8 years refinery planning experience including minimum 3 years in a production (i.e., short-range) planning function.

Provide staff planning assistance for the operation of refinery processes and the production of products for the Export Refinery. Analyze daily operations and provide operating targets for optimization of the refinery. Prepare monthly operating plans including rate/severity/cutpoint targets, inventory targets, and optimal operating modes and product slate.

Responsibilities:

• Develops schedules for weekly and monthly operating periods considering refinery economics, raw materials, product demands, weekly target, monthly plan and refinery equipment capability.
• Monitors refinery process data on daily basis. Reviews, analyzes, and interprets to make recommendations to Operations Dept. on unit rates, cut points, severities, etc. to optimize refinery operations.
• Liaison with Offtakers with respect to Production Programs, Lifting Nominations. Lifting Schedules and Inventory Control/Allocation.
• Provide reconciliation of actual versus planned production (qualities, quantities, unit yields, etc.) and inventory and present to steering team in Accountability meeting on quarterly basis.
• Coordinates raw material inputs (crude, gas liquids, methanol, etc.) and additive purchases