Ospas Specialist

Saudi Aramco (ASC)

As the successful candidate you will be required to perform the following:

• Lead local Linear Programming (LP) runs at individual refineries to drive commercial optimization, focusing on generating crude relative values and rankings that inform strategic decisions. Provide inputs and review results of circuit model runs.
• Analyze major constraints impacting asset logistics and unit performance, identifying investment ideas. Challenge existing limits of LP outputs towards achieving ideal baselines.
• Work closely with ATC to integrate Saudi Aramco's market perspectives into individual asset's LPs. Assess intermediate feedstocks, blendstocks and component sales opportunities to further improve refinery margins after crude placement cycle.
• Foster collaboration among asset economists within regions to consolidate LPs, identify inter-site optimization opportunities, and defend refinery interests during trade-off evaluations.
• Contribute to the development of yearly business plans by providing insights into market trends and refinery operations outlook. Execute short-term optimization opportunities within production months, coordinating efforts across refineries, ATC and the central optimization team.
• Evaluate the strategic and commercial viability of potential investments aimed at enhancing the overall system's efficiency and profitability. Lead asset's profit improvement studies.
• Mentor junior economists and modelers in optimization principles and leading practices.