Refinery Planning & Optimization Specialist

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health, vision and dental insurance

401k matching program

Discretionary annual bonus

Job summary

Marathon Petroleum Corporation seeks a Planning & Optimization Advisor/Engineer to support regional and refinery planning and optimization. You will contribute to backcasting, optimization modeling, and LP submodel development, translating analytical insights into actionable outcomes.

The role requires strong analytical capability, cross-functional collaboration, and effective communication to align plans with operational realities and market conditions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering required; a Bachelor’s in another field may be considered with five years of relevant experience.
• Four (4) years of refinery planning, optimization, value chain analysis, operations, 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, aligning with capabilities, market conditions, and business objectives.
• Maintains and enhances LP models by validating assumptions and improving model accuracy.
• Identifies constraints and opportunities; develops optimization strategies to improve performance and results.
• Performs scenario and sensitivity analyses to evaluate impacts of market conditions and disruptions.
• Integrates historical performance reviews and backcast analyses to improve forecasting and planning.
• Partners with Operations, Commercial, Logistics, and Planning to align plans across horizons and regions.
• Leads planning studies and optimization projects, providing guidance to junior advisors.

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

Bachelor's degree in another field with 5 years refinery planning/optimization experience

Tools

LP models

Job description

Marathon Petroleum Corporation seeks a Planning & Optimization Advisor/Engineer to support regional and refinery planning and optimization. You will contribute to backcasting, optimization modeling, and LP submodel development, translating analytical insights into actionable outcomes.

The role requires strong analytical capability, cross-functional collaboration, and effective communication to align plans with operational realities and market conditions.