Marine Operator

We are looking for a motivated, detail-oriented individual to join our trading operations team. As a Marine Operator / Senior Marine Operator, you will play a key role in ensuring the safe, efficient, and cost-effective movement of oil cargoes between third-party suppliers and customers and Valero's refining system, while upholding our uncompromising safety and environmental standards.

In this role, you will coordinate and execute the day-to-day marine operations and scheduling of oil cargoes with Valero's supply chain. Working closely with trading, inspectors, and agents, you will help ensure continuity of supply while protecting Valero's commercial interests and operational reliability.

Key Responsibilities

• Schedule and manage marine movements of oil cargoes purchased and sold with third-party suppliers and customers, including voyages involving multiple loading locations, discharge terminals, and delivery options.
• Coordinate vessel nominations, loading and discharge operations, and all associated logistics with suppliers, terminals, vessel operators, inspectors, and port agents.
• Enter and maintain accurate operational and commercial data within Valero systems and collaborate with internal departments as required.
• Maintain cargo tracking, voyage monitoring, inventory, and scheduling systems to ensure visibility across the supply chain.
• Work closely with Trading, Supply, Refinery Planning, and Commercial teams to support procurement and refinery feedstock/product requirements.
• Analyse logistics activities and marine operations to identify efficiencies, cost savings, and opportunities to optimise vessel and supply chain performance.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with external counterparties, including suppliers, vessel owners, brokers, terminals, and service providers.
• Monitor voyage progress and proactively manage operational challenges, delays, weather disruptions, berth availability, and schedule changes.
• Continuously seek opportunities to optimise voyage economics, minimise demurrage, detention, dead freight, and other cargo and vessel-related costs.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, contractual obligations, industry regulations, and HSSE standards throughout all marine operations.

About Valero

Valero Energy Corporation, through its subsidiaries, is an international manufacturer and marketer of transportation fuels and other petrochemical products. Valero, a Fortune 50 company based in San Antonio, Texas, with approximately 10,000 employees, is an independent petroleum refiner and ethanol producer, and its assets include 15 petroleum refineries with a combined throughput capacity of approximately 3.1 million barrels per day and 14 ethanol plants with a combined production capacity of approximately 1.73 billion gallons per year. The petroleum refineries are located in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, and the ethanol plants are in the Mid-Continent region of the U.S. In addition, Valero owns all of the general partner and limited partner interests in Valero Energy Partners LP. Valero sells its products in both the wholesale rack and bulk markets, and approximately 7,400 outlets carry Valero's brand names in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Ireland.

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline preferred.
• Minimum 2-5 years of experience in crude oil marine operations, tanker scheduling, supply and trading operations, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of crude oil supply chains, tanker operations, marine logistics, and refinery supply requirements.
• Knowledge of charter party terms, marine contracts, demurrage exposure, and voyage economics.
• Strong technical, organisational, and multitasking skills with the ability to manage multiple cargo movements simultaneously.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to coordinate effectively across commercial and operational teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, including logistical optimisation and cost analysis.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and relevant marine, trading, or logistics systems.
• Ability to work independently, make sound operational decisions, and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong negotiation and commercial awareness skills