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CHS Inc.

Senior VCO Engineer – Short-Range, Refined Fuels

CHS Inc.

. Prepare and present the monthly refinery operations plan.

Posted 5/15/2026full-timeLaurel • Montana • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $103,200 - $172,400 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Prepare and present the monthly refinery operations plan.
  • Develop refinery production plans including throughput, crude slate, yields, blending strategies, and inventory targets.
  • Conduct monthly post-audits and benchmarking analysis to evaluate refinery performance against plan.
  • Analyze crude refining values and provide short-term economic optimization recommendations.
  • Support refinery response to operational changes, unit outages, constraint shifts, or market movements.
  • Interface with crude oil scheduling, refinery operations, and laboratory personnel to ensure production orders are operationalized through the refinery.
  • Maintain refinery LP model database, including integration of unit test run data and operational updates.
  • Monitor unit operations and yields and update LP inputs as appropriate.
  • Support maintenance of LP configuration for refinery inputs, processes, blending operations, and inventory options.
  • Maintain refinery crude assay database and ensure accurate crude quality representation.
  • Support economic studies to facilitate refinery and commercial decisions.
  • Prepare economic analysis for initiatives including discounted cash flow and payout evaluations.
  • Prepare performance reports and communicate economic results to refinery leadership.
  • Identify operational improvement opportunities through economic and yield analysis.
  • Collaborate with refinery operations, process engineering, supply teams, and commercial stakeholders.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor's degree (B. S.) in applicable engineering field of study from an accredited four-year college or university
  • 4+ years experience in refinery or related downstream energy experience.
  • Understanding of crude oil refinery processes.
  • Working knowledge of linear programming concepts and refinery LP models.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to manage dynamic operational variables.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal relationship skills.
  • Experience supporting refinery economic analysis or optimization initiatives.
  • Knowledge of refinery LP systems such as Haverly GRTMPS or similar linear programming software.
  • Knowledge of process simulation tools such as Petro-SIM or Aspen HYSYS.
  • Oil & Gas industry experience.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Wellness programs
  • Life insurance
  • Health and dependent care spending accounts
  • Paid time off
  • 401(k)
  • Pension
  • Profit sharing
  • Short- and long-term disability
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Adoption assistance

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Hard Skills & Tools
refinery production planningcrude slate analysisyield analysisblending strategiesinventory managementeconomic optimizationlinear programmingcrude oil refining processeseconomic analysisperformance reporting
Soft Skills
analytical skillsproblem-solving skillscommunication skillsinterpersonal skillscollaboration skills
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in engineering