Economics & Planning Advisor/Engineer
- Location
- Catlettsburg, KY
- Listed
- 5 days ago
About the role
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Position Summary
Value Chain Optimization is seeking a motivated employee with interest in commodities scheduling and optimization of the refinery, while working closely with business partners to identify and advance optimization opportunities. This position works across organizations, including but not limited to MPLX, Commercial Scheduling, Planning & Optimization, and Refinery Products Control. The ideal candidate should be a strong communicator with interest in learning refinery economics and MPC's Value Chain Optimization side of the business.
VCO views this as a growth opportunity for an employee seeking to gain knowledge in refinery logistics & economics, as well as the commercial side of the business.
This position is located in Catlettsburg, KY and will report directly to Economics & Planning Manager - Catlettsburg Refinery.
Key Responsibilities
- Develops and runs LP-based economic plans for assigned refinery or system scope to evaluate crude selection, unit operating modes, blending, and product placement decisions.
- Analyzes refinery-level operating economics, market inputs, and constraints to identify margin opportunities, trade-offs, and economic sensitivities.
- Translates short-term economic model outputs into executable refinery operating plans and targets, working directly with scheduling, operations, supply, and Commercial teams to align economic intent with operating constraints and day-to-day execution realities.
- Provides technical direction for refinery economic models and planning assumptions, ensuring constraints, and yields reflect current operating capability.
- Communicates refinery forward operating assumptions to planners, schedulers, and leadership to support informed forecasting decisions with minimal oversight.
- Integrates mid-term turnaround plans into prompt economic and operating plans, incorporating turnaround scope, unit constraints, and production objectives into sequence of events and day-to-day refinery execution plans.
- Has ability to cover at least one other desk.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering required. A Bachelor's degree in another field may be considered with five (5) years of experience in feedstocks, refined products coordinating, refinery operations, lab or closely related industry experience required.
- Two (2) years of refinery operations, planning, optimization, scheduling, value chain analysis, or related experience required.
Skills
- Analytical Thinking
- Building Partnerships
- Business Acumen
- Business Domain Knowledge
- Continuous Improvement Mindset
- Data Analysis
- Decision Support Analytics
- Forecast Analysis
- Influencing Others
- Integrated Planning & Optimization
- Optimization Modeling
- Results Driven
- Scenario Planning
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Strategic Operational Planning
- As an energy industry leader, our career opportunities fuel personal and professional growth.
- Location: Catlettsburg, Kentucky
Additional locations
- Job Requisition ID: 00024948
- Location Address: 11631 US Route 23
Education
Employee Group: Full time
Equal opportunity and legal notices
Veteran / Disability
We will consider all qualified Applicants for employment, including those with arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws. In reviewing criminal history in connection with a conditional offer of employment, Marathon will consider the key responsibilities of the role.
Marathon Petroleum Company LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, reproductive health decision-making, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition or AIDS/HIV status, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, military, veteran status, marital status, citizenship or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
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Marathon Petroleum offers a total rewards program which includes, but is not limited, access to health, vision, and dental insurance, paid time off, 401k matching program, paid parental leave, and educational reimbursement.
From Mpc's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on November 5, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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