Manager, Petroleum Terminal

Crowley Maritime Corporation•Seattle, WA

2h•Onsite

About The Position

Manages Fuels Management Division (FMD) operations at a Government-Owned, Contractor-Operated aviation fuel facility supporting the Department of the Navy under NAVFAC and DLA Energy oversight. Ensures safe, secure, and compliant receipt, storage, quality surveillance, inventory control, and hydrant issuance of military-specification aviation fuel, primarily JP-5. The role also oversees cryogenic liquid operations and barge and pier transfers, and leads workforce performance, maintenance, emergency response, and contract compliance. The position leads 24/7 terminal operations, serves as the primary contractor point of contact for government and other stakeholders, and ensures compliance with applicable contract, military, environmental, safety, and company requirements. It oversees fuel systems and infrastructure, quality testing, inventory accounting, maintenance, workforce training, budgets, and service delivery. The manager supports carrier-capable and land-based naval aviation squadrons through staffing, maintenance, risk-control, and process-improvement strategies.

Requirements

Associate degree required; directly related education and experience in business, terminal operations, military fuels management, or petroleum operations may substitute.
Eight to ten years of progressive FMD, bulk petroleum, or aviation fuel terminal operations and management experience, including GOGO or GOCO DFSP leadership.
At least five years operating or overseeing Department of Defense pressurized fuel hydrant loops and automated pumphouses.
Supervisory experience in a 24/7, safety-critical, environmentally regulated fuel environment.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office and DLA Energy fuel-accountability systems, including the Base Level Inventory System and Fuel Enterprise Server.
Advanced knowledge of FMD operations at GOGO and GOCO DFSPs; fuel receipt through distribution; inventory variance control; JP-5 quality surveillance; pressurized hydrant loops and automated pumphouses; LOX/LIN systems; and barge and pier operations, including custody-transfer measurement.
Ability to apply the DLA Energy PWS, DoD 4140.25-M, NAVSUP Publication 529, MIL-STD-3004, NAVAIR 00-80T-109, EPA Title V requirements, SPCC plans, Facility Response Plans, and applicable safety procedures.
Must hold or be able to obtain and maintain current 40-hour OSHA HAZWOPER certification, Incident Commander qualification consistent with 29 CFR 1910.120, and required airfield safety, flightline driving, cryogenic-handling, and marine-transfer credentials.
Must hold or be able to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense Secret clearance and Common Access Card.
Valid driver's license required.
Employment may be contingent on a Motor Vehicle Records check and eligibility for government, military, airfield, waterfront, and vessel access.
Clear communication, leadership, coaching, judgment, accountability, process improvement, project and priority management, budgeting, expense management, and relationship-building competencies.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree.
Prior service as a Navy Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Fuels) Chief or Master Chief, Navy Supply Corps Officer, Air Force Fuels (2F0X1) Cryogenics/Hydrants Supervisor, or equivalent military petroleum logistics leader.
Experience in JP-5 quality surveillance, naval airfield operations, LOX/LIN operations, barge and pier transfers, and DLA Energy inventory accountability.
Completion of the DLA Energy Fuels Terminal Manager/Responsible Officer course or automated/digital hydrant systems training.
Commercial Driver’s License or commercial driving experience.

Responsibilities

Lead 24/7 FMD and GOCO terminal operations, including receipt, storage, transfer, quality surveillance, inventory control, pressurized hydrant issuance of aviation and ground fuels, and automated fuel service station activities.
Serve as the primary contractor point of contact for the Naval Air Station Fuels Officer, NAVFAC, DLA Energy Quality Assurance Representatives, vessel operators, customers, regulators, and other stakeholders.
Direct operations in accordance with the DLA Energy PWS, DoD 4140.25-M, NAVSUP Publication 529, and applicable company, local, state, federal, and military requirements; ensure deliverables, reports, inspections, and audits are accurate and on schedule.
Manage digital fuel hydrant systems and automated loop pumphouses, including pumps, control valves, flushing loops, lateral control pits, and associated control and monitoring systems.
Enforce aviation fuel cleanliness, filtration, sampling, and testing requirements, including oversight of laboratory testing for flash point, MSEP performance, particulate contamination, and FSII content.
Direct receipt, storage, handling, quality control, inventory accountability, and issuance of liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen, with compliant grounding and bonding, PPE, and emergency procedures.
Plan and oversee barge and pier fuel receipts and transfers, including vessel scheduling, pre-transfer conferences, custody-transfer documentation, sampling and gauging, equipment inspections, containment, overfill prevention, and emergency shutdown readiness.
Oversee preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance for tanks, filter-separators, hydrant loops, cathodically protected piping, pumphouses, cryogenic systems, and marine-transfer equipment; coordinate facility projects with NAVFAC.
Direct end-of-day and end-of-month fuel accounting and reconciliation using DLA Energy systems, keeping inventory variances within tolerance and records complete, accurate, and timely.
Maintain a zero-incident safety culture and ensure compliance with EPA Title V, SPCC plans, Facility Response Plans, airfield and waterfront safety rules, and emergency-response procedures; serve as Contractor Spill Incident Commander when designated.
Supervise, coach, schedule, train, qualify, and develop employees in fuel, laboratory, hydrant and pumphouse, cryogenic, marine-transfer, maintenance, environmental compliance, and customer service functions.
Manage budgets, expenses, productivity, inventory performance, maintenance readiness, and service levels; develop staffing, maintenance, risk-control, and process-improvement strategies supporting naval aviation squadrons.