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PBF Energy · 2 days ago

Director of LP Models and Economic Tools

Paulsboro, NJ

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$142K/yr - $240K/yr

10+ years exp

PBF Energy Inc. is one of the largest independent refiners in North America, and they are seeking a talented Director of LP Models and Economic Tools to join their team. This role will oversee tools utilized by refinery and corporate personnel to optimize feedstock and product decisions, leading the development and improvement of Linear Programming models.

BiofuelEnergyNatural ResourcesOil and GasTransportation

Responsibilities

Lead a team to ensure the continuous improvement of the Linear Programming (LP) models to assist planning analysts to help guide the decision making process including; what feeds to buy, what products to make, and what processing unit targets to run to

Develop a process and ensure the team is backcasting each of the major processes in the refinery and the results are used to update the refinery LP’s

Develop a standard backcasting process which compares LP model predictions to actual process unit yields on an ongoing basis to ensure that process yields are accurate

Responsible for understanding industry advancements in LP technology, when and how to advance the economic tools PBF utilizes, ensure employees are trained on these advances and uses, and chose what outside companies and contracts to utilize in this area

Ensure the crude oil library management system is updated and reviewed

Understand new industry advances in LP’s and develop expertise within PBF in building LP models and the associated software

Develop other economic and scheduling tools (Aspen Petroleum Scheduler, unit economic models, etc.)

Develop training classes for LP users across the PBF system which cover a) crude oil characterization, b) refinery processing emphasizing what determines yields, c) gasoline and distillate blending, d) LP setup and interpretation

Qualification

Linear Programming (LP) modelsRefinery process engineeringEconomic tools developmentAspen Petroleum SchedulerBackcasting processProactive approachDesire to learnProblem-solving skillsCommunication skillsInterpersonal skills