Strategic Planning & Optimization Engineer — Refinery

Marathon Petroleum Corporation

Saint Paul Park (MN)

On-site

USD 123,000 - 212,000

Full time

44 hours ago

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Job summary

Marathon Petroleum Corporation is seeking a Planning & Optimization Advisor/Engineer to support regional and refinery planning and optimization activities. You will contribute to backcasting, optimization modeling, and LP submodel development, collaborating across Operations, Commercial, Logistics, and Planning teams.

The role requires a Bachelor's in Engineering and 4 years of related experience, with strong analytics, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Engineering is required; five years of refinery planning/optimization/related experience may be considered.
Four (4) years of refinery planning, optimization, value chain analysis, operations, commercial, logistics, or related experience required.
Strong analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills are essential.

Responsibilities

Develops and optimizes short-, mid-, and lookback plans using LP models to maximize refinery and value chain performance.
Manages refinery forecasting and planning activities, ensuring alignment with capabilities, conditions, and objectives.
Maintains and enhances LP models, validating assumptions and improving accuracy.
Identifies constraints and opportunities; designs optimization strategies to improve performance.
Performs scenario and sensitivity analyses to assess market and operational impacts.
Integrates historical performance reviews and backcast analyses to improve forecasting accuracy.
Partners with Operations, Commercial, Logistics, and Planning to align plans across horizons and regions.
Leads planning studies and optimization projects, providing guidance to junior staff.