Sara Dawe

Experience

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  ExxonMobil

  Jul 2007 - Jul 2008

  Environmental Engineer

  Development of virtual monitoring tool for Environmental performance. Development of Environmental projects such as refrigeration unit upgrade. Mathematical modelling and development of emission calculation tool. Development of Environmental solutions to save money. Waste Disposal Site Audits.

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  ExxonMobil

  Sept 2009 - now

  - Accountable for safe, reliable and profitable operation of Business units (Reforming and Lubricants)- Risk manager- People manager- Budget owner - Long term strategy and vision setting for business units Assignment in Downstream Controllers. Responsible for team completing corporate analysis and financial reporting for Fawley Fuels and Lubes, including setting Business Plan, stewarding refinery opex and analysing Solomon competitiveness. Responsible for sharing financial metrics to management and regional communications. Responsible for team setting refinery strategy and gross margin aims from short term to long term across Fuels, Lubes and Chemicals on site. Responsible for planning margin improvement at the refinery which achieved better than plan results each year I was in charge. Responsible for setting long term strategy, and resourcing to meet timeline for implementation across a varied portfolio of initiatives for the Fuels Value Chain from zero cost to multi-million investments. Tasked with developing and setting vision for new team to take ownership of non-process assets at the refinery. This included developing strategies for key assets to support the business needs of the refinery and growing income from leased assets. Second Line Supervisor responsible for managing daily operations at refinery marine terminal. Responsibilities included safety and risk management of operations; interactions with Port of Southampton; management of team of employees plus contractors; and optimisation of terminal operations. No injuries or safety events occurred whilst in charge. - Responsible for screening crude for suitability for processing on the refinery.- Analysis of refinery data and screening of projects.- Responsible for coordinating Supply projects.- Stand-in crude scheduler and heavy products & lubes scheduler.- Responsible for leading Demurrage reduction initiatives. Responsible for managing clean product balances and ensuring reliable supplies to terminals and major UK airports. Daily optimisation of FCC, Residfiner, 2 hydrofiners, 2 sulphur units, sour water stripper and amine system.Responsible for inspecting equipment during FCC turnaround.Leader for various trials on the FCC to improve performance against constraints. Daily optimisation of the Fluid Catalytic Cracker unit at a refinery. Problem solving for the unit and solution implementation. Development of margin improvement projects. Monitoring of units. Reporting of emissions. Refinery interactions with the unit. Daily optimisation of hydroprocessing residue upgrade unit. Catalyst selection, loading, modelling and monitoring. Troubleshooting. Turnaround lead including inspections of equipment.

  • Business Team Leader - Reforming & Lubes units

    Oct 2021 - now

  • Business Analysis & Reporting Supervisor

    Aug 2020 - Sept 2021

  • Planning & Profitability Group Head

    Jan 2019 - Aug 2020

  • Estates Leader

    May 2018 - Dec 2018

  • Marine Terminal Supervisor

    May 2016 - Apr 2018

  • Refinery Coordination Analyst

    Apr 2014 - Apr 2016

  • UK and Ireland Product Coordinator

    Dec 2012 - Mar 2014

  • FCC, Resid and Treating Contact Engineer

    Jan 2012 - Nov 2012

  • FCC Process Engineer

    Oct 2010 - Dec 2011

  • Hydroprocessing Process Engineer

    Sept 2009 - Sept 2010