Senior Refinery Planning & Optimization Engineer

Marathon Petroleum Corporation; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 123,000 - 212,000; Full time

Job summary

Marathon Petroleum Corporation in the West Region seeks a Planning & Optimization Engineer to help optimize long-term profitability of the West value chain. You will work with Value Chain teams and cross-functional groups across Business Development, Clean Products, Crude & Feedstocks, Marketing, and Refining asset development.

The role emphasizes advanced refinery planning, LP-based analysis, and developing regional business plans with a focus on communication, adaptability, and driving results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required.
• Four years of relevant experience required.
• Technical Services or Economics & Planning experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates an advanced understanding of refinery operations, economics, and market dynamics across the value chain.
• Manages the commercial planning aspects of the next three years for all regional refinery operations, including feedstock selection, product and intermediate placement, inventory optimization, seasonal inventory plays, supply chain optimization, and market analysis.
• Independently curious about model results, proactively seeks different economic cases to develop optimal refinery planning solutions.
• Completes and communicates LP based strategic analysis of regional assets to enhance understanding of asset strengths, opportunities, and challenges.
• Develop optimized and executable regional business plans using linear programming simulation models.
• Effectively communicates the mid-term planning economic strategies and drivers to the short-term planning team for further enhancement before execution.
• Questions refinery constraints and proactively work with refinery resources to accurately model. Identifies and develops economic projects associated with constraint removal and works with sites to progress.
• Lead the regional 10-year turnaround timing and production plan optimization through collaboration with value chain partners and LP model runs.
• Manages project support cases independently. Possesses a deep understanding of refinery processes and commercial implications. Capable of analyzing complex data, identifying trends, and proposing solutions autonomously. Completes regional capital project evaluations utilizing the regional LP or spreadsheet-based economics, depending on the complexity, costs, and regional dependencies.

Skills

Action Planning

Adaptability

Business Acumen

Commercial Awareness

Communication

Critical Thinking

Decision Making

Innovation

Leadership & Mentoring

Problem Solving

Results Driven

Strategic Planning

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Job description

Marathon Petroleum Corporation in the West Region seeks a Planning & Optimization Engineer to help optimize long-term profitability of the West value chain. You will work with Value Chain teams and cross-functional groups across Business Development, Clean Products, Crude & Feedstocks, Marketing, and Refining asset development.

The role emphasizes advanced refinery planning, LP-based analysis, and developing regional business plans with a focus on communication, adaptability, and driving results.