Tanker Shipping Operator

Main Purpose:

Knowledge Skills and Abilities, Key Responsibilities:

Candidates should have:

• Chief or Master Mariner preferably with shore job experience OR second officer with shore job experience
• Extremely strong communication skills / quantitative abilities
• Strong business acumen and has a commercial approach
• Ability to work in a challenging, fast-paced, high pressure environment
• Ability to in an international company, with individuals from many backgrounds
• Capable of negotiating firmly but politely with international customers
• Ability to speak/write English fluently. High IT system literacy
• Capable of working in a multinational, high paced and challenging environment

The ideal candidate will be a curious, self-starter, who can think on their feet, is always hungry to learn, and willing to do more, finding the next opportunity independently. Someone who is action-oriented, extremely well-organized, and can think out of the box, while applying logic to problems and finding solutions to challenges which the role will offer daily.

Key Responsibilities:

• Undertake voyage planning to meet international regulation and respond to vessel issues
• Handle bunker optimization
• Review stowage planning
• Coordinate Agency appointments
• Provide Voyage Orders to vessels
• Monitor vessels performance during all voyages i.e.speed and consumption, tank cleaning optimization
• Handle questionnaires, certificates, LOI’s and all relevant supporting docs
• Vetting
• Update company’s software with required data
• Working with internal and external counterparties to ensure the smooth management of ongoing operations, including pre and post operations activities
• Ensure systems are updated at all times with accurate data
• Verify supporting documents against data entry in respective systems, and raising any query to relevant department in case of inconsistent data
• Capturing and posting invoices, credit and debit notes and posting recharges as may be required

Competencies:

• Collaborative
• Diligent
• Dynamic
• Efficient
• Communicative
• Reliable
• Systematic
• Excellent Time management skills

Key Relationships and Department Overview:

• Chartering
• Trading
• Cargo Operations
• Brokers
• Owners
• Service Companies

Department

The Shipping Operations department manages one of the world’s largest Time Charter fleets in the world, handling all aspects of Time Charter vessel operations for the company, across liquid and gas tankers.

The department is part of the broader Energy Operations division which executes on physical trades, a long-term business where strategic investments in storage and logistics capabilities around the world are central to our business model.

Entity

Trafigura Global Services (TGS) is the fully owned subsidiary of Trafigura, a Global In-House Delivery Center, set-up for aggregating Middle and Back office functions critical to support our trading life cycle.

The entity has 600+ employees, adopts best in class technology and practices enabling operations across Europe, Africa , Middle East and Asia-Pacific.