Refining Reliability Lead — Predictive Analytics

Marathon Petroleum Corporation; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 163,000 - 244,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

401k matching program

Paid parental leave

Educational reimbursement

Job summary

Marathon Petroleum Corporation is seeking a Corporate Reliability Specialist to join a centralized team focused on ensuring refinery asset reliability through advanced data analysis, reliability engineering principles, and predictive tools. You will interface with the Asset Health Monitoring group to develop and deploy strategies for high‑impact assets.

The role requires 10+ years of experience and a Bachelor's degree is preferred.

Qualifications

• Ten or more years of experience in reliability/asset health management.
• Bachelor's degree preferred; teamwork and cross-site collaboration required.
• Experience with predictive reliability methodologies and data tools.

Responsibilities

• Drive reduction of LCIP/LPO across the Refining system.
• Serve as the key point of contact for programmatic strategic reliability efforts.
• Collaborate with Asset Health Monitoring (AHM) organization, Equipment Specialists, and site teams to develop and implement failure prediction strategies for high‑impact assets.
• Serve as primary functional expert to curate insights brought forward by AHM team and collaborate with sites to drive resolution.
• Assist AHM team in development of new tools and identification of instrumentation/measurement needs.
• Collaborate with IT & AHM to ensure data accuracy, standardization, and integrity across all digital monitoring platforms and databases.
• Utilize traditional reliability tools such as, FMEA, RCA, RBD, Weibull, Crow-AMSAA, etc. along with new methods/platforms to drive defect prediction and system failure threat identification.
• Provide technical expertise and troubleshooting assistance in resolving equipment design, operation, and maintenance problems within the discipline across the Refining system; engage internal and external experts as required.
• Collaborate with RRMI specialists and process technologists to address existing systemic reliability issues.
• Evaluate relevant emerging technologies, software, and AI‑enabled tools; and assist sites with selection and placement of instrumentation for critical asset monitoring.
• Support justification of site reliability projects and evaluate reliability risks for projects in development.
• Prepare detailed, data‑driven reports on asset health, reliability performance, and predicted reliability threats.
• Support technical training and provide mentorship to facility engineers on systems, monitoring tools, and new practices.
• Influence and contribute to updates of standards and procedures based on industry and multi‑site experience in collaboration with Equipment Specialist group.
• Conduct post‑audits to evaluate effectiveness of major reliability initiatives.
• Provide technical expertise and support for capital project development and participate in relevant industry trade groups.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Data analysis

Predictive maintenance

Leadership

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

FMEA

RCA

Weibull analysis

Crow-AMSAA

Job description

Marathon Petroleum Corporation is seeking a Corporate Reliability Specialist to join a centralized team focused on ensuring refinery asset reliability through advanced data analysis, reliability engineering principles, and predictive tools. You will interface with the Asset Health Monitoring group to develop and deploy strategies for high‑impact assets.

The role requires 10+ years of experience and a Bachelor's degree is preferred.