Cost & Performance Engineer
Location: Stanlow Manufacturing Complex, Ellesmere Port
Employment Type: Site Based Full Time Role 5 days per week Monday-Friday
EET (Essar Energy Transition) vision is to be the leading producer of low carbon fuels and establish a blueprint energy transition hub in the North West. EET plays a major role in supplying the Northwest and the wider UK with essential fuels. We produce over 16% of the UK’s road transport fuels, supply key feedstocks to the petrochemical industry, and are investing heavily in low‑carbon energy solutions.
We work with major retail fuel brands, supermarkets, Manchester Airport, leading airlines, and regional transport operators. We are also a key partner in the HyNet project, helping to deliver the region’s low‑carbon future.
With over 900 skilled colleagues, we offer a strong safety culture, technically challenging work, and some of the best training in the energy sector.
Find out more: Redefining Energy | EET
We currently have an exciting opportunity for Cost and Performance Engineer. You will play a key role in supporting refinery manufacturing operations by providing oversight, analysis, and constructive challenge of cost, schedule, and performance data across operational areas. The role is responsible for ensuring robust reporting processes are in place to effectively monitor and communicate performance against budgets, forecasts, and operational targets. Through detailed analysis and performance review, the successful candidate will identify opportunities to drive cost optimisation, improve efficiency, and support delivery of refinery business objectives.
Primary Accountabilities:
· Deliver cost analysis, budget control and performance reporting across Refinery Manufacturing, supporting maintenance and turnaround activities.
· Analyse, interpret and present cost, commercial and performance data from SAP and other business systems to support decision-making and drive continuous improvement.
· Produce and maintain cost reports, forecasts and performance metrics, identifying trends, risks and opportunities to improve budget performance, forecast accuracy and contractor efficiency.
· Provide independent challenge and assurance on maintenance and turnaround costs, commercial performance and budget management.
· Support turnaround events by developing cost forecasts, monitoring expenditure, managing cost allocations and ensuring effective financial close-out.
· Act as the SAP subject matter expert for cost management, reporting, commitments tracking, accruals and financial administration, providing guidance and support to stakeholders.
· Develop and enhance reporting tools, dashboards and performance measures to improve visibility of costs, contractor performance and operational efficiency.
· Collaborate with maintenance, turnaround, finance, project and operational teams to deliver accurate reporting and support business objectives.
· Support audit, compliance and HSSE requirements, including KPI reporting and adherence to company policies and procedures.
· Identify and promote cost-saving opportunities, process improvements and efficiency initiatives across the refinery.
· Support digitalisation projects and the implementation of technology solutions that improve reporting, analysis and operational performance.
· Provide support during turnaround periods, including additional hours and weekend working when required.
· Hold a full UK driving licence and be able to travel across site as required.
This vacancy will be advertised for a minimum period of two weeks and will remain open to applications until an offer has been made and accepted. Therefore, the vacancy may close at any time after Monday, 12 October 2026, and we encourage interested candidates to apply as early as possible.
Please note, we work with a carefully selected set of recruitment agencies, and we are not looking to add to the current preferred suppliers list. We are unable to accept representations from agencies that are not on that preferred supplier list.
EET Fuels - Performing today transforming for tomorrow! Playing a key role in the decarbonisation of the UK economy, with ambitious plans to build an energy transition cluster in the North West of England.
Stanlow is a key strategic national asset, annually producing over 16% of the UK’s road transport fuels, while playing an important part in Britain’s petrochemical industry by providing key feedstocks.
The business is a major supplier in the North West and beyond with customers including most of the major retail brands operated by international oil companies and supermarkets, Manchester Airport, leading commercial airlines and the region’s trains and buses.
The business covers crude and product trading, refinery operations, HSE implementation, maintenance support and technological services, together with marketing and retail activities. Our commitment to maintaining safe and healthy working conditions and following the best operating practices to protect the environment underpins everything we do.
We employ over 900 highly trained and loyal staff, who are at the heart of everything we do. The company has an embedded safety culture, technically challenging work across the different parts of the business and some of the best training available in the energy industry.
In FY2017-18, Essar Oil UK reported revenues of $5.4 billion, and a post-tax profit of $161 million. Since acquiring Stanlow in July 2011, Essar has invested over $870 million in the business. The Board has a strategic focus to further improve the financial performance of the company through the continued growth and development of the business in the UK and beyond.
