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Astron Energy is one of the leading suppliers of petroleum products in South Africa through its vast network of approximately 850 Caltex-branded service stations. Astron Energy will continue to manage the Caltex brand for a period of up to six years under licence from Chevron USA. Astron Energy owns and operates the countrys third-largest crude oil refine...
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The Refinery Operations Engineer South will be responsible and carry the DoA of the Refinery Operations Engineer North and B&S as required due to annual leave or illness to ensure continuity.
- Professional Qualifications & Certifications
- Bachelor’s degree in chemical, process or mechanical engineering degree.
Work Experience
- 7+ years of experience in refinery operations/process engineering roles in a refinery
- Familiarity with start-up, shutdown, and upset conditions, and how these impact plant safety, reliability and performance
- Experience working alongside Process Engineers to translate technical performance into operational actions (i.e. setting operating constraints, recommending maintenance actions)
- Experience working with refinery optimisation and production teams.
Knowledge & Skills
- Strong understanding of refinery process units, operational constraints, and commercial drivers
- Understanding of refinery safety standards, hazard identification, and risk mitigation practices, including environmental regulations and compliance requirements for refinery operations
- Understanding of production planning concepts and how operational constraints impact the refinery LP
- Knowledge/Experience with running and interpreting the LP will be advantageous
- Ability to troubleshoot production deviations and implement corrective actions in collaboration with planning and technical teams
- Strong analytical skills to assess optimisation opportunities and identify efficiency improvements
- Ability to communicate to, and influence, all levels of the organization including operators and technicians to take action
- Collaborative mindset to work across multiple teams, ensuring alignment between planning and execution
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills to respond quickly to operational challenges
- Bias for action and ability to resolve issues under pressure to maintain production and safety targets
Application Deadline:
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Job Description
- The Refinery Operations Engineer has the primary responsibility of ensuring that the refinery is operated in alignment with the agreed operating plan provided by the White/Black Oil Optimisation Engineers and within safe and reliable operating constraints. The operations engineer agrees the short-term refinery plan and refinery blending and shipping plan is operationally feasible1 by maintaining real-time knowledge of the operational constraints and conveying these to the EVCO organization. The operations engineer is also responsible for the technical development of the overall refinery by identifying and relieving operating constraints; and capturing and actioning short- and medium-term opportunities that deliver incremental value. Operations Engineers lead the closure of operational and capacity gaps, including those identified through the monthly backcasting process.
Key Accountabilities
- The North and B&S Operations Engineer will be responsible for all the accountabilities below as it pertains to the North and B&S areas within the refinery, this includes the wharf and shipping operations, Crude Unit and related planning and optimization, and product blending.
- Lead the process by which refinery constraints are provided to the Enterprise Planning team for use in developing optimised plans.
- Works directly with Process Engineers to understand constraints and the ability to remove or mitigate these constraints.
- Works closely with the ST Planner and Refinery Planning Team (white/black oil optimisation engineers and schedulers) to agree the refinery production plan is operationally feasible.
- Communicate and drive execution of the production plan through daily interaction with BTMs, RSLs, and panel operators to hit production targets in real time as to maximize value for Astron, minimising deviation from agreed operational targets.
- Provide timely feedback on production deviations to EVCO Optimisation Engineers (White/Black) to enable replanning decisions.
- Work closely with shift organization and EVCO to identify, evaluate and execute optimal alternative solutions during transient situations or when unknown constraints encountered i.e. pump failures etc.
- Work directly with the refinery process engineers to identify and remove technical constraints, opening up sources of value.
- Work with refinery (operators & process engineers) to enhance understanding of financial drivers, production optimisation opportunities, and key decision points, fostering a culture focused on maximising value.
- Develops, owns and maintains the refinery optimization KPI’s and parameters as well as the dashboard that visualizes key optimization parameters to the organization.
- Development and execution of business improvement actions including those found in the backcasting analysis
- Support EVCO Optimisation Engineers with short-term business continuity planning, leading on refinery-side production optimisation options during unit upsets or force majeure scenarios, ensuring commercial impacts are minimised.
- Supports development of optimal tank strategy including Tank T&I and tankage allocation.
- Supports the development of optimal turnaround refinery posturing including the planning integration with EVCO
- Responsible for ensuring optimisation of refinery fuels usage strategy by coordinating requirements between EVCO, Energy optimization and refinery short term needs.
- Understands and conveys crude variations or risks to refinery operations early to ensure early preparations and minimization of impacts.
- Relays strategic focus areas, concerns or support requirements from EVCO to the refinery to ensure consistent and focused response.
- The Refinery Operations Engineer North and B&S will be responsible and carry the DoA of the Refinery Operations Engineer South as required due to annual leave or illness to ensure continuity.
Professional Qualifications & Certifications
- Bachelor’s degree in chemical, process or mechanical engineering degree.
Work Experience
- 7+ years of experience in refinery operations/process engineering roles in a refinery
- Familiarity with start-up, shutdown, and upset conditions, and how these impact plant safety, reliability and performance
- Experience working alongside Process Engineers to translate technical performance into operational actions (i.e. setting operating constraints, recommending maintenance actions)
- Experience working with refinery optimisation and production teams.
