Refined Products Pipeline Logistics Scheduler

Worker Type: Employee

Group: TSL USRP Pipeline and Terminal Scheduling Department

Job Post End Date: 08/30/2024

About this opportunity:

Plan, coordinate and execute U.S. refined product flows to market in coordination with refineries, pipelines and terminals, including oversight of inventory across U.S. refineries and terminal networks that could impact refinery operations. Monitor progress and understand levers that can be utilized to pre-empt operational issues (delays, costs, exposure that may negatively impact Cenovus).

What you’ll do:

• Schedule and execute the physical movement of refined products between Cenovus refineries and the pipelines and terminals used to supply products sales.
• Act as a senior level of support and guidance to other scheduling team members, as well as Marketing, Trading and Back-office functions.
• Partner closely with Marketing and Trading to determine daily physical inventory positions and supply forecast, optimize new and existing contracts, and ensure Cenovus receives optimal value from our marketing activities while reducing risk.
• Accountable for operationalizing commercial contracts and trade strategies in a way that delivers reliable supply while minimizing working capital, maximizing commercial value and identifying optimization opportunities.
• Identify, evaluate, advise, and execute on strategies that maximize operational performance and drive commercial value, including strategic planning of outgoing and incoming pipeline supply and issues that could impact refinery yields.
• Identify emerging logistics-related issues affecting Cenovus’s strategic plans and refinery unit capability, and potential impacts to refinery run rates.
• React quickly to operational upsets and outages and identify mitigations to ensure product supply and improve crude throughputs, which may require 24/7 after hours availability.
• Ensure all data pertaining to scheduling, product movements and sales are accurately communicated, accounted for and actualized in systems of record in a timely manner (e.g. Solarc RightAngle, Transport 4).

Who you are:

• 1-3 years of direct experience in commodity logistics and/or formal education in Business, Economics, Engineering or related field

Preferred:

• Demonstrated ability to execute and operationalize business strategies from concept to execution
• Strong ability to analyze complex information & details, and present findings in a clear concise format
• Ability to respond effectively/efficiently to the needs of diverse clients with a focus on customer service
• Independent decision-making with an ability to influence/direct decisions related to commercial operations, and value-drivers aligned with Cenovus’s overall marketing and trading strategy
• Proficient in Excel and adapts easily to other related platforms (ETRM experience preferred)
• Understanding of tariffs, regulations, and contractual language, including ability to identify risk mitigation optionality
• Experience in refined products logistics preferred
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in an inclusive environment with multiple internal and external partners
• Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills

What we offer:

• Company-provided medical and dental benefits
• Time-off
• Retirement Savings Plan
• Tuition & Professional Development Assistance

We acknowledge the value of transferrable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.

If you require accessibility assistance to complete the on-line application or otherwise apply for an open position with Cenovus, its subsidiaries and affiliates, please email careeropportunities@cenovus.com.

Internal candidates that are currently in a lower grade will be assessed based on their sustained job performance, how they demonstrate the expected organizational competency behaviors and values and in discussions with their current leader prior to determining next steps.

Cenovus Energy is an affirmative action employer, and we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, veteran status, national origin, or personal or physical characteristics protected by law.

Who we are:

We’re an integrated energy company headquartered in Calgary with oil and natural gas production operations in Canada and the Asia Pacific region, and