Description
Shell is seeking a Refinery Products Blend Scheduler to join its team in Sarnia.
As a Refinery Products Blend Scheduler at Sarnia, you are a key member of the Refinery Asset Optimization team, working closely with the Refinery Process Unit Scheduler, Refinery Economists, Operations and Commercial Products Trading and Supply.
Responsibilities
- Blending products (gasoline) for the Sarnia Refinery.
- Interfacing with Calgary commercial Trading & Supply pipeline, truck, rail and marine schedulers, and other Trading & Supply personnel, to manage product supply to customers.
- Tracking and optimizing product quality giveaway across the product portfolio, and leverage Sarnia operations personnel to ensure products meet specifications.
- Issuing daily operating instructions to hourly production workforce indicating how the various blending systems are to be operated.
- Providing off-hours support for gasoline blending and oil movement operations (tank farm operators) as needed on a rotational basis.
- Coordinating seasonal product recipes with commercial Trading & Supply schedulers to ensure successful blend-up and blend-down is achieved for gasoline products across the supply chain, while minimizing giveaway.
- Validating blend recipes produced by the linear program (LP) model and translating the monthly operating plan (MOP) into a detailed schedule to provide clear direction for Operations.
- Providing key inputs for internal and external financial and production benchmarking and mandated reporting including but not limited to margin variance analysis (MVA).
- Providing basic vacation coverage to the other scheduler and blender roles within the Refinery Asset Optimization team.
- Leading continuous improvement projects in scheduling and blending, including but not limited to leveraging automation and digital technologies.
- Coordinating with the other schedulers and blenders (and Economic Model Coordinators) needed improvements to the scheduling model to sustain useability of the tool and incorporate any automation and best-practices promptly.
Requirements
- Undergraduate degree in Science, Engineering or Business and/or 3 or more years of relevant experience.
- Basic understanding of Refinery/Chemical economics and supply chain.
- Knowledge of production specifications and product quality reporting process an asset.
- Advance skill level in MS Excel or demonstrated capability to analyze large amounts of data.
- Understanding of IT technologies, Data Analysis techniques, databases, and reasonable computer programming skills is a plus.
- Ability to manage priorities effectively, balance multiple objectives and cope with occasionally high levels of stress in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent analytical, oral and written communication skills.
- Team player and self-motivated.
What we offer
- The base salary range for this position is $82,000 - $130,000 per year.
- Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
- Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
- Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
- Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
- Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
- Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.
- Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance-related salary increase.
- Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
- Join an organization working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world.
- Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams.
- Gain access to a wide range of training and development programs.