Business Operations Specialist

Allegiance Refining operates by its three tenets:

Safety: We aim for everyone to go home safely every day and strive for an accident and incident-free workplace.

Stewardship: We are stewards of the assets we operate and are committed to being safe and environmentally responsible.

Service: We strive to provide first-class service to our customers.

PURPOSE AND ROLE

The Business Operations Specialist will be responsible for providing Refinery operational support for the Turnaround (TAR) scoping process, assisting with planning and execution of plant objectives safely, effectively and efficiently.

# JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

- As a subject matter expert in Refinery Operations, this position will continually share knowledge with the organization regarding MOC’s, PSM, PHA’s, Turnaround (TAR) scoping, investigations, troubleshooting, operating risk, and opportunity.

- Knowledge of Refinery units will be critical to ensure projects are properly understood through accurate DMF’s and properly prioritized.

- Understand the long-term points of view for all Refinery units.

- Identify production constraints.

- Work with Training Operations Specialist and Refinery Operations Manager to help identify and execute operational training and certifications.

- Collaborate with various business departments to troubleshoot and resolve quality and process opportunities.

- Ensure value-adding projects are prepared and reviewed for TAR scoping.

- Support the ULSD and Crude Business Team’s strategies to increase margin, decrease cost and invest capital in priority areas.

- Work with the maintenance team on developing plans for partial unit outages to address maintenance repairs.

- Ensure Annual audits are completed and reviewed for accuracy.

- Utilize monitoring tools for early identification of potential problems, with all issues promptly investigated and if needed, elevated.

- Ensure all work-related decisions, projects, and actions include proper representation to ensure compliance; decisions and actions conducted lawfully and with integrity.

REQUIREMENTS

- Associate degree (or higher level) in Process Technology with operations experience preferred.

- Minimum of seven (7) years refinery or similar process plant operations experience.

- Knowledge of refinery process units, process control methods, and control parameters while possessing current knowledge of all operating procedures and Safety, Work and Environmental policies, rules and procedures required.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

- Must have strong written and verbal communication skills.

- Excellent computer skills with primary emphasis in Microsoft Office Word, Excel.

- Excellent written and oral communication skills to effectively communicate daily activities across the various business departments.

- Must be available as needed for various plant emergencies to ensure continuous safe and environmentally compliant plant production.

- Must be able to acquire knowledge and become an expert and teacher for that knowledge as needed.

- Prior experience with refinery operations.

- Knowledge and practice of safety and compliance regulations required.

Physical Demands

- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is:

- Able to work in extreme hot and cold weather as needed.

- Occasionally required to stand; use hands to grasp, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms; and may occasionally be required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

- Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.