Operator, Dry Bulk

Union Maritime; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Union Maritime in London HQ seeks an experienced Commercial Operations professional to oversee the owned tanker fleet across spot and period charters. Role demands five days a week on-site at the London HQ and a proactive, autonomous approach after induction.

You will coordinate voyage orders, bunker planning, invoicing, and ensure charter party compliance while liaising with Marine Operations and Chartering teams to optimise operations globally.

Qualifications

• Shore-based operations experience for tankers (min 3 years)
• Chemical tanker experience is advantageous
• Strong commercial awareness and decision making
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Able to work across a global team
• Willingness to work out-of-hours when required

Responsibilities

• Oversee commercial operations for owned tanker fleet across spot and period charters
• Coordinate voyage orders and agency appointments
• Manage charter party terms and ensure compliance
• Review tank cleaning plans and verify vessel progress
• Coordinate bunker planning for cost and time efficiency
• Review stowplans to optimise cargo intake and support pre-fixture tasks
• Obtain letters of indemnity for deviations from charter terms
• Maintain voyage data across systems
• Disclose information to support global team alignment
• Support growth-related projects for Commercial Operations
• Raise freight and hire invoices via Q88 VMS
• Assist claims with on-voyage costs
• Oversee EUA positions
• Be physically present five days a week in London HQ
• Be available outside office hours as required
• Operate autonomously after induction

Skills

Commercial awareness

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Team player

Time management

Microsoft Office

Power BI

Autonomous worker

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Power BI

Job description

As Union Maritime’s (UML) fleet continues to grow, within an increasingly complex regulatory landscape, with evolving client demands, there is a necessity to focus on strengthening our specialist Commercial Operations team in the London HQ.

The team’s dynamic work supports our tanker and dry bulk fleet. UML also has a substantial newbuild programme underway, which consists of chemical and product tankers, in addition to dry bulk vessels.

Commercial Operations have team members situated in London, Lagos and Singapore. UML also has offices in Athens, Mumbai and Tokyo, making this an opportunity to join a truly global team.

Core Role Function

To oversee the commercial operations for our owned fleet of tankers, both across spot and period charter structures.

• Coordinate timely provision of voyage orders, agency appointments
• Manage and ensure compliance with charter party terms
• Review tank cleaning plans (in coordination with our Marine Operations team), along with following up with the vessel to oversee progress and verification of cleaning standards
• Coordinate bunker planning in the most cost and time efficient manner
• Review stowplans to ensure we are optimising our cargo intakes where applicable, whilst assisting the Chartering Department for time critical pre-fixture tasks
• Ensure that, where applicable, we obtain letters of indemnity from our Counterparts if there are any deviations from the charter party terms
• Maintain and file all data relevant to voyages in various systems
• Disclose information internally as company escalation protocols to support a transparent and closely aligned global team spirit
• Take on ad hoc tasks where necessary to support specific business needs or growth-related projects for the Commercial Operations Department
• Raising timely freight and hire invoices using the voyage management system (Q88 VMS)
• Assisting the claims department with on voyage claims including but not limited to interim port calls, shifting costs, speed up costs and world scale rebillable items
• Oversee that vessel EUA positions are manged
• Be physically present five days a week in our London HQ
• Be available outside of regular office hours as required by the demands of the role, as would be expected in any commercial shipping role
• Possess an ability to function autonomously without direct supervision of line manager for routine or standard operational requirements following induction period

Experience & Skillset

• A proven track record handling the shore-based operations for tankers (min 3 years’ experience as a guideline); chemical tanker experience is advantageous
• Commercial awareness and an ability to demonstrate this when carrying our core responsibilities and guide decision making, both internally and externally
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, along with a positive mindset
• Attention to detail, meticulousness and numeracy skills are fundamental
• A team player, to fit within our diverse and global department
• Excellent time management skills to efficiently navigate the demands of the role
• Proficient with using the Microsoft suite: Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint (Power BI skills are advantageous)
• Awareness that the job may required after office hours and/or weekend attention; availability to manage critical out of hours issuesis important
• Capable to work as a proactive self-starter, with a resilient mindset to challenges and adversity