Scheduler, Crude Oil

oneok; Tulsa (OK); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

ONEOK is seeking an entry-level professional to support nominations, confirmations, scheduling, and month-end closing for crude oil pipelines, trucks, and facilities. The role offers exposure to cross-functional teams and performance-driven scheduling processes in a Fortune 500 environment.

The position emphasizes accuracy in material movement, contract interpretation, and collaboration with operations, carriers, and customers to optimize transportation and ensure reliable service.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination required with technical discipline encouraged.
• Experience scheduling crude oil pipelines and related products.
• Ability to analyze and resolve scheduling issues.
• Ability to read and interpret contracts, agreements, and tariffs.

Responsibilities

• Initiate, manage, and adjust schedules for crude and related movements via truck, pipeline, and facility systems.
• Interact with operations control center, carriers, customers and internal teams on nominations, allocations, billing, and flow activity.
• Collaborate on analysis, review and implementation of scheduling improvements.
• Develop relationships with customers and stakeholders to support service reliability and issue resolution.
• Prepare reports for allocations, nominations, flow rates, storage balances, and month-end closing.

Skills

Scheduling Crude Oil

Customer service

Data analysis

Contract interpretation

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Engineering background

Finance background

Tools

Nominations software

Scheduling software

Job description

#WeAreONEOK - Fortune 500 company. 100+ years in business. Leading midstream service provider. Safety first. Sustainable operations. Environmentally responsible. Employee focused.

JOB SUMMARY

Job Profile Summary: Performs entry level of work related to nominations, confirmations, scheduling, and month-end closing activities at ONEOK's Crude Oil pipelines, trucks and facilities.

The level offered for this position will be determined at the time of hire based on the selected candidate's experience, qualifications, skills, and demonstrated capabilities.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Initiate manage, and adjust schedules for crude and related product movements via truck, pipeline, and facility systems to ensure nominations are filled, transportation is optimized and volumes are ticketed in accordance with contracts and published tariffs.
• Interact with operations control center representatives, operators, carriers and customers, other internal teams and other external business partners concerning nominations, allocations, billing, imbalances, daily flow activity, and/or operational orders.
• Collaborate with other internal departments and stakeholders on analysis, review, development and implementation of future commercial, operational, and scheduling improvement initiatives.
• Develop, maintain, and/or improve relationships with customers, carriers, terminal personnel and other internal stakeholders to support service reliability and issue resolution.
• Calculate, prepare, review, and analyze information or reports, including but not limited to: Allocations, Nominations and confirmations, Flow rates/capacity issues, Power optimization initiatives, Measurement discrepancies, Storage balances and customer inventory positions, Product quality initiatives, connected carrier volume allocations, Tickets, End-of-month closing

Education

Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of formal education and the following job -related knowledge or experience is required. Engineering, accounting, finance, or another similar technical discipline preferred but not required

Work Experience

• Experience collaborating and communicating effectively
• Experience and thorough knowledge of scheduling Crude Oil pipelines and facilities related to: Product movements, Inventory management, Customer service, Scheduling, inventory management, and nominations software
• Experience in analyzing and resolving Scheduling issues and/or questions
• Experience reading and interpreting contracts, agreements, reports, statements, invoices, confirmations, correspondence, tariffs, government regulations, industry standards, customer notifications, and company policies and procedures
• Experience composing and preparing reports for customers, other internal departments, management, etc.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to: apply basic math, algebra, and statistics
• Ability to: communicate and/or exchange written and verbal information or instructions

Licenses and Certifications

None required

Strength Factor Rating - Physical Demands/Requirements

Sedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Job s are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Strength Factor Description - Physical Demands/Requirements

• Standing: Remaining on one's feet in an upright position at a work station without moving about (Occasionally)
• Walking: Moving about on foot (Frequently)
• Sitting: Remaining in a seated position (Constantly)
• Lifting: Raising or lowering an object from one level to another ( includes upward pulling) (Occasionally)
• Carrying: Transporting an object, usually holding it in the hands or arms, or on the shoulder (Occasionally)
• Pushing: Exerting force upon an object so that the object moves away from the force (Occasionally)
• Pulling: Exerting force upon an object so that the object moves toward the force (includes jerking) (Occasionally)
• Climbing: Ladders, Stairs (Occasionally)
• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling (Occasionally)
• Stooping: Bending the body downward and forward by bending the spine at the waist (Occasionally)
• Kneeling: Bending the legs at the knees to come to rest on the knee or knees (Occasionally)
• Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending the legs and spine (Occasionally)
• Crawling: Moving about on the hands and arms in any direction (Occasionally)
• Reaching: Extending hands and arms in any direction (Constantly)
• Handling: Seizing, holding, grasping, turning or otherwise working with the hand or hands (Manual Dex