Refinery Operations Management Consultant

We are seeking a highly skilled Refinery Operations Management Consultant to support clients in driving operational excellence, digital transformation, and performance improvement across refining operations. The ideal candidate will possess deep industry knowledge, hands-on experience in refinery processes, and the ability to lead strategic initiatives that enhance safety, reliability, margin, and efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assess current refinery operations, workflows, and KPIs to identify performance gaps and improvement opportunities
• Lead initiatives focused on production optimization, energy efficiency, turnaround planning, margin improvement, and reliability.
• Propose innovative solutions for operations management leveraging the latest industry trends and technologies.
• Facilitate collaborative workshops with client teams to gather requirements, assess solution feasibility, and define implementation roadmaps aligned with enterprise digital strategies
• Design and implement operations management solution including Operations Logbook, Task Management, Digital Operating Procedures, Operating Instructions, Digital Troubleshooting.
• Lead /Support end-to-end implementation of digital tools such as Operations Management Suite, Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Digital Operating Procedures (DOPs), and performance dashboards from requirements gatherings to deployment.
• Provide post implementation support, including troubleshooting and system optimization.
• Work closely with senior leadership, and functional teams to define performance objectives and accountability structures.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelors or masters degree in chemical engineering, or equivalent
• 5 to 10 years of experience in refinery operations or operations consulting
• Proven experience in facilitating cross-functional collaboration and managing stakeholder expectations.
• Strong understanding of operating procedures, task management, and logbook compliance in process industries.
• Working knowledge of Operations Management Suites such as: Honeywell Forge OM, AVEVA Production management, Yokogawa OMS.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex data insights to non-technical audiences.
• Familiarity with advanced technologies such as AI/ML for predictive analytics.