BES Scheduler II

Buckeye Career•Houston, TX

About The Position

Buckeye is the premier infrastructure and logistics provider for the world’s energy needs, both today and tomorrow. Since 1886, we have successfully navigated transitions in the way energy has been distributed to continually meet the needs of an evolving market and industry environment. Our people are a critical element to the success and longevity of our operational history and our future as we seek to thrive through the energy transition. We own and operate a diversified global network of integrated assets providing midstream logistic solutions, primarily consisting of the transportation, storage, processing, and marketing of liquid petroleum products. We are committed to safely and responsibly providing world-class service to meet the continually evolving energy needs of our customers and the communities we serve. As part of this commitment to our customers, we are continually diversifying our platform and service offerings to enable less carbon intensive energy solutions and undertaking decarbonization efforts on our operations. Buckeye Partners is currently seeking a BES Scheduler with scheduling experience in the Oil & Gas Industry to join our team! Role Summary: The BES Product Scheduler role reports to the Senior Scheduling Manager and is primarily responsible for the scheduling of product movements from bulk purchase locations to the destination terminals all of which move on pipelines and are located within the Northeast. The Scheduler is accountable for managing inventories to meet both market demands and inventory target which are set by Marketing and the traders. In doing so, the Scheduler must maintain our scheduling systems, communicate with pipeline schedulers, terminal schedules, traders, middle office and back office, and maintain appropriate systems. Ideally, the Scheduler has an understanding of market structure, pipeline scheduling and pipeline systems in the Northeast. At a minimum, the scheduler must have good communications skills, demonstrate intellectual curiosity, and good numeric skills.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in a business related discipline required.
Must have good communications skills
Must be able to work independently, multitask and have strong organizational skills
Must have good numeric skills
Demonstrated intellectual curiosity

Nice To Haves

Persons in this position should understand market structure, scheduling and be familiar with NE logistics.
Should have familiarity with Excel Pivot Tables
Persons in this position are asked to respond to emergencies immediately and requires an incumbent who has the ability to meet stringent deadlines and the ability to work well under pressure.
Persons in this position must be able to work in a team-oriented environment and interact on numerous concepts.
Demonstrated commercial optimization capabilities

Responsibilities

Translate demand forecast from Marketing team into origin timing and volumes to trader.
Present trader with options on timing/location of origin volumes.
Nominate schedules to appropriate pipeline and terminal locations.
Keep track of demand, supply and inventory thru scheduling system.
Modify forward schedules as demand, supply and inventory economics change and do so consistent with the working capital, cash and margin framework.
Reconcile scheduling tools to end of month pipeline and terminal statements.
Proactively work with schedulers and traders to maximize Buckeye and BES EBITDA goal.
Periodically work outside of normal business hours during periods of high activity and/or unusual circumstances.
Back up other schedulers.
Comply with all Buckeye Code of Conduct, Buckeye policies, regulations and applicable laws.