WHAT YOU BRING

• Must have legal authorization to work in Canada on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineer or Technologist is preferred
• At least 5 years relevant experience
• In-depth understanding of refinery processes, unit operations, yields, and supply chain logistics
• Good understanding of refinery economics
• Experience in using Linear Modelling and/or ASPIN unified scheduling is a plus
• Must be willing to be on call 24/7

Accountabilities:

• Convert the Monthly Operating Plan into optimized product schedules that meet Trading and Supply demands, blending quality requirements, pipeline schedules, and inventory requirements while minimizing quality giveaway, stock outs, and demurrage costs
• Manage the Orion scheduling tool, including its usage, updates, and collaboration with the Margin Optimization Advisor to enhance its functionality
• Responsible to communicate the Refinery Schedule to the Refinery, Trading & Supply and/or Chemicals to ensure alignment
• Ensure product availability in the necessary quantities and qualities to meet commitments, while maintaining products and feedstocks within agreed stock levels and taking proactive actions to mitigate any unexpected changes to the plan
• Ensure that the day-to-day orders and instructions to Production are prepared accurately, on time and consistent with the agreed plan. Refinery scheduler works closely with the Business’ economics group to understand margin leakage and to communicate this to the production team for effective resolution
• Perform the daily task of quantifying and analyzing discrepancies between the plan, schedules and actual performance
• Analyze and communicate results to the responsible parties to take necessary corrective actions and escalates issues to others when need be
• Coordinate and implement corrective actions to mitigate impact of unplanned disruptions
• Lead or support the Flash process for calculating and consolidating production and inventory data for crude, feedstocks and/or finished products volume reporting
• Coordinate the Integrated Activity Plan for the refinery by leading a multi-disciplinary team to identify upcoming outages, maintenance, and other activities that could affect planned activities in the 90day+ horizon
• Lead the team as the refinery scheduler, ensuring that this plan is integrated into the Business planning or MOP activities
• Support the MVA (margin variance analysis) process by recording and reporting all deviations from the plan including impact on an ongoing basis and reporting regularly
• Support the MOP (Monthly Operating Plan) process by proactively communicating operational and logistical changes or issues that may impact Production or Supply. Also ensure the MOP reflects any updated constraints as outlined in the Integrated Activity Plan process
• Support the Finance team on mass balancing closure
• Stay focused in a fast-paced dynamic environment
• Go out on the site and communicate with field personnel
• Act as an interface between the E&S team, refinery operations, and Trading & Supply teams to communicate refinery schedule and steer

Shell Sarnia Refinery is seeking a Refinery Scheduler to play a key role in optimizing and maximizing the value of the refinery’s product lines and feedstock channels, including gasoline, distillates, black oil, chemicals, and crude.
This position is responsible for developing and executing schedules aligned with the optimized Monthly Operating Plan, while managing inventories within agreed targets. The role also includes overseeing all aspects of distillate blending to minimize product quality giveaway and identifying opportunities to enhance production economics. Additionally, the Refinery Scheduler will support or lead the consolidation and reporting of production volumes and inventory data for crude, feedstocks, and finished products, including month-end reporting through GSAP and SHARE systems.

Accountabilities:

• Convert the Monthly Operating Plan into optimized product schedules that meet Trading and Supply demands, blending quality requirements, pipeline schedules, and inventory requirements while minimizing quality giveaway, stock outs, and demurrage costs
• Manage the Orion scheduling tool, including its usage, updates, and collaboration with the Margin Optimization Advisor to enhance its functionality
• Responsible to communicate the Refinery Schedule to the Refinery, Trading & Supply and/or Chemicals to ensure alignment
• Ensure product availability in the necessary quantities and qualities to meet commitments, while maintaining products and feedstocks within agreed stock levels and taking proactive actions to mitigate any unexpected changes to the plan
• Ensure that the day-to-day orders and instructions to Production are prepared accurately, on time and consistent with the agreed plan. Refinery scheduler works closely with the Business’ economics group to understand margin leakage and to communicate this to the production team for effective resolution
• Perform the daily task of quantifying and analyzing discrepancies between the plan, schedules and actual performance
• Analyze and communicate results to the responsible parties to take necessary corrective actions and escalates issues to others when need be
• Coordinate and implement corrective actions to mitigate impact of unplanned disruptions
• Lead or support the Flash process for calculating and consolidating production and inventory data for crude, feedstocks and/or finished products volume reporting
• Coordinate the Integrated Activity Plan for the refinery by leading a multi-disciplinary team to identify upcoming outages, maintenance, and other activities that could affect planned activities in the 90day+ horizon
• Lead the team as the refinery scheduler, ensuring that this plan is integrated into the Business planning or MOP activities
• Support the MVA (margin variance analysis) process by recording and reporting all deviations from the plan including impact on an ongoing basis and reporting regularly
• Support the MOP (Monthly Operating Plan) process by proactively communicating operational and logistical changes or issues that may impact Production or Supply. Also ensure the MOP reflects any updated constraints as outlined in the Integrated Activity Plan process
• Support the Finance team on mass balancing closure
• Stay focused in a fast-paced dynamic environment
• Go out on the site and communicate with field personnel
• Act as an interface between the E&S team, refinery operations, and Trading & Supply teams to communicate refinery schedule and steers