# Refinery Products Blend Scheduler

**Company**: Shell
**Location**: Scotford
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Manufacturing

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## Description

Shell is seeking a Refinery Products Blend Scheduler to join its team in Scotford.

The Refinery Products Blend Scheduler is a key member of the Refinery Asset Optimization team, working closely with the Refinery Process Unit Scheduler, Refinery Economists, site Operations and Commercial Products Trading and Supply.

**Responsibilities**

- Blending products (Diesels/ Jet fuel, and/or regular/premium gasoline) for the Scotford Refinery.

- Interfacing with Calgary commercial Trading & Supply pipeline, truck, rail and marine schedulers, and other Trading & Supply personnel, to manage product supply to customers.

- Managing inventory at Scotford Refinery for rail loading, and at the Sherwood Marketing Terminal (SMT) which distributes a significant volume via truck sales and serves as the staging area to inject into two product pipelines to outlaying terminals.

- Tracking and optimizing product quality giveaway across the assigned product portfolio and leveraging Scotford 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 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 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).

- Leading continuous improvement projects in scheduling and blending, including but not limited to leveraging automation and digital technologies.

**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**

- 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

## Skills

### Required
- MS Excel
- Data Analysis
- IT technologies
- computer programming

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