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Operations Maintenance Specialist
Job Summary
The Marathon Dickinson Renewable Facility has an opening for an Operations Maintenance Specialist position. This position is critical to the joint efforts of the Area Team and the Maintenance Department in pursuing maximum equipment reliability and availability to enable safe, environmentally sound, and profitable operations. The Operations Maintenance Specialist position drives effective scheduling prioritization, and execution of maintenance activities while continuously improving maintenance and equipment care practices. Operations Maintenance Specialist is a role that it requires knowledge of the operation and maintenance capabilities. This role functions to balance the needs of the operation over time and to work with Maintenance to communicate those needs and to help re-allocate resources as needed. The available schedule for the position is 4/10 - Monday - Thursday, after hours calls are required at times and support of TAR/Outages at least once year. Core hours are: 6 AM - 4 PM
Key Responsibilities
•Establish and maintain culture of safety and environmental excellence through effective planning and execution of major project and turnaround work.
•Function in a leadership role as directed by the needs of the Area Team.
•Understand rules and regulations required for shutdown, decontamination, and startup procedures and activities to execute work. Practice good stewardship of activities, respecting impacts to themselves, coworkers, and the community
•Plan, prioritize, and coordinate maintenance activities for site operations to ensure mechanical availability in accordance with Company standards and regulatory requirements.
•Evaluate work notifications and determines disposition (approve, reject, postpone). Review issue description for clarity and completeness. Evaluates risk assessment and priority. Contact requestor and/or makes site visit as needed. Mentor supervisors and Operators to ensure adequate troubleshooting performed to justify/substantiate commitment of maintenance resources.
Ensure continuous improvement of Operator Performance Maintenance (OPM) by assisting with materials and tools gathering and assisting with resource balancing between Operations and Maintenance.*
•Assemble a review team each year to review the winterization checklist(s) for their area of responsibility.
•Assist in controlling costs. Consult and collaborate with Operations management regarding controlling costs. Determine root cause for cost variance and provides explanations to management. Identify, develop and implement, with approval, cost containment measures without jeopardizing environmental/health/safety concerns. Monitor maintenance expenses for assigned areas. Provide justifications for budget preparation as needed.
•Coordinate field execution. Ensure effective communication of equipment status, maintenance activities, and barriers to completion to area team. Collaborate with maintenance planning group to validate work packages' requirements. Provide feedback to ensure clear and accurate work scope.
•Coordinate with Environmental Health & Safety and inspection groups to ensure compliance with company procedures and regulatory requirements.
•Develop and implement management systems necessary to improve MOWP such as robust notification prioritization, barrier resolution, backlog review and management, schedule and readiness communication using OpsCore, and reporting out of progress on these systems.
•Oversee maintenance of accurate and current information in maintenance management information systems used in planning, control and execution of maintenance activities.
Education, Experience and Skills
Minimum Qualifications
•Must have a high school diploma or GED degree. (Education must be obtained/completed prior to start date)
•Must have at least 5 years of operations and/or maintenance experience in a refinery, petro-chemical or other related heavy industry.
•Must be proficient in Microsoft: Word, Excel and Outlook.
•Must be able to wear appropriate PPE in the refinery (respirator), be able to physically perform all tasks in the field and take hair drug test and physical.
•Must be legally authorized to work in the US without the need for future VISA sponsorship.
•Travel Requirement is 5% or less.
•The available schedule for the position is 4/10 - Monday - Thursday, after hours calls are required at times and support of TAR/Outages at least once year. Core hours are: 6 AM - 4 PM
Preferred Qualifications
•SAP and Ops Core software experience is preferred.
•More than 5 years of operations or maintenance experience is preferred.
This job will posted through Friday, June 27, 2025.
Pay Range: 104,300 (Min) - 160,000 (Max)
This position belongs to a family of jobs with increasing responsibility, competency and skill level. Actual position title and pay grade will be based on the selected candidate’s experience and qualifications.
Learn more about Marathon Petroleum’s benefits at
https://mympcbenefits.com/
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Location:
Dickinson, North Dakota
Additional locations:
Job Requisition ID:
00017227
Location Address:
3815 116th Ave SW
Education:
High School (Required)
Employee Group:
Full time
Employee Subgroup:
Regular
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. Please specify the reasonable accommodation you are requesting, along with the job posting number in which you may be interested. A Human Resources representative will review your request and contact you to discuss a reasonable accommodation. Marathon Petroleum offers a total rewards program which includes, but is not limited to, access to health, vision, and dental insurance, paid time off, 401k matching program, paid parental leave, and educational reimbursement. Detailed benefit information is available at
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.The hired candidate will also be eligible for a discretionary company-sponsored annual bonus program.
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We will consider all qualified Applicants for employment, including those with arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws. In reviewing criminal history in connection with a conditional offer of employment, Marathon will consider the key responsibilities of the role.