Operator - Crude Oil

Job Description Summary

Job Description Summary The Crude Oil Operator is a part of the Crude Oil Trading team and reports to the Lead Operator – Crude, in the Aramco Trading Americas (ATA) organization. The Scheduler will be responsible to plan for crude deliveries up to three months in advance to accommodate the current crude purchasing plans while also managing day-to-day adjustments as needed.

This role will be responsible for crude scheduling to and from Enbridge/Canadian terminals/pipelines, Cushing Terminals, Port Arthur refinery (PAR) facility, Motiva Port Neches terminal (PNT), Energy Transfer Nederland Sour Lake terminal (SUN Nederland), P66 Beaumont terminal, and other customer(s) and supplier(s) locations.

Operator will frequently communicate with customers in the process of receiving crude oil orders and with suppliers to secure barrels for the facility. Additionally, from time to time, due to weather, refinery upsets, turnarounds etc., Operator may be required to adjust the supply schedule to the refinery. This role will be required to independently work alongside other operators as the commercial team and refinery operations.

The Crude Operator will lead the operational execution of activities related to crude oil movements to achieve commercial KPIs as well as ATA’s HSSE & Product Quality (PQ) standards while minimizing operational risk and managing contractual obligations to external parties in a cost effective, safe, and optimal manner.

Process Optimization

• Execute all operational procedures for the trading activity of a specific product and geography to ensure all external contractual obligations are met with optimal operational risk to ATA
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and optimization in logistical operations executed within the relevant subsidiary.
• Ensure all data is accurately reflected in a timely manner in the company’s ETRM (SAP) to enable accurate reporting of exposure, P&L, operational costs/fees (including but not limited to tariff rates and other ancillary costs) and enable finance activity like settlement of invoices, claims, etc.
• Familiar with Enbridge/Canadian terminal and pipes, Cushing Terminals, Port Neches Terminal (PNT), Inter-plant pipeline (IPL) and connections of the Port Arthur Refinery with nearby crude-oil storage hubs (i.e., SUN Nederland, P66 Beaumont, etc.). Responsible for last-mile crude oil scheduling into the Port Arthur Refinery (PAR). Consequently, must be knowledgeable about dock, pipeline (upstream and downstream) and terminal operations and scheduling obligations.
• Experience with marine scheduling of various vessel class crude and feed stocks cargoes (i.e., from Suez max to inland barges).
• Will act as the first contact with oil shippers, oil carriers, and connecting facilities to resolve problems and issues within contractual, obligations, regulations, and company policy.
• Responsible for nominating the movement of crude oil on various pipelines and terminals to meet contractual obligations.
• Remain capable and available in times of business disruption, and always ready to support the business and team 365 days a year. (Hurricane, 3rd party logistics failures, power outages, etc.)
• Quickly ascertain the impact of supply disruptions, communicate effectively to businesses and trading interfaces to reach best-integrated solution quickly and make the required adjustments to schedules to minimize overall impact.

Risk Management

• Ensure compliance with industry regulations and standards to minimize risk exposure.
• Develop and implement contingency plans to address potential disruptions to operational activities.
• Coordinate response efforts during crises or emergencies to minimize impact on operations.
• Ensure imbalances are mitigated. Provide trading with accurate and timely notice of operational developments including imbalance positions, capacity availability and pipeline operational status to purchase or sell barrels.

Collaboration

• Foster relationships with key external stakeholders e.g. customs authorities, shipping agents, storage providers, inspection companies, 3rd party logistics companies (pipeline,…