Overview
In this role you will oversee the end-to-end operational management of physical crude cargoes, focusing on North Sea cargoes and supporting the broader crude trading lifecycle. You will collaborate with traders, shipping, scheduling, credit, middle office, legal and finance to ensure timely delivery and minimize disruption. The position combines hands-on operational execution with contract and documentation control in a fast-paced trading environment. You’ll contribute to efficient cargo flow, risk mitigation and cost management while working within a dedicated crude operations team. This is a hands-on role at an established international energy trader offering hybrid work and a clear path‑p
Pay / Benefits
- Base salary up to 80,000
- Discretionary annual bonus
- 10% employer pension contribution
- Private medical insurance
- Lunch allowance ~1,400 annually
- Critical illness cover and life assurance
Responsibilities
- End-to-end ops management of physical crude cargoes
- Manage vessel nominations, voyage orders, documentary instructions and Letters of Credit
- Coordinate loading date and quantity nominations with terminals
- Oversee BFOETM terms and chain activity and related operational aspects
- Work across equity, third-party and traded crude cargoes
- Coordinate with terminals, refineries, inspection companies, counterparties and internal teams
- Support demurrage, freight differentials, deviation costs and dead freight resolution
- Identify and resolve operational issues to minimise costs and disruption
Key requirements
- Experience in crude oil operations and a solid understanding of the physical oil trading lifecycle
- North Sea crude operations exposure
- Knowledge of BFOETM terms and chain activity
- Familiarity with spot and term crude contracts and lifting agreements
- Experience with cargo, voyage and time charter operations
- Cargo documentation including Bills of Lading, inspections, Letters of Credit, voyage orders and customs
- Ability to work with terminals, inspection companies and trading counterparties
- Strong attention to detail and effective cross-functional communication in a fast-paced environment
- Attention to detail
- Effective communication
- Cross-functional collaboration
- BFOETM terms and chain activity
- Cargo documentation and Bills of Lading
- Letters of Credit
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