Associate Planner

Valero Energy Corporation

Responsible for providing job plans for daily maintenance activities, planning and scheduling unit shutdowns, preparing job packages for expense projects, providing planning assistance for emergency shutdowns and developing AFE/Turnaround job plans for projects not handled by the Engineering Services Department. Receives and reviews work requests that have been authorized by the users of the Maintenance services. Prepares a work scope and establishes the labor, tools, material and equipment required for work requests. Estimates, plans and requisitions manpower, materials and equipment for approved work requests. Prepares/supplies drawings, sketches, bid packages, specifications, procedure, etc. that will aid the Maintenance Supervisor for all planned jobs. Responsible for maintenance of the records essential to the effective operation of the planning and scheduling areas of responsibility. Coordinates the scheduling of the planned project with Maintenance supervision, Operations Department and the Purchasing Department to achieve maximum efficiency and cost management in a proactive manner. Tracks temporary repairs until permanent repairs can be made. Accumulates costs for reporting purposes on specific jobs. Assists in monitoring the productivity of contractors performing work in the refinery. Assigned to cover for Maintenance Supervisors as needed. 

 

Other duties may be assigned.

 

This position will be responsible for creating reports, business correspondence, and procedures and manuals using Windows-based computer systems.  Effective employees are proficient in Excel and Word. The employee will typically work independently with limited supervision. Effective employees will maintain strong attention to detail, abide by confidentiality requirements when working with sensitive information, and will build effective relationships across the refinery. Effective employees will be skillful in providing thorough, efficient, and effective customer service to individuals at all levels within the organization.  Have the ability to communicate effectively through written and verbal methods. Have ability to accomplish work within required timelines, including short, long, and emergency timeframes.  The employee will cross-train in other department duties to ensure efficient coverage department responsibilities. Assumes rotating On-Call duties and On-shift participation in major turnaround and project work as requested.

 

Position level and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

 

About Valero

Valero Energy Corporation is a Fortune 500 company based in San Antonio, Texas, and through its subsidiaries is the world’s largest independent petroleum refiner and marketer. Valero supplies fuel and products that improve people’s lives with 16 refineries and 11 ethanol plants stretching from the U.S. West and Gulf coasts to Canada, United Kingdom, and the Caribbean. Well-positioned pipelines and terminals allow Valero to deliver premium-quality clean fuels quickly, responsibly, and efficiently. Our diversified product slate supports dozens of industries, from health care and plastics to transportation, beauty products, and manufacturing.

Valero's employees are the heart of its success, and there is a reason why the company is an employer of choice in the fuels manufacturing and marketing industry. It’s not just the excellent benefits package, or the opportunities for personal growth, it’s also the caring and committed culture of the organization that makes everyone feel like they’re truly part of a team.

 

About the Wilmington Refinery

 

The Valero Wilmington Refinery was commissioned in 1969 and has had three major expansions to become a fully integrated refinery and several upgrades to meet clean-fuel standards. The Wilmington refinery processes a blend of California and foreign crude oil, as well as unfinished feedstocks from local and foreign sources. Given its coking and desulfurizing capabilities, it is particularly well-suited to process lower-cost heavy, high-sulfur crude oils and feedstocks. The refinery also produces 15 percent of the asphalt supply in southern California. Refined products are distributed from the Wilmington refinery through a network of third-party pipelines and terminals in southern California, Nevada and Arizona, and then on to wholesale and retail customers.

Valero is an EEO/AA Employer.  All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected status including Women, Minorities, Individuals with Disabilities and protected Veterans. 



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