West Region Planning & Optimization Lead

Marathon Petroleum Corporation; Anacortes (WA); On-site; USD 123,000 - 212,000; Full time

Job summary

Marathon Petroleum Corporation seeks a Planning & Optimization Engineer for the West Region to optimize long‑term profitability. You will collaborate across Business Development, Clean Products, Crude and Feedstocks, Marketing, and Refining teams to model regional constraints and develop LP-based plans.

You will lead regional 10-year turnarounds and create executable regional business plans while communicating strategies to mid-term and short-term teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering required.
• Four (4) years of relevant experience required.

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 seeks a Planning & Optimization Engineer for the West Region to optimize long‑term profitability. You will collaborate across Business Development, Clean Products, Crude and Feedstocks, Marketing, and Refining teams to model regional constraints and develop LP-based plans.

You will lead regional 10-year turnarounds and create executable regional business plans while communicating strategies to mid-term and short-term teams.