Freight Operations Trainee

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom JERA Global Markets UK Ltd Full time

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

**About the Company**

JERA Global Markets (JERAGM) is a leading utility-backed seaborne energy trader specialising in LNG, coal and freight with a platform to trade across all key markets worldwide. JERAGM is a joint venture between majority shareholder JERA Inc. (JERA) and EDF Trading.

JERAGM operates one of the largest seaborne energy portfolios in the world which gives the Company an in-depth understanding of the way local, regional and international energy markets behave. These insights enable the Company to help customers increase security of supply, optimise their portfolios and improve the risk management of their assets.

The commercial hub of the Company is in Singapore, with offices located in Japan (Tokyo), the UK (London) and the US (Baltimore).

DESIGNATION : Freight Operations Trainee

RESPONSIBILITIES

Key roles and responsibilities
- Ensure that Freight Operations fully complies with the company’s internal standards including compliance and Health, Safety, Security and Environment and general chartering terms.
- Ensure that all obligations arising from the contracts and charter parties are carried out, and that any necessary requirements are complied with
- Deal with cargo and freight counter-parties and terminals on a regular basis regarding all pre
- and post-fixture activities ensuring all necessary operational information is passed on in good time and documentary requirements are met
- Promote good relationships with Ship owner/Masters to continuously monitor and improve operational efficiency over and above CP obligations
- Engage with the team and share information in order to improve general understanding of the trade and avoid unnecessary losses
- Ensure communication is optimized both internally and externally with correct information flow to aid trading decisions
- Appoint independent inspectors and surveyors
- Ensure that all operational information is entered into trading systems
- Provide guidance for necessary cargo invoicing work, diversion payments and clearances of accruals for both external and internal deals
- Review Fixture notes, Charter Party Agreements and contracts, optimize understanding and exploit clauses favoring JERA
- Specifically seek to add value by exercising embedded commercial and logístical deal options and by pro-active approach to problem solving
- Support commercial colleagues on the workability of proposed contractual arrangements for new projects, new contracts and spot cargoes
- Identify and exploit synergies with other parts of company, building strong internal relationships to promote collaboration between departments
- Manage internal stakeholders e.g. Traders, Finance.
- Manage relationships with external stakeholders, counter-parties and service providers e.g. suppliers and customers, regulatory bodies, agents, inspectors and survey companies
- Ensure all operating vessels have been vetted and ensure compliance with internal Chartering Policy
- Close out the accounting for all costs, including claims and close voyages in system/
- Efficiently manage the trade-offs between hire cost, bunker consumption, vessel speed and ensure optimal voyage planning for cost saving
- Actively engage and support team whether local or abroad to promote team motivation

Promote Freight Operations as an important, valuable and dependable part of the business

QUALIFICATIONS

**Key Qualifications and Experience**
- 0-1 years’ experience in commercial vessel operations
- A good level of fluency in the English language, both written and spoken is required
- Bachelor level a requirement. Relevant field such as nautical, technical or maritime field of study a plus, but not a requirement.

OTHER INFORMATION

**Person Specification**
- Comfortable communication with various stakeholders
- Strong planning, organizational and communicative skills
- Practical pro-active attitude
- The ability to work independently and as a team player
- Analytical and working accurately

Eager to develop understanding of the workings of a complex commodity business

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