Gasoline Operator

Gasoline Operator

The Gasoline Operator is responsible for the day-to-day scheduling and physical execution of gasoline and gasoline components within the Houston operations team. This role plays a critical part in ensuring the efficient, timely, and compliant movement of gasoline across terminals, pipelines, and vessels, directly supporting the desk's ability to optimise margins and manage risk across the physical supply chain.

Key Responsibilities

• Schedule and coordinate the movement of gasoline and gasoline components across terminals, pipelines, and vessels, ensuring alignment with trading positions and contractual obligations.
• Coordinate daily with traders, operations, risk analysts, and counterparties to execute blend economics, send nominations, and manage loading, discharge, and delivery schedules
• Monitor and manage inventory positions at storage terminals to avoid demurrage, off-spec product, or missed delivery windows.
• Coordinate with Senior Blenders to ensure product specifications are met in the most economical way (full blending training will be provided).
• Prepare and issue timely instructions to terminals, carriers, and third-party service providers.
• Track shipment and delivery documentation, ensuring accuracy and compliance with company and regulatory standards.
• Identify and resolve scheduling conflicts, logistics bottlenecks, or operational issues in real time.
• Maintain accurate records within the Pluto ETRM and other scheduling systems.
• Support month-end reconciliation and reporting processes in coordination with the operations and trading teams.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with terminal operators, carriers, and counterparties.

Required Qualifications

Minimum 2 to 4 years of relevant scheduling experience in gasoline and/or naphtha, gained at a trading house, refiner, or similar commercial/physical trading environment.

• Strong working knowledge of clean products logistics, including terminal operations, pipeline nominations, and marine/inland transportation.
• Proficiency with the Pluto ETRM system (or similar scheduling/ETRM platforms), and strong Excel skills.
• Excellent English language skills (native or equivalent to C2 level, oral and written).

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, logistics, engineering, business, or a related field.

Additional experience in product blending is a plus, though not required - training will be provided for candidates without direct blending exposure.

Attributes for Success

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy under time pressure
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to multitask and prioritise in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Proactive, solutions-oriented mindset
• Strong team player with the ability to collaborate across trading, operations, and logistics functions
• Adaptability and willingness to learn new processes
• High levels of commercial acumen and strong sense of ownership.

Department Overview

The Clean Products Scheduling team sits within the Oil & Petroleum Products division, based in Houston, and works closely with the gasoline trading desk. The team is responsible for the physical execution of trades across the supply chain - from terminal and pipeline coordination through to vessel scheduling and blending support - ensuring seamless handoff between commercial decision-making and physical delivery. This role reports into the Houston Operations Manager and works in close daily collaboration with traders, terminal operators, and logistics providers.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and take pride in a diverse workforce! We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, medical condition or handicap, disability, or any other legally protected status.