- Knowledge & Skills
- Strong understanding of refinery process units, operational constraints, and commercial drivers
- Understanding of refinery safety standards, hazard identification, and risk mitigation practices, including environmental regulations and compliance requirements for refinery operations
- Understanding of production planning concepts and how operational constraints impact the refinery LP
- Knowledge/Experience with running and interpreting the LP will be advantageous
- Ability to troubleshoot production deviations and implement corrective actions in collaboration with planning and technical teams
- Strong analytical skills to assess optimisation opportunities and identify efficiency improvements
- Ability to communicate to, and influence, all levels of the organization including operators and technicians to take action
- Collaborative mindset to work across multiple teams, ensuring alignment between planning and execution
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills to respond quickly to operational challenges
- Bias for action and ability to resolve issues under pressure to maintain production and safety targets
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Job Description
- The Senior Financial Analyst - Refinery is a key member of the Refinery Finance Team with responsibilities for the preparation of the annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, and monthly reporting of refinery’s business performance. The incumbent is also responsible for monthly financial analysis of refinery’s gross margin, performing in-depth price and volume variance analysis of actuals vs budget/forecast. This role requires close collaboration with the refinery’s gross margin planner in Business Excellence who prepares the gross margin budget/forecast. The incumbent supports special projects as they arise, performs deep-dive analysis into various focus areas, leads continuous improvement initiatives obo Finance, provides training / guidance on finance matters to the various refinery departments and is the back-up for the Refinery Finance Manager. The position interacts will all levels of staff at the Refinery and needs to be able to build collaborative relationships quickly, influence outcomes and drive for results.
- Financial Perspective
- Gross Margin Analysis
- Prepares monthly Gross Margin analysis of refinery production income vs business plan and reforecast expectations, including price and volume variance analysis with related commentaries.
- Ensures accuracy of refinery transfer pricing entries in SAP through comparison to gross margin calculations
- Collates Availability and Utilisation and other KPIs from Commercial department for inclusion in monthly reporting and validates explanations provided for reasonability.
- Responsible for ensuring accuracy of gross margin reporting in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) system.
- Coordinates the annual business plan and monthly reforecasting of refinery’s gross margin. Works side by side with refinery’s gross margin planner to ensure deadlines are met and validates the inputs received from the gross margin planner to ensure accuracy.
- When required, acts as interface between Oils Accounting and Refinery Commercial departments during month-end, assisting in resolving discrepancies on product yields and driving month-end to a close.
Financial and Management Reporting:
- Prepares all required monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports and variance analysis of actual results vs business plan/forecast for the refinery for submission to the FP&A
- Collates, validates, and reports on various refinery Key Performance Indicators monthly.
- Business Planning, Forecasting and Performance Reporting:
- Coordinates, consolidates, and prepares the presentation deck supporting the annual business plan for the refinery business unit. Ensure the business plan is reasonable by conducting analysis and facilitating discussions with department heads and challenging their proposed business plans.
- Coordinates, consolidates, and prepares the presentation deck supporting the monthly reforecast for the refinery business unit.
- Responsible for the submission of the annual business plan/monthly forecast into SAP Analytics Cloud system and validation of accuracy of final product.
- Attends monthly Business Teams’ performance meetings as Finance representative responsible for explaining gross margin and fuel cost KPIs. The role also supports Opex analysts in the team in answering queries from business and driving cost control/Opex management at the refinery.
- Prepares deck on monthly business performance and leads presentation thereof to the Refinery Leadership Team (RLT) at monthly business performance governance meeting.
CAPEX reporting
- Reviews capex reporting prepared by the Refinery Capex planner for reasonability and supports Refinery Capex planner with guidance to ensure that reporting requirements to stakeholders are met.
- Customer Perspective
- Supports the reporting requirements to shareholders, EXCO, RLT and other refinery stakeholders.
- Leads the finance presentation at the monthly business performance governance meeting.
- Represents Finance in the Extended Leadership Team at Refinery
- Will be sought out to support Refinery initiatives and priorities from a financial perspective from time to time.
- Internal Processes
- Special Projects
- Participate in special projects as directed by Refinery Finance Manager. Projects may require economic/decision analysis, guidance on accounting policy, and internal control assessments and guidance. Projects are generally focused on continuous improvement initiatives.
- Month-end Coordination:
- Prepare, distribute, and coordinate/manage the refinery’s monthly reporting schedule to ensure all deadlines are met
Ad-hoc queries:
- Support the business in resolution of complex vendor/payment queries and act as interface between refinery business unit and Procurement and Accounts Payable departments.
- Assist the business with SAP data requests.
- Support the Refinery Finance Manager with resolving queries from CoCT, ESKOM, TNPA and other bills that are sent directly to Refinery Finance team.
- Support the Refinery Finance Manager in providing oversight over the Refinery Warehouse’s adherence to internal controls for warehouse inventory, ensuring compliance is achieved with UKCR and AE’s accounting policy.
People Management
- As senior member of the refinery finance team this role is expected to guide, coach, and support the analysts in the team and assist them with the resolution of any complex queries.
- Actively influence the Refinery Leadership Team (RLT) and Extended Leadership Team (ELT) at the refinery on finance-related initiatives and objectives.
- Stand-in for the Refinery Finance Manager as and when required. May be required to review manual journals and account reconciliations of opex analysts on ad-hoc basis.
- Minimum Qualifications and Experience required
- Fully qualified CA (SA) or CIMA
- Minimum of 3 years’ post qualification accounting experience essential. Preference will be given to candidates with 5+ years
- External auditing experience strongly preferred
- Oil and gas industry or similar manufacturing experience strongly preferred
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong interpersonal and presentation skills
- Ability to take initiative and grow with the business
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Job Description
- The Product Specialist is responsible for supporting the Product Optimiser in executing and managing product supply deals, with a primary focus on the Indirect Channel (IDC). This role ensures that product supply commitments are met efficiently, balancing supply chain constraints with commercial objectives.
