Refining – Principal Analytics Engineer

An exciting career awaits you

At MPC, we’re committed to being a great place to work – one that welcomes new ideas, encourages diverse perspectives, develops our people, and fosters a collaborative team environment.

POSITION SUMMARY:

In this role you will lead the statistical analytics, data integration, and emerging technology evaluation efforts in refining as part of the refining technology team. You will also play a consulting role on Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MiLP) where applications exist in crude, product, and maintenance logistics.

In addition, you will begin building a team of both MPC employees and contractors to expand the the reach of statistical analysis throughout refining.

The position title and pay grade will be based on the selected candidate’s experience and qualifications.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Be a visible example of leadership in a technical professional role with an emphasis on safe, reliable, and compliant operations
• Develop and lead a team of applied mathematicians and data scientists. This is a working supervisor role; developing and leading while simultaneously executing technical work
• Mentor new engineers in data science techniques
• Liaison with IT teams implementing large data storage structures and pipelines to ensure compatibility with refining data science efforts
• Provide guidance on the implementation and socialization of Mixed Integer Linear Programming to complex scheduling problems
• Perform exploratory data analysis and logistic regression with complex, mixed type data sets and incorporate the results into decision support systems
• Collaborate with refining technical support engineers in the adoption of machine learning techniques for predictive maintenance, anomaly detection, and process optimization
• Incorporation and socialization of statistical reliability techniques into mechanical and process disciplines
• Evaluation of emerging technologies and algorithms in the LP, MILP, AI/ML, and statistical reliability fields
• Manages stakeholder expectations and delivers actionable solutions.
• Collaborates with external partners, research institutions, and subject matter experts to gather domain-specific knowledge and datasets
• Engagement with senior and executive refining leadership to broaden understanding of the value and risks associated with complex mathematical models
• This is a working supervisor role - will need to provide mentoring, guiding, and executing analytical work

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s Degree required in relevant quantitative field
• Master’s or Ph.D. preferred in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or Operations Research
• 10+ years of relevant experience required
• Deep understanding of statistical analysis and machine learning
• Strong problem-solving, critical thinking, and analytical capabilities
• Demonstrated capability in line and influence leadership

SKILLS:

• Understanding of AI/ML concepts, algorithms, and platforms
• Understanding of business processes and OR trends to provide relevant and actionable insights for strategic decision-making
• Excellent communication skills to effectively interact with stakeholders and executive teams to gather requirements, present architectural proposals, and collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Capability to prepare reports that communicate effectively to non-technical decision-makers
• Identify and select team members who can integrate with the technology team and add value through application of advanced data analytics
• Demonstrated facility in the deployment of R (or) Python (or) Wolfram Language (or) LP-specific dialects and their interfaces to industrially significant databases
• Capability to use multivariable analysis in using time series and transactional data to surface correlations – including the use of automated time series lagging
• Either demonstrated proficiency in analyzing and extracting information from unstructured text data – including sentiment, word frequency, and classifier construction OR active participation with external SMEs in delivering these analyses

As an energy industry leader, our career opportunities fuel personal and professional growth.

Location:

Findlay, Ohio

Job Requisition ID:

00015349

Pay Min/Max:

$137,900.00 - $237,900.00 Salary

Grade:

13 - 14

Location Address:

539 S Main St

Additional locations:

Anacortes, Washington, Canton, Ohio, Carson, California, Catlettsburg, Kentucky, Detroit, Michigan, Dickinson, North Dakota, El Paso, Texas, Garyville, Louisiana, Houston, Texas, Kenai, Alaska, Mandan, North Dakota, Martinez, California, Robinson, Illinois, Salt Lake City, Utah, San Antonio, Texas, St Paul Park, Minnesota, Texas City, Texas

Education:

Bachelors (Required)

Employee Group:

Full time

Employee Subgroup:

Regular

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