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  • Senior Oil Crude Oil Operator – Major Oil Major Trading House – £90-100k Basic – London

    Senior Oil Crude Oil Operator – Major Oil Major Trading House – £90-100k Basic – London

    Leading global asset backed commodity trading house of Oil Major seeks an experienced Senior Crude Oil Operator to join their Central London HQ.

    Joining their Central London Global HQ, you’ll join a major global trading business with multiple global trading desks and offices including in Singapore, Geneva and Houston. Working closely with traders, analysts, and other operators within the products team, you’ll manage the day-to-day trading operations activities for the relevant commodities.

    You will have exposure to the full commodity-trading lifecycle through close collaboration with the Oil & Freight Trading, Shipping Operations, Scheduling, Credit, Middle Office, Back Office, Insurance, Legal, Finance, and Contract teams. A degree of flexibility is expected to enable knowledge-sharing with various members of the operations team and to provide cover when required.

    As well as being a major global physical and derivative Crude Oil, Refined Products, LNG, Natural Gas, Power, Emissions player, my client is also a major BioFuels trader, a rapidly growing market. You’ll join a growing commodity trading house committed to supporting your professional development, offering a dynamic environment that values knowledge, innovation, and career progression. This position could be your gateway to becoming a Lead Operator, a Head of Operations, or pursuing new challenges across their global network.

    This Senior Crude Oil Operator role sits within a team of 6 operators (varying levels of seniority) supporting 4 traders with crude cargoes mostly across the North Sea area (different grades, usually coming from UK/Norway but also global). The role is end-to-end operations process (but not settlements/finance as these are handled by separate teams), liaising with the various internal and external teams to get the cargo to the buyer.

    External counterparties will include refineries, storage, terminals, inspections. You’ll need to have prior experience in crude operations, including knowledge of the various contracts e.g. spot & long-term, lifting agreements, Boeftm terms, and knowledge of all relevant cargo documentation that goes into the operation. It’s a very collaborative environment so strong soft skills and the ability to be a team player are especially important.

    Main responsibilities:

    • Manage the day-to-day trading operations activities for Crude Oil commodities.
    • Manage key documentation, including proforma invoices, vessel nominations, letters of credit, provisional and final cargo insurance, narrowing/nomination of dates and quantities, and vessel clearance.
    • Support the demurrage and cost management teams with ancillary costs such as demurrage, freight differentials, deviation costs, and dead freight, and assisting with resolutions.
    • Update the company’s position and ensuring that all systems contain the latest data for all cargoes.
    • Ensure full compliance with internal controls and external requirements (REACH, customs, etc.).
    • Liaise with inspection companies regarding cargo quality and quantity controls.
    • Manage storage locations, including stock reconciliations.
    • Work with the sanctions team to protect the company’s interests.
    • Build and maintaining good working relationships with internal stakeholders to ensure the efficiency of operational activities, as well as with external stakeholders such as terminals, inspection companies, and other counterparties.

    Salary: £90-100k basic+ bonus + benefits

    Key skills sought:

    • 5 years+ experienced working in a similar European Crude Oil Operator position, ideally for another major oil trading business
    • Strong understanding of the oil trading lifecycle and understanding of trading and shipping operations activities (e.g. cargo, time charters, voyage charters, quality and quantity controls, storage).
    • Knowledge of cargo documentation, B/I, inspections, L/C, voyage orders and customs would be beneficial.
    • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build effective relationships both internally and externally.
    • British or Irish passport holder or hold a visa allowing you to live and work in the UK without any visa sponsorship needed

    For more information please e-mail through an up-to-date copy of your CV to Ben at jobsBR@bramwith.com

  • Oil Trading Head of IT – Dubai Based

    Oil Trading Head of IT – Dubai Based

    Rapidly growing trading arm of state owned oil major seeks a Head of Information Technology to join and grow their Dubai HQ and help with the continued growth of the trading technology teams across their Dubai, Geneva and Singapore offices.

    THE ROLE
    This is a Dubai based role, working 5 days per week from their amazing offices in DIFC in Dubai, so please only apply if you are already based in Dubai or keen to relocate to Dubai for this opportunity. My client will assist with your relocation, manage and pay for your and family Emirates ID Visas, help set up bank accounts and make the relocation easy.

    This is a permanent role looking for someone keen on a long term career move, based from Dubai. The permanent salary is open and will be tax free (as all roles are in the UAE), but this is not looking for a very very senior Head of IT, as this is a hands-on Head of IT role, which will grow with the role and as you build out your IT team in Dubai, Singapore and Geneva.

    You will join an oil trading business, currently trading Refined Products, Crude and LNG, but with big plans to expand into other energy products, namely Natural Gas and Power. This is a new role, taking over the Head of IT responsibilities from their General Manager, allowing the business to continue to grow their commercial and technology capabilities. Joining initially to take over the existing trading technology set up, the company has big plans for growing their IT business including selecting and implementing a new ETRM.

    This role will hold full IT accountability and you will be the Global Leader of IT, generating and executing the business’ IT strategy aligned with business objectives. You will join the senior leadership team, so hold a bigger role in helping the company to grow, being a senior leader in the Dubai office.

    KEY EXPERIENCE

    • 10 years+ IT experience with 5 years+ in IT Manager and Head of IT roles, leading and growing trading technology teams, setting and implementing IT strategy.
    • It is essential that you come from a strong Oil Trading Technology background.
    • As you will join an established but still growing oil trading business with new offices in Geneva and Singapore, this role needs a Head of IT who is handson, understands technology and isn’t afraid to “get their hands dirty”.
    • You will have a deep understanding of technology, probably starting your career as an IT Support Engineer, Systems Administrator, or Network Engineer, moving up to Infrastructure Manager, and then Head of IT. Alternatively you could have started as a Software Developer, DevOps Engineer, or Database Administrator, transitioning into technical project management, and eventually pivoting into department leadership. It is important that you have gained 10 years+ solid IT experience before moving into IT leadership, possibly as an IT Manager so you have the strong technical background coupled with leadership skills needed for this role.
    • As well as a strong techie background, you’ll have moved into a Head of IT or related role, so have the experience to take a rapidly growing oil trading business to the next level.

    For more information, please e-mail through an up-to-date copy of your CV to Ben at jobsBR@bramwith.com