Senior NG/NGL Planning & Optimization Lead

Marathon Petroleum Corporation; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 123,000 - 212,000; Full time

Job summary

Marathon Petroleum Corporation is seeking a Senior Planning & Optimization Advisor (Engineer) to lead integrated planning and decision-support efforts across the value chain. The role focuses on embedding data-driven decision-making into business processes and coordinating cross-functional teams to deliver optimized, actionable plans.

The position emphasizes developing standardized processes, validating models, and driving stakeholder adoption across Commercial, Trading, Operations,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering required.
• A Bachelor's degree in another field may be considered with five years of experience in economics planning, optimization, or related areas.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement standardized planning and optimization processes across value chain stakeholders.
• Coordinate optimization model development, business requirements, constraints validation, and adoption.
• Develop short-term, mid-term, and long-range plans to maximize NG/NGL value chain performance.
• Manage forecasting and planning activities ensuring alignment with contracts, market conditions, and business objectives.
• Validate model outputs, update constraints, and improve data quality for better decision-making.
• Identify constraints and opportunities to improve asset utilization and product routing.
• Perform scenario/sensitivity analyses to evaluate market/shock impacts.
• Integrate historical performance reviews and backcasts to improve forecasting accuracy.
• Collaborate with Operations, Commercial, Trading, Scheduling, Logistics, Planning, Engineering and IT teams to align plans across horizons.

Skills

Planning & optimization

Data-driven decision making

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Bachelor's degree in another field with 5 years relevant experience

Job description

Marathon Petroleum Corporation is seeking a Senior Planning & Optimization Advisor (Engineer) to lead integrated planning and decision-support efforts across the value chain. The role focuses on embedding data-driven decision-making into business processes and coordinating cross-functional teams to deliver optimized, actionable plans.

The position emphasizes developing standardized processes, validating models, and driving stakeholder adoption across Commercial, Trading, Operations,