Key Accountabilities
- Negotiate, finalise, and manage IDC product supply deals, ensuring commercial viability and alignment with the broader supply and demand plan.
- Coordinate closely with the Product Optimiser to adjust deal structures based on market conditions, competitor activity, and supply availability.
- Monitor IDC contract performance, ensuring compliance with agreed terms and optimising deal profitability.
- Work with supply planning and logistics teams to ensure timely and cost-effective product deliveries to IDC customers.
- Analyse market trends, pricing movements, and competitor activity to support commercial decision-making and strategic deal structuring.
- Maintain relationships with key IDC customers, acting as a primary point of contact for deal execution and ongoing supply coordination.
- Provide regular performance reports on IDC deals, tracking volume, margin, and deviations from plan.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives in product supply execution, identifying opportunities to enhance deal structuring and supply chain efficiencies.
- Ensure all transactions comply with regulatory requirements, internal policies, and risk management frameworks.
- Professional Qualifications & Certifications
- Degree in business, economics, supply chain, or a related field.
Work Experience
- 3+ years of experience in product supply, commercial marketing, sales, preferably in fuels or energy markets.
- Experience in negotiating and executing supply agreements, including IDC or wholesale deals.
Knowledge & Skills
- Strong commercial acumen with an understanding of product pricing, supply chain economics, and market dynamics.
- Experience in managing customer relationships and negotiating contracts.
- Knowledge of logistics and supply planning processes to ensure efficient deal execution.
- Analytical mindset to assess market trends and deal performance.
- Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and business analytics tools.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate across commercial, logistics, and sales functions.
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- The Fuel Oil Barge Scheduler is responsible for coordinating the timely and efficient scheduling of the fuel oil deliveries via barge to various ports and clients. The role takes day to day direction from the Black Oil Optimiser and while reporting to the Head of Operations and Shipping.
Key Accountabilities:
- Coordinate and schedule fuel oil barge shipments based on customer demand, operational requirements and vessel availability.
- Work with barge operators, refinery, the back oil time charter, terminal and key stakeholders to ensure accurate delivery of the fuel oil to designated locations.
- Schedule to ensure minimal downtime and maximum operational efficiency with the SHEQ and compliance boundaries along with developing emergency response plans.
- Manage deviations, develop mitigations and notify stakeholders of delays and changes while making the necessary changes to scheduling.
- Work with Planning, Optimisation and other stakeholders to ensure an aligned schedule taking into account operational requirements.
- Ensure accurate documentation and records across contracts, delivery schedules, losses / gains and receipts.
- Maintain records of fuel consumption, delivery service levels and incidents.
- Monitor fuel oil stock levels and coordinate inventory levels across the supply chain to ensure adequate supply for scheduled deliveries per the plan.
- Resolve scheduling conflicts or logistics issues to ensure operational continuity.
- The primary point of deviation management and communication in the events of delays or operational disruption.
- Acts as cover for the Fuel Oil Time Charter Scheduler.
Professional Qualifications & Certifications:
- Degree or diploma in logistics, supply chain management or related field.
Work Experience:
- 2+ years experience in logistics, scheduling and /or marine transportation.
Knowledge & Skills:
- Strong organisational and time management skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to works across a wide range of stakeholders.
- Knowledge of regulations, logistics and maritime practises desirable.
- Ability to work independently while handling multiple tasks and priorities.
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Job Description
- Support and Co-ordination of EDI related activities across the integrated value chain including stock reconciliations of EDI transactions including in and out movements, clearing discrepancies, monitoring, training and reporting.
Key Accountabilities
- Assist in stock movement reconciliations OF EDI Transactions, assistance in clearing discrepancies to minimise stock impact.
- Check and advise on aged in-transits and open transactions.
- Advise on in-transit and query business for resolution.
- Monitor unprocessed messages and have business clear the unprocessed messages.
- Provide regular reporting on EDO KPI’s and status.
- Ensure EDI tables updated and maintained.
- Provide support and training as required.
- Oversee message protocols in conformance with agreed standards
- Assist in agreeing balances between EDI parties including throughput balances.
- Capturing all Bulk receipts and issues ex in-transit plants.
- Crediting of nominations aspect actuals.
- Monthly reconciliations – in-transit plants.
- Credit work-up by OOC.
Professional Qualifications & Certifications
- Degree in finance, business administration, supply chain, or a related field.
Work Experience
- Understanding of supply chain management and logistics.
- Proficiency in SAP, modules and the linkages to EDI
- Microsoft Excel and related software.
- EDI understanding of messaging, clearing and workflow.
- Understanding of the related industry agreements and standards
Knowledge & Skills
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to work with cross-functional teams.
- Problem-solving mindset with the ability to identify risk, deviations or delays and implement corrections in a changing environment.
- Strong communications skills.
- Willingness to Work the extra hours especially at critical periods and month end.
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- The Junior Scheduler (KLK and KRN) will support the scheduling, planning and coordination of the transportation and delivery of products, ensuring smooth and efficient movements as per the plan through the supply chain. The role will involve regular collaboration with the senior scheduler, schedulers, operations teams and external stakeholders. This role is a resource to be deployed across white oils.
