Refinery Planning Economist - Relocate to Saudi Arabia aramco Bogota, D.C., Capital District, Colombia Join or sign in to find your next job Join to apply for the Refinery Planning Economist - Relocate to Saudi Arabia role at aramco Refinery Planning Economist - Relocate to Saudi Arabia aramco Bogota, D.C., Capital District, Colombia 1 week ago Be among the first 25 applicants Join to apply for the Refinery Planning Economist - Relocate to Saudi Arabia role at aramco Candidates must relocate to Saudi Arabia. Refinery Planning Economist - Req ID: 15667 Overview We are seeking a Refinery Planning Economist to join our Global Optimizer Department (GOD). The (GOD) charter is to optimize crude allocation and the operations of global manufacturing facilities in order to maximize revenue, increase profitability, and capture international market opportunities. The division also acts as the linear programming (LP) gatekeeper for wholly owned refineries and the integrated global MPIMS model, which is used for optimizing global crude allocation and exploration of new international markets and integration options. Your primary role is to work with refineries, Aramco Trading Company (ATC), and the Global Optimizer team to optimize refinery’s crude allocation, crude mix, and products slates. With expertise in refinery operations, market dynamics, commercial capabilities, and linear programming modelling, will produce a sound plan to help ensure the highest returns of Aramco’s downstream assets; and is also accountable to develop, monitor, and execute the monthly short operating plan. Key Responsibilities Drive commercial optimization at the local LP runs at the individual refinery. Responsible to generate crude relative values and crude ranking. Provide monthly major constraints impact on asset for logistic unit performance and investment requirements needed. Review and challenge constraints to the individual LPs of each refinery (potentially run limited constraint model to create the baseline for ideal LP output). Coordinate with ATC to reflect Saudi Aramco’s market perspective on the individual Refinery LPs. Create sensitivities, trade-offs, and scenarios for each of the individual LPs. Work with other asset economists within the same region to consolidate the LPs of refineries within the same region and explore optimization opportunities. Defend refinery interests during trade-off evaluations (after the central optimization team issues LP differentials) while keeping the overall optimization objectives in mind. Provide both market and refinery operations outlook for yearly business planning. Coordinate with refineries, ATC, and the central Optimization team (and potentially other stakeholders) to execute short-term (within the production month) optimization opportunities. Identify, assess, and review strategic and commercial viability of potential investment opportunities to improve overall system viability. Bachelor degree in Engineering discipline; an MBA is preferable. At least 8 years’ experience in refining business, including technical and commercial aspects. Experience using LP models is preferred. Thorough knowledge of engineering practices, economic principles, and calculation methods. Expertise in international business and cross-cultural professional practices. Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type Full-time Job function Finance and Analyst Industries: Oil and Gas Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at aramco by 2x Sign in to set job alerts for “Economist” roles. Bogota, D.C., Capital District, Colombia 5 days ago #J-18808-Ljbffr