Biodiesel Division Manager

Daily attention tends to split between feedstock margins, production-plant performance, and the regulatory-credit market (RINs under the RFS) — three levers that move the line's profitability in different directions at the same time. You'll often be reviewing plant uptime reports in the morning, sitting with traders on RIN positioning by midday, and on the phone with feedstock suppliers when prices move. Volumes produced, blend economics, and EBITDA performance drive the scorecard.

The hardest part is often the policy dependency — biodiesel economics rest heavily on the federal blender's tax credit and RFS program design, both of which shift with administrations and Congress. Variance across employers is sharp: integrated refiners run biodiesel as one part of a broader fuels portfolio; pure-play biodiesel producers live or die on a single business.

The job tends to suit folks who bring P&L instincts, policy fluency, and operational leadership. ASTM standards knowledge, RFS regulatory experience, and energy-markets backgrounds anchor the path. The compromise is the regulatory volatility that defines the industry — strategic plans built on current policy can require rewriting after a single program change.