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Senior Director of Economics & Planning (Corporate)
Delek US Holdings
Brentwood, TN, United States
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Delek US Holdings, Inc. is a diversified downstream energy company with assets in petroleum refining, logistics, asphalt, renewable fuels and convenience store retailing. The refining assets consist of refineries operated in Tyler and Big Spring, Texas, El Dorado, Arkansas and Krotz Springs, Louisiana with a combined nameplate crude throughput capacity of 302,000 barrels per day. Delek US Holdings owns 100 percent of the general partner and 81.6 percent of the limited partner interest in Alon USA Partners, LP (NYSE: ALDW), which owns a crude oil refinery in Big Spring, Texas, with a crude oil throughput capacity of 73,000 barrels per day and an integrated wholesale marketing business.
The logistics operations primarily consist of Delek Logistics Partners, LP. Delek US Holdings, Inc. and its affiliates also own approximately 63 percent (including the 2 percent general partner interest) of Delek Logistics Partners, LP. Delek Logistics Partners, LP (NYSE: DKL) is a growth-oriented master limited partnership focused on owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets.
The asphalt operations consist of owned or operated asphalt terminals serving markets from Tennessee to the west coast through a combination of non-blended asphalt purchased from third parties and produced at the Big Spring, Texas and El Dorado, Arkansas refineries. The renewables operations will consist of plants in Texas and Arkansas that produce biodiesel fuel and a renewable diesel facility in California.
The convenience store retail business is the largest 7-Eleven licensee in the United States and operates approximately 300 convenience stores which also market motor fuels in central and west Texas and New Mexico.
Role Summary
The Director of Economics & Planning is a member of our production planning team that provides leadership, guidance, and support for optimizing overall refinery operations. This role is accountable for developing, improving, and implementing production planning, processes, tools, communication strategies and overall refinery optimization plans. The Director of Economics & Planning develops operating plans, monitors performance, troubleshoots and communicates expectations and results. This position interfaces closely with process engineering, operations, supply chain, commercial, and refinery leadership and as such represents the Refinery operations regarding production requirements and commitments. This position is a key in establishing and promoting a collaborative culture focused on safe, environmentally compliant, reliable, and optimized operations. This role evaluates plant operating performance, implements recommendations for optimization, and champions improvements in support of long term sustainable profitability and performance.
Job Accountabilities
• Provide guidance and leadership working with commercial, supply chain, process engineering, and operations to optimize process units, maximize liquid volume yield, and overall profitability of refinery production
• Implement monthly operating plan and operating strategies, review plant operations and laboratory analyses on a daily basis for better efficiency and compliance with operating plans; track and analyze deviations from operating plans daily
• Coordinate with commercial and other refineries on supply chain requirements, changes, and needs and optimize intermediate stream dispositions, including quality, quantity, and inventory levels.
• Develop and optimize product blend recipes to optimize refinery balances (octane, hydrogen, etc.), manage product specifications (benzene, sulfur, etc.), minimize giveaway, and meet production commitments.
• Apply LP model for economic evaluation of operating scenarios, optimization of operating plans and back-casting of operations
• Generate refinery performance reports, and industry reports.
• Ability to multi-task and communicate technical concepts and solutions effectively and at all levels of the organization
• Ensure process safety, safety, and environmental compliance by supporting incident investigations, procedure development, management of change and environmental reviews, as required
• Support turnaround, unit shutdown and tank inspection planning and execution through development of oil flow plan and support preparation and execution of the plan
• Champion projects, and programs that support refinery vision
• Other duties as assigned
Required Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering or related technical field along with or specific process engineering or process optimization experience
• Five (5) or more years of experience in process engineering and/or operations in refining
• Proven ability to lead and influence those not under direct supervision
• Knowledgeable in oil refining processes such as Reforming, hydrotreating, distillation, blending operations)
• Base understanding of industry economic drivers and demonstrated ability to evaluate economic options
• Excellent analytical capability
• Ability to effectively use structured approaches in problem solving and troubleshooting.
• Capability of producing results in both a team and individual environment.
• Demonstrate passion and tenacity for improvement of self, others, and refinery performance.
• Exhibits a working knowledge of policies, procedures, and applicable regulations.
• Advanced Computer skills: ability to access, navigate, learn, and use application software such as Microsoft Office, Excel, data acquisition/historian programs, alarm management, and quality control lab systems. Solid verbal and written communication and technical writing skills
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
• Ability to interact effectively and positively with all levels of Company personnel
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to anticipate and adapt to dynamic situations
• Must pass drug test and background check
• Must be able to legally work in the United States
Desired Characteristics
• Master’s degree in business, finance or other business or engineering related field
• Eight (8) years or more years of experience process engineering, operations, and/or economics and planning
• Advanced understanding of oil refining processes (FCC, Reforming, hydrotreating, crude distillation, extraction, isomerization, blending operations)
• Demonstrated experience with gasoline blending and regulatory requirements of gasoline
• Experience with yield accounting and applicable tools (Advisor, AORA, Sigmafine etc.)
• Demonstrated application of LP modeling for economic evaluation
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans.