Layne Araki

Economics and Planning Manager

PBF Energy / Chalmette Refining

Refinery Technical Manager responsible for the leadership and management of the Process Engineering, Process Controls, Capital Projects Groups and the Laboratory.

- Business Supervisor for Crudes and Coker - leads and manages a team of ~40 personnel in the safe operation and maintenance of two crude units and a coker

- Refinery Coordinator - responsible for overall refinery coordination for daily and transient operations

- Safety Relief Review Coordinator - responsible for the scheduling and execution of required safety relief system reviews for all refinery units

- 90 Day Scheduler - Coordinates with all business teams, maintenance, and management to develop an optimized and executable refinery schedule. Utilizes a refinery model to economically optimize the refinery.

- Refinery Process Engineer experience for the following units:
Sulfur Plant and Amine Unit, Waste Gas System, Benzene Recovery Unit, LPG Compressor, Sour Water Stripper, Diesel Hydrotreater, Light Ends Plant, Reformer, Cat Feed Hydrotreater

- Management of Change Improvement Team - reviewed and led a refinery wide improvement to the Management of Change process

Specialties:
- Technical Leadership
- Education and Training
- Change management