Motiva Enterprises LLC

Crude & Feedstock Scheduler

LocationHouston, TX
Job Typecontract

About This Job

At Motiva, our employees' energy, passion, and dedication to excellence are what make us who we are and what allows us to generate energy that makes a house a home, gets us from point A to point B, and enables our health and wellbeing. We invest in every aspect of our employees' lives because, at Motiva, our people matter.

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Motiva refines, distributes and markets petroleum products throughout the Americas. The company's Port Arthur Manufacturing Complex in Port Arthur, TX, is comprised of North America's largest refinery with a total throughput of 720,000 barrels per day, the largest base oil plant in the western hemisphere, and an integrated chemical plant. Under exclusive long-term brand licenses with Shell and Phillips 66 (for the 76® brand), Motiva's commercial operations supply more than 12 billion gallons of fuel to customers annually. Motiva is wholly owned by Aramco, one of the world's largest integrated energy and chemicals companies.

Position Overview:

The Crude and Feedstock Scheduler is a part of the Asset Supply and Optimization team and reports to the Asset Supply Manager. The scheduler will be responsible to plan for crude and feedstocks 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 and feedstock scheduling to and from 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. This role will be required to independently work alongside other schedulers, as well as the Asset Coordination team, and PAR operations. Schedulers will also frequently communicate with customers in the process of receiving crude oil and feedstocks orders and with suppliers to secure barrels for the facility. Additionally, from time to time, due to weather, refinery upsets, turnarounds etc., scheduler may be required to adjust the supply schedule to the refinery. This role will be required to independently work alongside other schedulers as the commercial team and refinery operations. The Crude and Feedstocks Scheduler executes activities related to crude and feedstocks movements and handling consistent with local requirements as well as MOTIVA's HSSE & Product Quality (PQ) standards in a cost effective, safe, and efficient manner.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for last-mile crude and feedstock scheduling into the Port Arthur Refinery (PAR). Consequently, must be knowledgeable about dock, pipeline and terminal operations and scheduling obligations. Familiar with 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.).
Experience with marine scheduling of various vessel class crude and feedstocks cargoes (i.e., from Suez max to inland barges).
Development of a crude and feedstock schedule for up to 3 months out.
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.
Continuous update of crude and feedstock schedule to react to market opportunities and shifts in refineries availability to crude and feedstock volumes.
Responsible for nominating the movement of crude and feedstock on various pipelines and terminals to meet contractual obligations.
Understand and deliver the base needs of Motiva's business, while always striving to understand how to optimize and improve the supply chain.
Always maintain an up-to-date scope of work for planned supply activities and continencies. Advise on supply contingency plans to prepare for major events (e.g., planned, and unplanned outages, hurricanes preparedness, etc.).
Continuous update of crude and feedstocks schedule to react to market opportunities and shifts in refinery feedstocks supply and production.
Coordinate cross-functional communications to maintain alignment for daily operations as well as during planned and unplanned events.
Tracking and coordination of terms of spot contracts, term contracts, and exchange contracts.
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.
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.).
Understand and respond to crude and feedstock quality issues while understanding industry specifications.
Communicate all rate, tariff, fuel and operational condition changes for pipe and vessels.
Must be knowledgeable concerning pipeline and terminal operations and scheduling obligations.
Maintain routine communication with affiliate and third-party carrier to provide traders updates on current month flows or potential operational issues.
Assist in securing information and resolving discrepancies in a timely manner.
Work closely with accounting to resolve rate and volume discrepancies.
Manage special projects and operational activity as assigned.
Maintain adequate records to meet legal and fiscal obligations, as per MOTIVA's policies.
Develop relationships with third party logistics companies (i.e., pipelines, terminals, etc.) to facilitate gathering of industry intelligence and operational effectiveness.
Provides backup for vacation coverage and daily support to other schedulers as assigned by Manager Supply Operations.

Experience and Qualifications

Required Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, or related field required.
Minimum 3 years in petroleum products supply logistics required, preferably in crude oil and intermediate feedstocks (i.e., Fuel Oil, VGO, Untreated Distillate, others) scheduling.
Commercial acumen with a basic understanding of Supply, Trading, Logistics, Marine Chartering, and refinery economics.
Experience with supply operations and an understanding of crude and intermediate feedstocks scheduling. Working experience with clean products, light-ends products, and/or chemicals & specialty products scheduling would be considered. Trading and/or commercial experience is a plus.
Knowledge of FERC rules and regulations is a plus.
Knowledge of crude oil pipeline grid/system, and waterborne operations.
Strong computer skills, MS Excel, ability to quickly. Strong attention to detail.
24-hour availability. Must carry cell phone and company assigned laptop computer in the evenings, nights, weekends and holidays.


Preferred Education and Experience

Trading and/or commercial experience preferred
Experience in RightAngle software and SAP

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