Key Accountabilities
- Assist in the development and execution of the daily, weekly and monthly movements schedules to ensure timeous and efficient delivery.
- Coordinate movements with the shippers, transporters, refinery and terminals to ensure accurate scheduling and efficient resource use.
- Monitor and track the status of the shipments, identify delays and deviations and work with relevant parties to resolve and mitigate.
- Update and maintain the required scheduling systems and databases to ensure information accuracy and decision making.
- Communicate effectively with all stakeholders any updates, changes, impact and mitigations.
- Prepare and maintain performance reporting as required.
- Provide support to the Senior Scheduler and other Schedulers in optimising schedules to ensure efficient execution and in mitigating delays, deviations and costs.
- Assist with resolving scheduling conflicts and ensure compliance with safety and regulatory requirements.
- Participate in the required meetings to provide progress updates, issues and resolutions.
- Develop capability required across White Oils and act as cover as required.
- Accountable for inland Aspect
- Professional Qualifications & Certifications
- Degree in finance, business administration, supply chain, or a related field.
Work Experience
- Basic understanding of supply chain management, logistics and a willingness to learn.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and related software.
- A key development role
Knowledge & Skills
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to work with cross-functional teams.
- Problem-solving mindset with the ability to identify risk, deviations or delays and implement corrections in a changing environment.
- Strong communication and customer service skills
- Work the extra hours and effectively prioritise tasks and quickly and efficiently execute.
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- The Shipping Operator is responsible for managing and owning the communications and execution of time-charter vessel operations, ensuring efficient deployment, cost control, and contractual compliance. This role oversees freight agreements, vessel scheduling, and terminal readiness, ensuring seamless integration with supply operations while optimising marine logistics costs and minimising demurrage exposure. The role provides support across white oil and fuel oil charters and may be deployed to Schedule as required.
Key Accountabilities:
- Works closely and in conjunction with the Schedulers who own the Scheduling of the vessels.
- Manage time-charter vessel operations, ensuring optimal utilisation and alignment with supply planning requirements.
- Owns the communications with Ports Authorities.
- Oversee freight cost management, tracking expenses, losses and ensuring cost-effective shipping solutions.
- Coordinate vessel nomination, vetting, and clearance, ensuring compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements.
- Liaise with vessel owners, brokers, and chartering teams to optimise scheduling and resolve operational issues.
- Ensure terminal readiness for vessel arrivals, working closely with terminals and regulatory bodies to prevent delays.
- Monitor vessel performance and efficiency, identifying improvement opportunities to minimise costs and maximise service levels.
- Work closely with Coastal Schedulers and Product Optimisers to align vessel schedules with inventory and supply strategies.
- Track and mitigate demurrage risks, working with finance and scheduling teams to validate claims and optimise turnaround times.
- Ensure accurate shipping data management, maintaining records in EDI systems and reporting key performance indicators.
- Support contingency planning for disruptions in vessel availability, ensuring supply continuity.
- Role is required to be trained in Scheduling and deployed as required to cover Scheduling activities as directed by the Head of Operations and Chartering.
- Professional Qualifications & Certifications:
- Degree or diploma in engineering, supply chain, maritime operations or a related field.
Work Experience:
- 3+ years experience in crude and/or product operations, trading or logistics.
- Experience in oil/petrochemical supply, scheduling, trading, marine operation or value chain optimisation preferred.
Knowledge & Skills:
- Knowledge of shipping, terminal operations and contract execution.
- Understanding of product shipping operations.
- Strong analytical and problem solving ability with attention to detail.
- Good negotiation and communication skills.
- Knowledge of Incoterms, customs regulations, risk management and compliance.
- Ability to work long hours under pressure with multiple priorities.
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Job Description
- The Pricing Administrator ensures the accurate and timely entry of prices into SAP and other business systems to support invoicing, reconciliation, and customer billing. The role resolves pricing discrepancies, assists with unmatched invoices, and supports system transitions to enhance automation and reduce manual intervention.
Key Accountabilities
- Maintain and update prices in SAP on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis to ensure accurate customer invoicing.
- Upload and manage customer-specific pricing for DIT, BM, C&I, and Botswana.
- Set up customer discounts and pricing structures in SAP and other relevant ERP systems.
- Investigate and resolve pricing-related queries from internal teams and external customers.
- Identify and correct pricing discrepancies to ensure accurate invoice matching and minimise suspense account entries.
- Support the transition of pricing administrative tasks to the Customer Services Centre, providing knowledge transfer and training as needed.
- Assist with the implementation of new pricing systems, including Aspect (CTRM), ensuring smooth integration with existing processes.
- Work with IT and finance teams to improve pricing automation and reduce manual pricing interventions.
- Support master data management by maintaining accurate and up-to-date pricing records in SAP and other relevant systems.
- Ensure compliance with SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) requirements by maintaining proper pricing controls, data integrity, and audit trails to prevent financial misstatements.
- Serve as a backup to the Price Forecasting Specialist, providing support in price analysis, reporting, and forecasting processes as needed.
- Conduct regular reconciliations to verify that pricing data aligns with contracts, sales agreements, and regulatory requirements.
- Collaborate with the Optimisation, Marketing and Finance teams to ensure pricing consistency across all business units.
- Provide support during regulatory pricing reviews, audits, and system updates to maintain compliance.
- Professional Qualifications & Certifications
- Diploma or degree in finance, business administration, supply chain, or a related field.
- Additional training in SAP, ERP systems, or pricing administration is an advantage.
