Strategic Refining Reliability Lead

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health, vision, and dental insurance

Paid time off

401k matching

Paid parental leave

Educational reimbursement

Discretionary annual bonus

Job summary

Marathon Petroleum Corporation seeks a Corporate Reliability Specialist to drive asset reliability across the refining network. You will lead predictive strategies, mentor engineers, and collaborate with IT/AHM to ensure data integrity and actionable insights.

You will oversee tool development, apply established reliability methods, evaluate new technologies, and support capital projects. This role is based in Findlay, OH with multi-site exposure.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Bachelor's Degree preferred.
• Ten (10) years or more of experience required.

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

Data analysis

Reliability engineering

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor's Degree preferred

Tools

FMEA

RCA

RBD

Weibull

Crow-AMSAA

Job description

Marathon Petroleum Corporation seeks a Corporate Reliability Specialist to drive asset reliability across the refining network. You will lead predictive strategies, mentor engineers, and collaborate with IT/AHM to ensure data integrity and actionable insights.

You will oversee tool development, apply established reliability methods, evaluate new technologies, and support capital projects. This role is based in Findlay, OH with multi-site exposure.