Refinery Planning & Optimization Specialist

Marathon Petroleum Corporation; Canton (OH); On-site; USD 123,000 - 212,000; Full time

Job summary

Marathon Petroleum Corporation in Findlay, OH, is seeking a Planning & Optimization Advisor/Engineer to support regional and refinery planning and optimization activities. You will backcast, model, and maintain LP submodels while collaborating across Operations, Commercial, Logistics, and Planning teams.

The role requires a Bachelor's in Engineering and at least four years in refinery planning, optimization, or related fields, with strong analytical and communication skills to translate insights

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering required; a Bachelor's in another field may be considered with five years of related technical experience.
• Four (4) years of refinery planning, optimization, value chain analysis, operations, commercial, logistics, or related experience.

Responsibilities

• Develops and optimizes short-term, mid-term, and lookback plans using LP models to maximize refinery and value chain performance.
• Manages refinery forecasting and planning activities independently, ensuring plans align with operations, market conditions, and business objectives.
• Maintains and enhances LP models by validating assumptions, modifying constraints, and improving model accuracy to reflect refinery realities.
• Identifies emerging constraints and opportunities and develops optimization strategies to improve refinery and value chain performance.
• Performs scenario and sensitivity analyses to evaluate impacts of changing market conditions, constraints, disruptions, and initiatives.
• Integrates historical performance reviews, backcast analyses, and scenario evaluations to improve forecasting accuracy and planning effectiveness.
• Partners with Operations, Commercial, Logistics, and Planning teams to align plans across horizons and regions, supporting execution of strategies.
• Leads planning studies and optimization projects independently while mentoring less experienced advisors.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Building Partnerships

Business Acumen

Business Domain Knowledge

Commodity Market Analysis

Continuous Improvement

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

Job description

Marathon Petroleum Corporation in Findlay, OH, is seeking a Planning & Optimization Advisor/Engineer to support regional and refinery planning and optimization activities. You will backcast, model, and maintain LP submodels while collaborating across Operations, Commercial, Logistics, and Planning teams.

The role requires a Bachelor's in Engineering and at least four years in refinery planning, optimization, or related fields, with strong analytical and communication skills to translate insights