Work Experience
- 2+ years of experience in pricing administration, finance, billing, or ERP system management.
- Experience working with SAP, CTRM systems (Aspect preferred), or similar business software.
- Background in invoice matching, reconciliation, and resolving pricing discrepancies an advantage.
Knowledge & Skills
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy in pricing data management.
- Understanding of pricing structures, invoicing, and reconciliation processes.
- Proficiency in SAP and ERP pricing modules.
- Ability to work with cross-functional teams, including Finance, IT, and Customer Services.
- Problem-solving mindset with the ability to identify pricing errors and implement corrections.
- Strong communication and customer service skills to resolve pricing-related queries.
- Ability to support system implementations and process improvements.
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- The Junior Pricing Administrator supports the pricing team in maintaining accurate pricing data, updating SAP systems, and assisting with customer invoicing processes. The role helps resolve pricing discrepancies, supports master data management, and ensures smooth daily operations related to pricing administration. It also plays a role in system transitions, including the implementation of Aspect (CTRM), and provides backup support to the Pricing Administrator.
- Assist in maintaining and updating pricing in SAP on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
- Support the upload of customer-specific pricing for DIT, BM, C&I, and Botswana.
- Process customer discount and price setups in SAP and other ERP systems.
- Assist in investigating and resolving pricing-related queries from internal teams and customers.
- Help identify and correct pricing discrepancies to ensure invoice accuracy and minimise suspense account entries.
- Support master data management by ensuring pricing records are up to date and aligned with contracts and agreements.
- Provide assistance in pricing reconciliations to verify data integrity and compliance.
- Work with the Pricing Administrator to support the transition of pricing-related tasks to the Customer Services Centre.
- Assist with the implementation of new pricing systems, including Aspect (CTRM), ensuring accuracy and consistency in pricing data.
- Provide backup support to the Pricing Administrator as needed.
- Professional Qualifications & Certifications
- Diploma or degree in finance, business administration, supply chain, or a related field.
- Additional training in SAP, ERP systems, or pricing administration is an advantage.
Work Experience
- 2+ years of experience in pricing administration, finance, billing, or ERP system management.
- Experience working with SAP, CTRM systems (Aspect preferred), or similar business software.
- Background in invoice matching, reconciliation, and resolving pricing discrepancies an advantage.
Knowledge & Skills
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy in pricing data management.
- Understanding of pricing structures, invoicing, and reconciliation processes.
- Proficiency in SAP and ERP pricing modules.
- Ability to work with cross-functional teams, including Finance, IT, and Customer Services.
- Problem-solving mindset with the ability to identify pricing errors and implement corrections.
- Strong communication and customer service skills to resolve pricing-related queries.
- Ability to support system implementations and process improvements.
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Job Description
- The Technical Support Analyst focuses on logistics and infrastructure development, supporting the assessment and execution of supply chain investments and operational improvements. The role ensures technical feasibility, regulatory compliance, and performance evaluation of terminal and storage solutions.
- Evaluate and recommend logistics and infrastructure investments, including new storage capacity, terminal upgrades, and supply chain efficiency projects.
- Engage with own and third-party logistics providers, storage operators, and terminal owners to explore new supply chain opportunities.
- Support due diligence and feasibility assessments for third-party infrastructure utilisation, including leasing and joint ventures.
- Assist in the development of business cases for infrastructure-related capital projects.
- Conduct technical and operational benchmarking of supply chain assets to identify areas for improvement.
- Monitor and maintain regulatory reporting requirements, ensuring compliance with legislation regarding terminal capacity and infrastructure.
- Provide technical input into management of change (MOC) processes for new infrastructure projects and operational adjustments.
- Support post-investment performance tracking to ensure projects deliver expected efficiency and cost benefits.
- Work closely with the Business Development and Excellence Manager to align technical initiatives with commercial strategy.
- Support enterprise-wide business excellence initiatives, applying continuous improvement methodologies to infrastructure operations.
- Professional Qualifications & Certifications
- Degree in engineering, logistics, supply chain, or a related field.
Work Experience
- 3+ years of experience in supply chain operations, logistics infrastructure development, or technical business analysis.
- Experience in capital project evaluation, operational benchmarking, and compliance monitoring.
Knowledge & Skills
- Strong technical and analytical skills to assess infrastructure feasibility and operational performance.
- Understanding of storage, terminal, and logistics network economics.
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements affecting fuel supply infrastructure.
- Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and technical analysis tools.
- Strong problem-solving and project management capabilities.
- Ability to engage with internal and external stakeholders in logistics and infrastructure planning.
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Job Description
- The Mid-Term LP Planner develops refinery optimisation plans for the 1–24 month horizon, ensuring crude procurement, refinery utilisation, and product placement align with commercial and operational objectives. The role integrates crude supply strategies, turnarounds, and market demand forecasts to optimise refinery and enterprise margins.
- Develops the optimised refinery plans with main focus on the period M+1 and M+2 when crudes secured, ensuring crude selection, refinery utilisation, and product output align with demand requirement and operational constraints. The role reviews 4 – 24 month horizon as required.
- Use the refinery LP model to evaluate future crude supply, processing strategies, and major operational factors such as turnarounds and planned maintenance.
- Work closely with the Supply and Demand Planners to ensure optimised refinery plans are effectively integrated into enterprise-wide S&D plans.
- Conduct scenario analyses to assess the impact of different crude slates, pricing trends, or operational constraints on refinery economics and supply strategies.
