PLANNER/SCHEDULER-LIQUIDS - Seattle - Kinder Morgan

Primary purpose:

• Creates and maintains pumping and delivery schedules as well as pumping instructions. Monitors inventory control, coordinates line interruptions and responds to non-scheduled events. Oversees the overall operation of pipelines and facilities to ensure safe, effective, and sound practices are followed

   

  Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Creates schedules for marine vessel, truck, pipelines and clean product activity for batches nominated by customers that include volumes, suppliers, consignees, and cycle numbers.

• Creates, updates and issues pumping and delivery orders in Galahad for the Operations Coordinators which includes pumping and delivery volumes, suppliers and consignees, mode of delivery, switching instructions, transmix assignments, pump unit requirements, and any operational restrictions.

• Maintain customer allocations and projections to ensure product availability for the loading rack.

• Ensures customers remove their transmix deliveries from terminal storage.

• Maintains record keeping of essential business records and files required regulatory paperwork.

• Provides administrative functions such as accounts payable, customer billing, answering telephones, and any other tasks directed by Terminal management.

• Coordinates with Products Accounting any prepayment required from certain customers before their batches are pumped. Updates customers of scheduling changes and coordinates internal notification.

• Monitors inventory control of company-owned community storage and tanks leased or rented to customers. Performs daily balancing of all terminal inventories and assists inventory personnel as needed.

• Coordinates with other departments to schedule time for required maintenance activities.

• Establishes and maintains good working relationships with customer representatives.

• Responsible for transitioning RVP and winter oxygenate seasons.

• Assists terminal personnel in resolving problems with or issuing truck driver cards.

• Job requires constant phone activity

• Consistently maintain and demonstrate a high regard for personal safety, for the safety of company assets, employees, and the general public

                       

Minimumrequirements:

Education:

• High school diploma or equivalent required.

• Bachelor’s Degree in business, marketing, engineering or transportation is advantageous

Experience / Specific Knowledge:

• A minimum of three to five years pipeline/terminal operations or pipeline scheduling/inventory management is required.

• Must be familiar with pipeline and terminal operations as well as product specifications.

• Strong analytical, interpersonal and communications skills (in English) are essential. Proven capability to establish and maintain good customer relationships required

  Must have knowledge of:

• Pipeline operations and procedures.

• Product pumping and delivery schedules, modes, and methods.

• Pipeline hydraulics.

• Product specifications.

• Awareness of and ability to respond to inter-customer relationships and business requirements.

• Must have good math skills in order to accurately and quickly adjust to changing conditions.

   

  Certification, licenses, registrations:

• A satisfactory driving record as determined by the Company and a current, valid State driver's license are required.

• Satisfactorily obtaining or already possessing a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) card is a condition of employment.  TWIC card is obtained by submitting an application, background check, and having fingerprints taken.

• If the employee is subject to license or certification requirements or training as stipulated by local, state or federal agencies or the Company, now or in the future, compliance is required under this job description.

   

  Competencies, skills, and abilities:

• Proficiency with computer applications, including Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook.

• Well-balanced interpersonal skills and strong verbal and written communications skills are required.

• Must be accountable and take direction from Managers; keep required work schedules, which include regular and predictable job attendance; focus attention on details; follow work rules.

• Organizational skills and the ability to prioritize tasks are essential.

• Must be a problem solver with the ability to find resolutions.

• Must be self-motivated and capable of working with minimal supervision and/or direction.

• Must be flexible and able to work effectively in a team environment and consistently maintain a professional and respectful demeanor/attitude with co-workers, clients, vendors, and regulatory agencies.

• Independently plan and organize assigned work, inclusive of meeting all deadlines.

• Identify, analyze and resolve a wide range of operational problems involving terminal activities.

• Remain calm during emergencies and formulate a course of action expeditiously.

   

  Physical demands:

• Employee must be physically capable of completing and satisfying all training requirements as stipulated by local, state or federal agencies and/or Company Policy.

• Exposure to smells and fumes associated with refined petroleum products.

• Field activities may include walking to and amidst work and/or construction sites, climbing in and out of trenches, working around heavy equipment, negotiating rough terrain, areas of loose rock and working in confined spaces.

• Lab Primarily an office working environment requiring sitting, carrying, and reaching.

   

  Working Conditions:

• Will be on call 24 hours per day 7 days per week. Cellular phone access is mandatory.

• Occasional excursions into an industrial outside work environment.

• May provide back-up coverage to Operations Coordinators.

• Overtime required and extended work hours in cases of emergencies.

• Work in remote areas is often performed alone and without direct supervision; judgment is required when consultation with supervisor is not possible. Must schedule and monitor own work.

• Majority of the work will be conducted from an office environment. Extended periods of sitting may be required for administrative activities.

   

  Supervisory responsibility:

• None

   

  Preferred education, experience, certifications, competencies, skills, and abilities:

  Abovethe minimum requirement; not required but advantageous in this position:

• Prior experience requiring mechanical aptitude and skill is a plus

• Knowledge of piping, valves and pressures

• Knowledge of pipeline operations

• Experience with storage tank operations, including inspections, alarms and sampling

Kinder Morgan, Inc. offers employees a comprehensive benefits package. Benefits offered for this position may include the following:  health care benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage; Flexible and Health Spending Accounts; Life and Accidental Death and Disability insurance; Supplemental Life and Accidental Death and Disability insurance for employee and dependents; retirement benefits including a 401(k) with employer and employee contributions and a company-funded pension plan; paid time off; paid parental bonding leave; paid holidays; a flexible work schedule and many voluntary benefit plans.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER STATEMENT: We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.