The client is one of the largest independent refiners in North America, operating, through its subsidiaries, oil refineries and related facilities. We have an opportunity at our Martinez Refinery in California and are seeking a talented Refinery Economist to join our team as a pivotal member that would play a key role here.

The Refinery Economist is responsible for understanding and communicating the economic drivers for the refinery. The economist utilizes and maintains the Linear Program (LP) Model in order to analyze economic scenarios for a variety of purposes at the refinery, including development of the monthly Refinery Operating Plan, communicate weekly operating signals, evaluate feedstock values, provide valuations for proposed improvement projects, and refinery optimization.

Job Responsibilities May Include:

• Facilitate margin improvement activities at the refinery including economic analyses, LP studies, and project justifications.
• Develop the oil flow and margin projections for the yearly business plan.
• Develop business strategies for environmental regulations. Provide project groups with preferred options using economic and market analysis.
• Lead analysis on product economics including cargo economics, marginal product economics, octane and RVP value. Use economics to help drive in month product optimizations with Supply and Trading organization.
• Develop and manage program with the Process Controls group to implement advance controllers that use on-line optimizer economics w/changes in market pricing.
• Work with Operations Support Engineers, Product & Raw Material System Teams, and Process Project engineers on long term strategy, product optimizations, and constraint removal including provide economic direction for non-capital margin related initiatives/projects
• Monitor market product pricing, key market indicators (such as inventories), and PADD operating constraints. Engage with client's Trading organization to understand and challenge assumptions for price and volume forecasts based on market analysis.
• Work with peers at other locations and in Commercial to develop site business strategies
• Is the site lead for E&P LP and APS projects. Develop and implement strategies to maintain and improve both tools.

Position Specific Requirements:

• Participate in the refinery on-call duty rotation schedule for E&P for off-hours support. During periods of abnormal operation specifically related to gasoline blending, occasional after-hours consultation with the Operations Shift Teams is expected.
• Candidate must have active TWIC card or be able to obtain a TWIC card.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field.
• 5 years of refining experience or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10 years of refining experience.
• Experience as a refinery process engineer.
• ONLY CANDIDATES MEETING THE ABOVE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE CONSIDERED

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The client offers our employees highly competitive total compensation and benefits packages. Benefits include:

• 401(k) plan with company match
• Pension Plan
• Medical, dental, vision plans and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life insurance, short- and long-term disability
• Paid Time Off, Paid Parental Leave and tuition reimbursement
• Additional voluntary benefits are offered at group discounts.