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Vessel Operations Coordinator


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Job Description:

Koch Shipping Inc is headquartered in Houston, Texas, the marine transportation group of Koch Supply & Trading.  As a Vessel Operations Coordinator (VOC), you will be part of a team that directly supports supply and trading activities involving physical movements of liquid commodities over the water. The VOC role is by nature fast-paced, dynamic, and challenging.   In order to be successful in this role, an individual must be able to adjust priorities quickly in response to frequently changing circumstances, must be accurate and timely in their communications, and must be comfortable in a culture that expects challenge and debate. In addition, this role involves support of world-wide operations that operate continuously and in multiple time zones. Work outside of normal business hours will be required on occasion.

Responsibilities:

The primary responsibility of the VOC is to ensure incident free execution of world-wide ship voyage charters carrying crude, chemical and/or clean oil cargos and optimize chartered vessel performance. As a VOC, you will work directly with internal cargo schedulers, traders, chartering personnel and others that will rely on you to provide detailed tanker operations expertise in areas such as:

  • Assessing vessel capability
  • Assessing risk associated with a specific vessel use
  • Interacting with in-transit vessels as necessary to help achieve a desired voyage outcome.

This role provides an excellent opportunity for someone with marine operations experience who desires to apply that experience to the commercial aspects of the marine transportation industry.

Required Experience:

  • A Chief Mates License or a minimum of five years’ employment sailing as a deck officer on a crude, clean oil or chemical tanker
  • Proficient use of Microsoft Office products
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

Preferred Experience:

  • Work experience scheduling / coordinating marine vessel movements or operations
  • One or more years of service sailing as Chief Mate or Master

Personal Characteristics:

  • High attention to detail
  • Good organisational skills
  • Excellent communication skills. Ability to communicate issues and solutions and deal with people at all levels.
  • Good team player.
  • Proactive and good problem solving skills – able to identify potential issues and propose solutions
  • Strong analytical skills
  • High attention to detail
  • Good organisational skills
  • Excellent communication skills. Ability to communicate issues and solutions and deal with people at all levels.
  • Good team player.
  • Proactive and good problem solving skills – able to identify potential issues and propose solutions
  • Strong analytical skills

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