- Analyse the weekly price forecast to evaluate its impact on refinery optimisation and margins, communicating key insights to stakeholders.
- Support the Backcasting Engineer in performance analysis by identifying deviations between planned and actual refinery performance and refining LP assumptions as needed.
- Collaborate with the Short-Term LP Planner to analyse how campaign plans affect longer-term refinery performance and commercial outcomes.
- Provide refinery planning input into the Enterprise Business Management (EBM) process to ensure alignment between refinery operations and broader business planning.
- Support the Short-Term LP Planner by providing backup coverage as required and assisting with planning refinements.
- Maintain and update LP model inputs, including refinery constraints, crude properties, and unit capabilities, to ensure accuracy in mid-term planning.
- Engage with supply, trading, operations, and commercial teams to align mid-term refinery planning with strategic business objectives.
Professional Qualifications & Certifications
- Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, process engineering, operations research, or a related field.
- Advanced training in refinery optimisation or LP modelling is an advantage.
Work Experience
- 2+ years of experience in refinery planning, LP modelling, or process optimisation.
- Background in refinery LP models such as Aspen PIMS, Spiral LP, or GRTMPS.
- Experience working with refinery operations, scheduling, or supply chain planning teams an advantage.
Knowledge & Skills
- Understanding of refinery process optimisation, crude selection, and long-term production planning.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to assess LP outputs and optimise refinery strategies.
- Ability to conduct scenario planning and evaluate sensitivities in crude supply, pricing, and operational constraints.
- Understanding of refinery operations, turnarounds, and product blending economics.
- Strong collaboration skills to engage with planning, operations, and commercial teams.
- Proficiency in data analysis tools and LP modelling software.
- Effective communication and reporting skills to translate LP model outputs into actionable plans.
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Job Description:
- The Fuel Oil Operator assists the Schedulers in the day to day operations of Fuel Oil handling. An entry level position that ensures operational activities are performed efficiently, safely and in a compliant manner and acts as cover for the various Fuel Oil Schedulers and Operators as directed.
Key Accountabilities:
- Under direction of the Head of Operations and Chartering is developed in all Fuel Oil Scheduling and operator activities
- Coordinates the provisional invoicing, reconciliations and all final invoicing.
- Covers invoicing, credits, and other required operations administration and directed by the Fuel Oil Optimiser and schedulers.
- Supports on Fuel Oil Bulk Sales and Ship to Ship (STS) activities as directed by the Schedulers
- Assist in the overseeing of the schedules being executed on.
- Assists in the monitoring and tracking of inventory including losses.
- Ensure that the required Fuel Oil transfer are carried out according to instructions in accordance with safety, quality, loss and operational standards.
- Support in inventory reconciliations and progressions to ensure they align with records and plans.
- Assist the Fuel Oil schedulers and barge operators in coordinating operational tasks including scheduling, overseeing movements and nominations and the execution thereof as per the plan.
- Participate in on-the-job training and development to gain the technical skills and knowledge.
- Over time and once trained acts in scheduling and operator roles as and when required
Professional Qualifications & Certifications:
- Degree or diploma in Engineering, logistics, supply chain management or related field.
Work Experience:
- Experience in logistics, scheduling and /or marine transportation an advantage but not required given the developmental nature of the position.
Knowledge & Skills:
- Strong organisational and time management skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently and manage priorities .
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
- High degree of accuracy in activities undertaken.
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- The Crude and Product Operator is responsible for the efficient execution of physical crude oil and product movements, ensuring cost effective timely delivery in compliance with contracts through optimised logistics. The role involves close coordination with the crude and product traders, shipping, suppliers, refinery and terminals and other key stakeholders to manage operational risk.
Key Accountabilities
- Coordinate and execute the physical movements of crude and products via vessel into storage at the refinery and terminals
- Work closely with the traders to ensure deal execution, cargo tracking and contract compliance.
- Liaise with the Refinery, terminals, inspectors, surveyors and shipping agents to facilitate cargo handling and associated documentation.
- Ensure timely nominations, vessel scheduling, and cargo lifting arrangements in accordance with the trading agreements.
- Review contracts and ensure execution in accordance with agreed contract terms (pricing, quality, delivery schedule, losses as examples)
- Manage and verify shipping documentation ( bills of lading, certificates of origin, manifests, invoices as examples)
- Ensure compliance with trade regulation, sanctions, and customs and other tax requirements.
- Monitor and mitigate operational risks, including demurrage, quality, loss and delay.
- With traders and shipping optimise freight, blending, and storage opportunities.
- Provide timely updates on cargo movements, operational issues and deviations with mitigating actions.
Professional Qualifications & Certifications:
- Degree or diploma in engineering, supply chain, maritime operations or a related field.
Work Experience:
- 3+ years experience in crude and/or product operations, trading or logistics.
- Experience in oil/petrochemical supply, scheduling, trading, marine operation or value chain optimisation preferred.
Knowledge & Skills:
- Knowledge of shipping, terminal operations and contract execution.
- Understanding of crude and product trading operations, including pricing structures, hedging and blending.
- Strong analytical and problem solving ability with attention to detail.
- Good negotiation and communication skills.
- Knowledge of Incoterms, customs regulations, forex and international trade compliance.
- Ability to work long hours under pressure with multiple priorities.
- Knowledge of various software tools used.
