Marine Chartering Manager

Job Title

Marine Chartering Manager

Who are we?

Founded in 1924, Irving Oil is a family-owned international refining and marketing company with a history of long-term partnerships and relationships. With operations throughout Eastern Canada, New England and Ireland we focus on delivering quality products and exceptional service to our customers and our communities. Every day, we strive to put our good energy in action to bring families together, support the environment and local wildlife, and to create learning opportunities that empower the next generation.

Here's what you can expect from us:
When you're a part of our team, you'll see how we bring good energy to all that we do. At Irving Oil, we strive for a work environment where each of us feels we belong, can bring our whole selves to work, and where we treat our fellow employees with kindness and respect. Together, we will support our corporate strategy, high standards and the communities where we live and work. Our collaborative approach, safety-first culture and commitment to building resilient teams helps reinforce our internal brand position where People Matter. That's why we're dedicated to investing in our employees’ potential, so that they can reach their career goals.

**Job Description**:

- What you can expect in a typical day
- As a Marine Chartering Manager, you will be an integral part of our Marine Charterer team. You will be responsible for leading a team of two Marine Charterers with an overall responsibility for all chartering requirements including black and clean oil barges (Canadian & American flag), crude shipping on Suezmaxs, Aframax, and VLCCs (Canadian & Foreign flag) and vessels from Europe. They manage successful chartering at better than market condition to ensure low transportation costs per Bbl to the company. Their responsibilities also include management of vessel performances and procurement of marine bunkers, ensuring mínimal risk with charters on exposure in terms of schedule reliability, meeting emission regulations, and meeting customer delivery windows. Securing vessel availability for long term, short term and spot charters will be required as well as larger long term project supply strategies.
- What we offer:- Competitive salary, bonus, and pension plan-
- Flexible benefits, including a Health Spending Account-
- Hybrid Work Opportunity - flexible work model that supports a blend of in-office and remote-
- Wellness support, including annual wellness allowance and paid personal care days-
- Paid vacation and vacation purchasing-
- Personal and professional development opportunities-
- Named one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for seven consecutive years- Your roles and responsibilities:- Directs and supervises the activities of the chartering function to ensure adequate and appropriate vessels are chartered to meet the company’s operating requirements.-
- Works with the Marine Charterers and helps lead the negotiation of chartering terms consistent with market conditions.-
- Coordinates with Manager of Marine Operations to ensure the team is delivering on the accuracy and timing of instructions to both chartered in vessels and company relets.-
- Coordinates with Manager of Marine Operations to ensure that the team's assessment and checking of claims from owners/brokers for demurrages, detention, and deviation within the terms of the charter party is done in a timely manner in order to negotiate prompt settlement.-
- Provide recommendations for maximizing the fleet revenue and profits on the spot chartered crude vessels.-
- Perform and help coach marine charterers on day-to-day chartering and operations for the Asphalt program and associated vessels on either time or spot charter for same. Coordinate and supervise chartered ships and barges operations, which includes, for spot voyages, the actual freight versus planned freight cost variance analysis and corrective action, recommendations, invoice approval and payment for follow-up. For time chartered vessel, analysis of speed and consumption performance for both owned and time chartered vessels to ensure compliance to agreed speed and consumption within their respective charter parties. In non compliance situations, ensure that owner is placed on notice and lost costs claimed back.-
- Ensure that all vessels have sufficient bunkers on board, and that the correct controls are in place to allow the required quality of bunkers to be delivered.-
- Identify analysis, and present to management, time charter opportunities with focus on lowering the cost per Bbl of either crude or product transportation.-
- Compile monthly, quarterly, and yearly KPIs, and performance data for both accounting and management.-
- Use well developed and proven leadership skills to interact effectively and honestly with senior leaders and other stakeholders.-
- Work collaboratively with direct team and hold individuals accountable for commitments, job performance and behaviours by prov