Senior Business/Facilities Planner - Baytown, TX
ExxonMobilAbout the role
About us
At ExxonMobil, our vision is to lead in energy innovations that advance modern living while reducing emissions. As one of the world’s largest publicly traded energy and chemical companies, we are powered by a unique and diverse workforce fueled by the pride in what we do and what we stand for.
The success of our Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses is the result of the talent, curiosity and drive of our people. They bring solutions every day to optimize our strategy in energy, chemicals, lubricants and lower-emissions technologies.
We invite you to bring your ideas to ExxonMobil to help create sustainable solutions that improve quality of life and meet society’s evolving needs. Learn more about our What and our Why and how we can work together.
What role you will play on our team
We are seeking Senior Business Planner to join us in various roles within our gulf coast manufacturing locations, specifically Baytown, TX.
Our Senior Business Planning Engineer supports the Site’s Capital Project portfolio by providing technical and leadership expertise in business case development and economic evaluations. In addition to capital projects – the role provides technical mentorship for junior engineers while also supporting day-to-day operations by helping to prioritize capital projects. You will think strategically and collaborate across many teams, levels and situations to facilitate capital investment strategies.
What you will do
- Assess opportunities consistent with business strategies, plans and needs that might support a project
- Lead the identification of potential business options that would address the opportunity or need; make preliminary competitive assessments
- Coordinate development of scoping cost & schedule estimate, working with other organizations as appropriate
- Ensure base case optimization, and then develop economics & business case including the potential impact of appropriate market and other material sensitivities on project viability
- Lead and/or perform process optimization studies to identify or evaluate capital or operational cost savings, process configuration alternatives, safety facilities requirements, etc.
- Lead / facilitate / support Project Gates and coordinate development and approval of any Gate Forms and/or Appropriation Requests.
- Provide facility engineering input and output requirement to ensure adequate definition to meet safety, reliability, and operability requirements
- Develop Project Objectives & Strategies and ensure adequate documentation, communication & adherence throughout project development
- Ensure progression of capital project portfolio is consistent with project schedule and level of technical definition appropriate with both the stage of the project and the Project Objective & Strategies
- Engage with assigned Business Teams and GBUs (as needed) to understand Site/Business Team priorities and align on capital project prioritization within assigned Site
- Participate in activities, both informal and formal (e.g. technology days, strategic planning studies), to identify potential project opportunities
About you
Skills and Qualifications:
- B.S. Chemical Engineering or equivalent
- 10-15 years of direct capital project development experience supporting a Manufacturing Site
Preferred Qualifications/Experience
- In-depth knowledge and experience in general refining or chemicals processes
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and problem solving ability
- Demonstrated ability to handle multiple priorities and stakeholders
- Experience with process design standards
- Good engineering judgment – ability to recognize, assess, and mitigate hazards
- Ability to work in a dynamic, team environment, fostering collaboration within the organization
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