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- The Coastal Supply Scheduler is responsible for the scheduling and execution of the coastal supply activities into the coastal terminals into Mossel Bay, Port Elizabeth, East London and Durban. The role ensures the timely scheduling of the white oils time charter to ensure efficient and timely plan execution. The role takes day to day direction from the White Oil Optimiser and while reporting to the Head of Operations and Shipping.
- Develops and manages the schedule for coastal terminal operations, including vessel loading, unloading and coordinating port and terminal access.
- Collaborates with Time Charter and Marine Logistics Coordinator and related schedulers and logistics teams to optimise the vessel schedules ensuring timely schedule execution while minimising costs.
- Plans and adjust the schedules to accommodate changes in production,, inventory, or unexpected events, ensuring minimal impact to the schedules through mitigating actions.
- Communicates and aligns schedules to ensure terminals, vessel and port to ensure all clearances in place to ensure schedule adherence.
- Serves as the primary contact point on the coastal schedules and communicates schedule, inventory, deviations and mitigations to stakeholders to ensure alignment on operational requirements.
- Provides regular updates on schedule progress, inventory and potential deviations and mitigations.
- Maintains up to date progressions and an accurate record of all movements.
- Utilises scheduling tools and uses data to optimise schedules, inventory and cost effectiveness of the schedule execution
Professional Qualifications & Certifications:
- Degree in Engineering, logistics, supply chain management or related field.
- 3+ years experience in related field.
Work Experience:
- Knowledge of coastal shipping, terminal managements and logistics..
Knowledge & Skills:
- Coastal shipping and logistics knowledge.
- Scheduling and supply chain optimisation.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently and manage priorities .
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
- High degree of accuracy in activities undertaken.
Application deadline:
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Job Description
- Reporting to the Lead, Advanced Control at the Cape Town Refinery Technical Services department, the Mass Balance Engineer is responsible for generating and maintaining an accurate refinery mass balance on a daily and monthly basis. This includes reconciling process and movement data, maintaining model accuracy, and supporting inventory accounting at month-end. The role plays a critical part in ensuring data integrity for technical, operational, and financial processes, and will work closely with Process Engineering, Operations, Schedulers, and Finance to ensure consistency between physical movements, process data, and reported inventory levels.
Key Accountabilities
- Refinery Daily Mass Balance
- Compile and reconcile the daily refinery mass balance as per CDMS 4530.
- Reconcile daily oil transfers and movements using PI Process Book and Intelligent Movement Management (IMM) prior to running the daily SigmaFine model.
- Execute the daily mass balance case in SigmaFine and reconcile discrepancies.
- Update reconciled flow meter data and publish to PI.
- Target and track the SigmaFine model error (DX1) within 5%.
- Create and maintain weekly reconciliation reports; ensure alignment with process engineering balances.
- For clarity, the mass balance accounting for crude and feedstock entering the refinery process will commence ex ship and include the crude mass balance accounting at Oil Tanking storage facility.
- Month-End Stock Accounting
- Support Finance and Scheduling teams with bulk stock closure for month-end.
- Perform sampling activities (e.g., Karl Fisher tests on crude tanks) as needed.
- Build and run a monthly SigmaFine case to extract closing inventories, densities, and temperatures.
- Publish validated month-end data to PI and SAP HANA via SQL tools.
- Submit tank data using SQL Server Reporting Services on WD1.
- Assist Finance with troubleshooting inventory imbalances; reconcile discrepancies between technical and financial stock numbers.
- Validate Short-Term Planner and Scheduler data to ensure financial confidence in stock declarations.
Technical and Collaborative Support
- Provide data and technical support to Process Engineering and R&M teams.
- Ensure accurate meter performance through collaboration with instrumentation and maintenance teams.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of data quality, model accuracy, and reporting standards through the development of an action plan with actions owners and tracking actions to closure.
Technical Projects
- Support and lead technical projects and any related activities
Professional Qualifications & Certifications:
- BTech or BSc Engineering, preferably Chemical Engineering or Control & Instrumentation disciplines.
Work Experience:
- Minimum 5+ years of experience preferably as a process engineer or instrumentation (light current electrical)
- Experience with SigmaFine, PI (OSIsoft), IMM, and process data analysis tools an advantage
- Familiarity with inventory accounting, meter reconciliation, and regulatory reporting an advantage
Knowledge and skills:
- Sound understanding of refinery mass balance principles and engineering first principles.
- Strong analytical skills and proficiency with MS Excel and SQL-based tools.
- Affinity for working with specialised software (e.g., SigmaFine, IMM, PI).
- Good communication and collaboration skills across technical and commercial functions.
- High attention to detail and data integrity.
- Able to work extended hours during month-end or stock closure cycles.
- Demonstrates Astron Energy values in day-to-day work.
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Job Description:
- The Products Scheduler Durban is responsible for the scheduling and execution of the receipt, transportation and storage of products within the Durban Island view terminal network, Klerksdorp and Kroonstad. This involves managing the scheduling of product movements, timely delivery, optimising storage capacity, inventory levels and maintaining seamless communication with stakeholders. Handles direct product imports into Durban and works with the Coastal Supply Scheduler on time charter vessel movements into and out of Durban. The role takes day to day direction from the White Oil Optimiser and while reporting to the Head of Operations and Shipping.
- Develops and maintains the daily, weekly, and monthly schedule of products movements in Durban, and to the inland terminals and Durban to Eastern Cape when required.
- Coordinates with 3rd party service providers ( Terminals, Berths, pipelines, road and rail) to ensure timely and efficient product deliveries.
