Proficiency with linear programming is a must. Candidate should have used Refinery planning tools such as Honeywell RPMS, Aspen PIMS, Haverly GRTMPS, Spiral. Experience on working in simulation tools such as Aspen Hysys, Aspen Petroleum Scheduler (APS), MBO, Dock Scheduling, Plant Scheduler (PS-EO), Haverly H-Sched, Spiral Schedule, Honeywell Production Scheduler, and KBC Petrosim would be added advantage. Experience using Advanced Excel/VBA/SQL. Excellent understanding of the entire refinery process. Candidate should have worked in Refinery and Petrochemical companies (in Production Planning, Scheduling, Technical Services division) and /or delivered Planning solution to Oil and Gas clients in consulting assignments. Candidate should have knowledge of refinery / petrochemicals plant configurations, their economics, blending operations, yield accounting, crude blending, product distribution, crude arrival sequencing. Candidate should be familiar with typical Planning & scheduling business processes, functional requirements, Fit-Gap analysis, vendor selection process, integration of Planning with other applications and data visualization. Develop and automate processes by using machine learning. Candidate will be in leading role to thoroughly understand client requirements and expedite functional and technical design for the overall planning & scheduling solution; lead team of experienced and novice to deliver solutions meeting client expectations. Candidate must be well versed with Feedstock ranking (Indifference), Rolling Plans, Back-casting, configuration selection and plant debottlenecking studies, update of multi-period, multi-plant linear programming models. Responsible for end to end implementation at customer sites Includes design of network architecture to implement Scheduling system, Understanding customer requirements Responsible for end to end implementation at customer sites Includes design of network architecture to implement Planning system, Understanding customer requirements.