/optimization software/techniques, required.
• Experience or familiarity with refinery scheduling work processes and methodology, required.
• Able and willing to work in a collaborative, on-site work environment, in-person at the Valero Texas City Refinery, required.

Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities to improve refinery optimization and profitability.
• Review the monthly Refinery Operating Plan (ROP) and communicate plans with Corporate Planning & Economics and refinery operations.
• Provide input into the refinery’s Strategic Plan development.
• Issue weekly operating instructions; establish optimal unit targets; plan for turnarounds; approve new feedstocks; identify economic opportunities.
• Communicate daily with Corporate Planning & Economics on refinery status, key constraints, and opportunities.
• Review economic analyses and gain approval prior to implementation.
• Perform and support daily scheduling activities across all process units.
• Manage refinery planning and economics staff, including performance feedback and career development.
• Collaborate with Corporate Regional Optimization Engineers to capture optimization synergies across refineries.
• Provide timely, cost-effective guidance to Operations on plan variances and real-time decision-making.
• Facilitate daily operating signals based on market conditions and unit configuration.
• Provide economic and technical expertise for refinery capital projects across all phases.

Skills

Refinery scheduling

Optimization modeling

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s or higher in Engineering

BS in Chemical Engineering

Tools

AVEVA Spiral LP

Linear programming

APS scheduling tool

Job description

Valero Energy in Texas City seeks a Manager Refinery Optimization to lead the Refinery Scheduling and Planning team, driving optimization and profitability while coordinating with Corporate Planning & Economics and refinery operations.

The role oversees planning engineers, schedulers and blenders, providing guidance for daily scheduling, unit targeting, and capital project support on-site at the Valero Texas City Refinery.