The Requirements
To meet the basic qualification for this role, you will have legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship. In addition, to be a good fit for the Refinery Planning and Economic Manager opportunity, you will have:- A bachelor's or master's in Chemical Engineering.
- 10+ years of oil refining experience in planning, process engineering and/or operations leadership.
- Experience building, maintaining and running a linear program; experience with Haverly GRTMPS preferred but PIMS is also acceptable. Quick question for you - click here
- Computer skills including proficiency with Windows and Microsoft Office suite programs, especially Excel.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple tasks while meeting deadlines and production requirements.
- 5 to 10 years of oil refining experience in planning and economics, operations and process engineering.
- 3+ years of planning & economics or supply chain experience.
- Experience using Haverly HCAMS to process crude assays.
- Experience scheduling and managing inventories.
- Supervisory or management experience.
The Role
You will report to the Senior Director, Planning and Optimization, who is based in Houston, and provide supervision to two Yield Accountants and a Planning Optimization Engineer. Your primary task will be creating refinery-wide operating plans that are safe, feasible, and economically optimized. This will include using and maintaining the following tools: the refinery LP (Haverly GRTMPS Linear Program), crude assay program (Haverly H/CAMS) and yield spreadsheet.You will take point on driving plant and commercial teams at the Wyoming refinery to adjust operations and buying/selling to maximize the company's P&L. This will involve both serving as a member of the leadership team at the Wyoming refinery and acting as a liaison with the corporate office. You will be expected to generate support and enthusiasm from Wyoming Refinery Operations and Houston Commercial/Management for the operating plan through influence and effective communication skills. In addition, you will perform capital budget project economic analysis and communicate the results to Management.
While each day will vary, you can expect to invest about 80% of your time in planning optimization and scheduling, and the other 20% in yield accounting. While your main role is to supervise and support, there will be occasions when you'll need to work alongside your team.
More specifically, you will:
- Own the Wyoming Refinery LP model & other planning tools.
- Work with the refinery Technical and Operations groups to initiate, track, and finalize Crude Assay evaluations. Communicate the approved safe operating window for each crude and crude blend with refinery Operations, Management, and corporate headquarters personnel.
- Lead communications directly with executives at monthly performance review meetings.
- Maintain accuracy of Refinery LP model.
- Run Multi Period Linear Program to evaluate near term refinery operations and help build an economically optimized short-term plan weekly. Communicate plan to refinery and corporate.
- Coordinate all refinery LP model changes and update with the assistance of Haverly and/or outside consultant help as needed.
- Occasionally update crude assays in HCAMS and/or HCOMET (shared responsibility).
- Assume responsibility for running and maintaining the yield tool (Excel using HCAMs). This tool is used weekly to generate the crude schedule and yields.
- Perform LP backcast analysis for refinery and report results to leadership, including the CEO, during Monthly Operating Plan meetings.
- Assist in generating weekly Production Planning spreadsheets.
- Communicate crude run plan/actual/forecast and anticipated constraints to refinery leadership during weekly Refinery Production Planning meetings.
- Engage technical skills to improve spreadsheet tools that are used for economic analysis and blending. Creates new spreadsheet tools as needed.
- Handle other job duties are required and directed.
What's in It for You
Employee value propositionPar Pacific is a growing energy company that provides more opportunity and career growth potential because of our ambition, entrepreneurial mindset, our premier market position, and our integrated business systems.
Working at Par Pacific is different. Because Par is a smaller energy company, employees have the opportunity to make a great impact on the business and to influence decisions. People truly have amazing careers at Par because they are exposed to all areas of the company and are connected to many of the industry experts.
Unique culture
There is nothing ordinary about Par Pacific -- an unorthodox niche player in the energy space that drives operations from production to delivery. And there's certainly nothing ordinary about Par Pacific people. If you're at Par, you're a driven, creative-thinking, hardworking, entrepreneur-minded professional that loves to win. If that describes you, you'll fit right in!
Opportunistic growth strategy
At Par Pacific, we look for operations with strong fundamentals and great employees who can move a business forward. Our management team has deep experience in the energy industry, as well as in leading mergers, acquisitions and integrations of newly acquired companies.
Excellent compensation
In addition to a competitive compensation, we offer comprehensive benefits that include medical and dental insurance; life and AD&D insurance; retirement savings plans; employee assistance programs; and more.
Keys to Success
Your expertise in linear programming/planning will be essential, but just as important will be leadership and interpersonal skills. You should be proactive about building relationships with leadership in Wyoming and Houston, including establishing your ability to deliver value-add insights. You'll find executives open to your input, but the numbers alone won't always be enough. You should be prepared to explain the math behind your analyses (in non-technical language) at times you will need to influence others to buy in on your plans and recommendations.In addition, in order to be an outstanding Refinery Planning and Economic Manager, you will:
- Develop and maintain a strong understanding of the business and how the actions of you and your team contribute to the company's success.
- Strike the right balance between understanding the big picture and tracking all the details.
- Bring a willingness to roll up your sleeves to achieve goals as a working manager.
- Remain flexible and adaptable as we continue to grow and evolve.
- Manage multiple activities and changing priorities effectively.
- Demonstrate a strong sense of ownership and hold your team accountable for the same.
About Newcastle
Western Gateway to the Black HillsBecause Par Pacific is located in some of the most beautiful places throughout the country, our employees get to make these places their home and enrich their lives. You'll work in Newcastle, the county seat of Weston County, which offers the neighborly culture you'd expect in a small town. We're proud of our great schools, low cost of living, and even lower cost of housing. The downtown historic district is listed with the National Registry of Historic Places, and it helps preserve the Western culture that residents love.
If you love the outdoor life, there aren't too many places to beat Newcastle. The town sits between Black Hills National Forest and Thunder Basin National Grassland. And you don't have to go that far to get into the wild. Outdoor recreation includes fishing, golf, hiking and camping, caves and cave tours, skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, rock and ice climbing, and more.
There are great walking trails that encompass historic sites as well as wildlife viewing. There's a beautiful new aquatic center (indoors, of course), seasonal rodeos, museums and more here in town. If you don't mind driving a bit, you can make a day trip to see Mt. Rushmore or the Crazy Horse Memorial, or view dinosaur fossils at the Museum at Black Hills Institute. Just about any direction you head, there are scenic highways and byways.
Newcastle restaurants range from a good old-fashioned diner to Italian to steakhouses. There's plenty of music to be heard, from the Black Hills symphony in Rapid City to the Black Hills Bluegrass festival in Strugs.
Pictured: Newcastle's historic Main Street, as well as a shot of open country on the outskirts.