Name: Jonathan
University: Monash University
Course: Chemical Engineering / Commerce

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Jonathan is from Melbourne, and joined Mobil as a graduate in early 1998. He graduated from Monash University with a double degree in Chemical Engineering and Commerce. Jon's first role was as a process engineer in the crude unit area of Altona Refinery, before moving across to becoming the reforming engineer.

"As a process engineer at Altona you get a fantastic chance to interact with different parts of the business - across maintenance, projects, SHE, operations and the technical organisation both internally and across the region. You also get an opportunity to leave a lasting mark on your little part of the business. One item I got to work on was to implement a novel way of cleaning heat exchangers in the crude unit, utilising a material from another part of the plant. This was based on a recommendation from our technical network. This then lead to a project to make the work sustainable and is an operation carried out to this day that still saves maintenance dollars."

Following these technical positions, Jonathan moved into a business analyst role at the refinery before moving into the Supply area of the organisation, where he worked as a Crude Optimiser at the then St.Kilda Rd office.

"Moving into Supply quickly gives you a much broader, macro perspective of the business. From looking at small parts of the business you are given the opportunity to optimise (at the time) 130,000 barrels a day of crude coming into the refinery. For those who wish to pursue a double degree or potentially postgraduate study, there are plenty of options in the company to use the skills you have and develop."

Since then Jonathan returned to the refinery in an Operations Co-ordination role for a year, then lived for a couple of months in Singapore working in the Supply area for the region until entering his current position as the Refinery Co-Ordination Team Leader. In this role he is responsible for a number of people as well as projecting and stewarding the forward refinery quality, production and optimising margin related economics.