- Monitors the product movements to meet service levels, minimise downtime and avoid overstocking or understocking.
- Analyse and forecast product inventory levels – including losses, managing stock levels as per plan.
- Optimise product movements by method of transport along with terminal usage and identify opportunities for efficiency and cost reduction.
- Align product schedules and movements within available terminal infrastructure across Durban and inland.
- Act as the point of contact between planning, optimisation, terminals and logistics service providers to ensure schedules executed to plan and deviations communicated and mitigated.
- Maintain the required records and documentation.
- Resolve schedule and movements issues between internal parties and external parties and agree and communicate schedule execution mitigations.
- Management and coordination of scheduling across four terminals – BP Island view, BP Vopak, Astron Vopak, TMSA Island view and Simunye.
- Manage berth scheduling to accommodate imports.
- Identifies proactively risks and potential delays in the supply chain and develops mitigation strategies.
- Develop and maintain 3rd party operational relationships that can be called when required to support delivery of the schedules in a complex pipeline and berth operationally constrained environment.
- Leads and mentors reports on Durban and Inland on Scheduling best practise and problem solving
Professional Qualifications & Certifications:
- Degree in Engineering, logistics, supply chain management or related field.
- 6+ years experience in related field.
Work Experience:
- Knowledge of coastal shipping, terminal managements and logistics..
Knowledge & Skills:
- Coastal shipping and logistics knowledge.
- Scheduling and supply chain optimisation.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently and manage priorities .
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
- High degree of accuracy in activities undertaken.
Application deadline:
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About Job
- The Demurrage Specialist provides specialist and analytical support to the Planners, Optimisers, Schedulers and Operators in support of minimising demurrage within the shipping and logistics operations. The Specialist monitors, analyses trends, supports in demurrage reduction measures and improvement opportunity identification all while ensuring in conjunction with finance proper demurrage ageing, recording and accrual.
- Track and review demurrage rates of shipments and ensure timely payment to ensure avoidance of fees.
- Support stakeholders accountable for demurrage to resolve shipping delays and prevent delays tactically and strategically.
- Analyses trends in demurrage and demurrage costs to identify opportunities to minimise demurrage.
- Maintain demurrage KPI’s and provide regular demurrage reporting including age analysis and accrual treatment,
- Recommend improvements in shipping contracts, process and systems to reduce risk and improve efficiency.
- Ensure demurrage records and documentation are accurate and compliant.
- Provide training, guidance and support all stakeholders who manage demurrage on demurrage process, best practise, trends and improvement areas.
- Ensure with finance timely accrual accounting.
- Role will be trained and act as cover across ship operations and marine scheduling
- Accountable for Coastal Aspect requirements including capture, validate and submit coastal shipping data into Aspect and ensure accuracy and timeous processing
- Support in reconciliation of coastal, crude and product import and export shipment records against system movements to ensure complete and accurate reporting
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of integrated shipping KPI’s across operations and demurrage
Professional Qualifications & Certifications:
- Degree Supply Chain, Logistics, Legal or Business Administration.
Work Experience:
- 3+ years experience in logistics, shipping or supply chain with a focus on demurrage and freight operations.
- Knowledge & Skills:
- Good knowledge of shipping logistics, demurrage, contracts and shipping regulations.
- Analytical experience in data analysis and reporting
- Proficient in logistics software (SAP, Oracle, Excel)
- Problem solver with attention to detail and the ability to meet deadlines
- Team players able to work collaboratively across departments and functions to deliver best organisational outcome
Application deadline:
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About Job
- The Business Development Analyst supports the identification and evaluation of commercial opportunities within the supply chain. The role provides analytical insights into market dynamics, regulatory changes, and cost-to-serve efficiencies, ensuring data-driven decision-making. It also maintains the opportunity register for input into the Strategic Review Meeting as part of the EBM process.
- Conduct market analysis to identify commercial opportunities, including regulatory developments, competitor activity, and emerging supply chain trends.
- Support the evaluation of growth projects, including new supply agreements, partnerships, and asset investments.
- Maintain the register of business development opportunities, tracking progress and ensuring structured input into the Strategic Review Meeting within EBM.
- Analyse cost-to-serve efficiencies and identify potential optimisations within the supply and logistics network.
- Support the development of strategic recommendations for enterprise-wide commercial optimisation, working closely with the Business Development and Excellence Manager.
- Assist in the financial modelling of proposed initiatives, ensuring clear business case development and investment justification.
- Engage with internal and external stakeholders, including supply chain partners and third-party infrastructure providers, to support new business initiatives.
- Monitor and assess the impact of market-led changes, such as deregulation and shifts in fuel demand, on supply chain strategy.
- Support the Business Development and Excellence Manager in strategy formulation, ensuring mid to long-term business plans incorporate commercial opportunities.
- Contribute to continuous improvement methodologies, including benchmarking and performance tracking of business development initiatives.
Professional Qualifications & Certifications
- Degree in business, economics, finance, supply chain, or a related field.
Work Experience
- 2+ years of experience in business analysis, commercial development, or supply chain strategy, preferably in oil and gas, energy, or logistics.
- Experience in financial modelling, opportunity assessment, and cost-to-serve analysis.
Knowledge & Skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to evaluate commercial opportunities.
- Ability to develop business cases and financial models for investment decisions.
- Knowledge of supply chain economics, logistics, and infrastructure development.
- Understanding of regulatory and market trends affecting fuel supply and distribution.
- Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and data analytics tools.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
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