The Crude Operator/Scheduler is responsible for the end-to-end international crude oil transactions. Ensuring the safe, efficient, and timely movement of crude oil via marine, terminal, pipeline, and facilities. This role coordinates with traders, counterparties, terminals, inspection companies, vessel agents, brokers, pipeline operators, and internal departments to execute physical movements, maintain inventory accuracy, resolve operational issues, and support the financial settlement of transactions. The Crude Operator plays a critical role in minimizing operational risk while maximizing supply chain efficiency and customer satisfaction.
Responsibilities:
- Coordinate and execute crude oil movements, including marine and terminal operations.
- Schedule vessel nominations, terminal transfers, and storage activities to ensure timely execution of trades.
- Prepare and submit vessel nominations and coordinate with counterparties and internal teams.
- Monitor cargo loading, discharge, transfers, and inventory movements to ensure contractual obligations are met.
- Communicate daily with traders, counterparties, pipeline schedulers, terminals, shipping team to resolve operational issues/matters.
- Verify loading documents including Bills of Lading, Certificate of Origin, Certificate of Quality/Quantity, Cargo Manifest, and other shipping documentation.
- Calculate and confirm final delivered quantities with counterparties and resolve quantity or quality discrepancies.
- Ensure all trade details, nominations, movements and inventory records are accurately recorded in the company’s operations systems.
- Review and approve operational invoices, including freight, shipping claims, inspection, terminal fees, and other logistics-related expenses.
- Support trade settlements by verifying operational data required for invoicing and financial settlement.
- Partner closely with all teams to ensure timely month-end close activities.
- Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, reduce transportation costs, and optimize logistics performance.
- Provide backup to other operators and coordinate with our internal groups/companies to complete all required tasks.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
