Refinery Operations Head

📍 Location: Sharjah, UAE

About The Role

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage day-to-day refinery/plant operations to ensure safe, efficient, and uninterrupted production.
• Develop and implement operational strategies to maximize plant performance and output.
• Oversee production planning, process optimization, quality control, and inventory management.
• Ensure compliance with HSE, environmental, and regulatory standards.
• Monitor refinery KPIs, plant efficiency, yield improvement, and operational costs.
• Coordinate with trading, procurement, logistics, maintenance, and finance teams to support business objectives.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance productivity and profitability.
• Manage refinery shutdowns, turnarounds, maintenance planning, and capital improvement projects.
• Lead, mentor, and develop technical, operations, and maintenance teams.
• Ensure product quality meets customer and industry specifications.
• Prepare operational reports, budgets, forecasts, and management presentations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of experience within Oil & Gas, Petroleum Refining, Petrochemicals, Lubricants, Base Oils, Fuel Blending, or Terminal Operations.
• Minimum 5 years in a leadership role managing refinery, blending plant, processing facility, or large-scale petroleum operations.
• Strong understanding of refining processes, petroleum products, storage operations, and plant optimization.
• Proven experience in HSE compliance, operational risk management, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary teams and large operational budgets.
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to align operations with business goals.
• GCC/Middle East experience will be highly preferred.
• Preferred Background/Must haves:
• Candidates currently working with:
• Petroleum Refineries

✔ Refinery Operations Management

✔ Leadership & Team Management

Ideal Designations To Target

• Refinery Manager

• Refinery Operations Manager

• Plant Manager
• Operations Head
• Manufacturing Head

• Terminal Operations Manager

• Production Head
• Technical Manager
• General Manager – Operations
• Head of Refinery Operations
• 📩 If you have a proven track record of leading refinery or petroleum processing operations and driving operational excellence, we invite you to apply.
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