Strategic Cross-Regional Planning & Optimization Advisor

Marathon Petroleum Corporation; Canton (OH); On-site; USD 163,000 - 244,000; Full time

Job summary

Marathon Petroleum Corporation in Findlay, Ohio seeks a Cross-Regional Planning & Optimization Advisor/Engineer. You will align commercial strategy, operations, and market dynamics across refineries, guiding value-optimizing decisions with LP models and PIMS.

You will partner with Logistics and Planning teams, translate complex optimization outputs into actionable insights, and lead cross-regional initiatives to maximize value across the value chain.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering required; 5 years of refinery planning, optimization, value chain, operations, commercial, logistics or related technical experience required.
• 4 years of refinery planning, optimization, value chain analysis, operations, commercial, logistics, or related experience required.
• Aspen PIMS linear programming user background preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leads development of optimized regional and cross-regional production plans using LP models, balancing operational constraints, market conditions, and value chain opportunities across multiple refineries.
• Serves as a subject matter expert in refinery planning and optimization, applying broad knowledge of refinery operations, economics, and market dynamics across multiple refineries and value chain functions.
• Provides technical leadership for LP model development and optimization, challenging assumptions, refining and regional constraints, and ensuring models accurately reflect business and operational realities.
• Drives development of regional and cross-regional optimization strategies, aligning stakeholders to address constraints, capture value opportunities, and maximize value chain performance.
• Guides complex scenario and sensitivity analyses to support critical planning decisions, evaluate risks, and optimize performance.
• Leads advanced performance assessments, backcast analyses, and scenario evaluations to identify systemic gaps and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Leads collaboration across Operations, Commercial, Logistics, and Planning organizations to align assumptions, operating strategies, and optimization recommendations.
• Leads complex planning and optimization initiatives, mentors' other advisors, and advances planning and optimization capabilities across the organization.

Skills

LP modeling

Cross-regional planning

Stakeholder engagement

Analytics

Optimization modeling

Scenario planning

Data analysis

Decision support analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Aspen PIMS

Job description

Marathon Petroleum Corporation in Findlay, Ohio seeks a Cross-Regional Planning & Optimization Advisor/Engineer. You will align commercial strategy, operations, and market dynamics across refineries, guiding value-optimizing decisions with LP models and PIMS.

You will partner with Logistics and Planning teams, translate complex optimization outputs into actionable insights, and lead cross-regional initiatives to maximize value across the value chain.