Asset Economist

**Hours**: Fulltime
**Country**:Baar, Switzerland

The Company

About Varo

VARO Energy (“VARO”) is a leading European energy transition company operating throughout the complete energy supply chain. As the world transitions to a new energy paradigm, VARO’s mission is to provide new energy solutions to its customers, while assuring energy security.

To this end, the company is capitalizing on the energy transition by leveraging its trading and marketing capabilities as well as manufacturing, distribution, and retail infrastructure to capture opportunities in the renewable energy market, with a geographic focus on Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. With a refining capacity of 176,000 bbl/day and a total storage capacity of almost 2,5mio m3, we own a solid asset base in our markets.

VARO is focused on reshaping its portfolio to reflect its energy transition aims, including decarbonisation initiatives, hydrogen projects, e-mobility solutions, biomethane & bio-LNG. Among other investments, the company owns a 51% stake in SilviCarbon, a global leader in nature-based Carbon Dioxide Removals (CDRs), and a 67.9% share in E-Flux, a leading provider of electric vehicle charging software.

VARO Energy offers an exciting working environment, which is characterized by strong teamwork, a flat organization, a fast pace, entrepreneurial thinking & acting and having fun. Everybody has the chance to make a difference, develop a career and contribute to sustainable growth in an exciting and changing industry.

VARO is backed by its two strong and experienced shareholders Carlyle International Energy Partners and Vitol.

The Position

The Asset Economist (AE) ensures smooth implementation of the refinery monthly operating plan, using LP (linaer programing) models to maximise commercial value through optimization of crude and feedstock intakes, component blending and product manufacturing options.

As the first-line contact point towards Varo’s refining assets Bayernoil (BO) or Cressier (CRE) on all operational day to day matters, the AE ensures implementation of short term economic steers and applies ad-hoc problem solving skills to provide efficient and creative solutions to operating challenges.

Moreover, the AE keeps supply, logistics and trading organizations aligned and provides weekly updates on the progress of monthly plan implementation.

Your key responsibilities

**Prepare the monthly operating plan**
- Using refinery linear programming (LP) models, derive economically optimized
- Monthly mass balances and operating instructions for the asset
- Crude batching to define refineries crude diet composition
- Determine demand and timing of feedstock & intermediate imports / exports
- Monitor deviations between LP plan and actuals and challenging the refinery constraints

**Running the daily refinery business**
- Ensure smooth daily operations & implementation of monthly refinery production plan
- Align Varo-internal stakeholders by preparing and leading regular update meetings on refinery status and economics
- Provide Import-/Export-economics for feedstock and products
- Anticipate potential challenges and show creativity in solving problems. Identify and capitalize on optimization opportunities.

**Participating in regular refinery meetings**
- Maintain good relationship with key stakeholders at refining assets
- Attend and participate in regular on-site meeting

Your profile - Essential

knowledge, skills &
abilities
- Team player with commercial mindset and excellent communication skills
- Experience in refinery planning & economics or similar position
- Fluent in English & working knowledge of French or German an advantage
- Previous experience with running and analyzing LP models a strong advantage
- Quick learning and adaptable
- Strong analytical & problem solving skills, creative thinking
- Proactive personality with the ability to take decisions
- Capable of prioritizing tasks and meeting critical deadlines
- Resilience to work under pressure

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor or Master degree in engineering, science or economics or equivalent experience
- At least 3 years of experience in refining or related industries

We offer
- A professional and very well connected work environment with a young and international Team in a growing company
- An attractive workplace in Baar/CH with great development opportunities within an international, corporate environment
- A flat organization structure and entrepreneurial spirit
- Attractive salary and bonus structures
- Further benefits directed towards both physical training and self-development

VARO ENERGY

ACCELERATES THE ENERGY

TRANSITION. ACCELERATE

YOUR CAREER, NOW.

.