Hindsight Economist

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• Part of a centralized team which will execute Overall (Production Planning) Model Validation (OMV) and (Production Performance) Lookback (LB) of a specific/integrated manufacturing site.
• Responsible for ensuring site operations are reflected well on a LP case setup; highlighting on table opportunities; suggesting path forward where applicable by closely collaborating and interfacing with site economists, coordinators and Model Improve Engineers.
• Coaching other team members and sharing your experience on work process improvements.
• This position is not limited to Malaysians only.

What you will do

We are looking for experienced individuals who will:

• Execute the monthly backcasting /lookback process, to analyze, identify opportunities and present them to the sites in order to drive improvement in molecule management and profitability.
• Make tool improvements e.g. configuration/tag changes, planning case set up improvements, model biasing, etc.
• Work closely with Site Economists to understand the opportunities identified by the lookback analysis and execute the follow ups.
• Work closely with Modeling & Optimization engineers to understand the potential gaps in planning model, investigate further and make necessary adjustments to the model.
• Perform Clean Case analysis based on historical best performance and suggest improvements and path forward by collaborating with site economists.
• Perform Crude look back and highlight opportunities to optimize feedrate/slate to refineries & Chemical Plants.
• Understand process improvement opportunities from Refinery- Chemicals integrations and highlight circuit level opportunities.
• Focus on delivering value for our sites within a supportive and collaborative environment.
• Leverage data & analytics platform to improve work process; enhance analysis and influence business for better value capture.
• Hindsight/lookback process is intended to replace existing site lookback processes and complement current model validation work processes.

About you

Skills and Qualifications

• Possess a Bachelor's Degree / MSc. / MEng in Chemical Engineering.
• More than 5 years of experience working at a Refinery/Petrochemical manufacturing site, involving production planning, optimization and scheduling.
• Experienced with planning tools (e.g. Linear Programming models) and manufacturing economics knowledge.
• Prior experience in backcasting, look back process will be an added advantage.
• Looking for passionate individuals with good Process Information Management System (PIMS) knowledge; inquiry-based mindset to understand site optimization and influencing ability who enjoy working in dynamic, collaborative, and diverse global teams.
• Be able to demonstrate the following:
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with internal and external teams.
  • Ability to work in a multi-cultural global team.
  • Inquiry based mindset to understand and extract key messages to drive opportunities and path forward.
  • Strong influencing ability.

Exxon Mobil Corporation is the world’s largest publicly traded international oil & gas company, having presence in over 200 countries. We are an industry leader in almost every aspect of the energy and petrochemical business. In Malaysia, ExxonMobil has business activities ranging from exploration and production of oil and gas to refining and marketing of petroleum products, and also hosts a global IT support center.

We offer an attractive remuneration package which includes competitive salary, allowances, a medical plan which covers both employees and family, and other benefits.