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Refinery Operations Engineer - North and B&S

Milnerton, Cape Town City Centre💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-26 → 2026-09-27

Core

Ensures refinery operations align with optimization plans by managing real-time constraints, blending, shipping, and production targets to maximize value.

Role type

Refinery Operations Engineer

Builds

Refinery production plans, blending strategies, and shipping schedules

Domain

Oil & Gas / Refining

Required skills

Refinery process unit knowledge, operational constraint management, production planning, LP interpretation, troubleshooting production deviations, analytical skills, risk mitigation, financial driver understanding

Preferred skills

Experience with start-up/shutdown/upset conditions, tank strategy development, turnaround planning, energy optimization coordination

Technologies

LP (Linear Programming), Dashboards

Responsibilities

Lead process for providing refinery constraints to Enterprise Planning; Communicate and drive execution of production plans with operators; Provide feedback on production deviations for replanning; Identify and remove technical constraints; Develop and maintain optimization KPIs and dashboards; Support business continuity planning during unit upsets.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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