Lead Hydrocarbon Scheduler

Company Overview

CITGO Petroleum Corporation is a recognized leader in the refining industry, operating three refineries in Lake Charles, LA; Lemont, IL; and Corpus Christi, TX, along with 43 active terminals, nine pipelines, and three lubricants blending and packaging plants. With approximately 3,300 employees and a combined crude capacity of about 829,000 barrels‑per‑day, CITGO emphasizes safety, integrity, respect, accountability, and care.

Job Summary

This senior‑level position is the pinnacle of a hydrocarbon scheduling career, serving as a Subject Matter Expert and mentor for a team of schedulers. The Lead Hydrocarbon Scheduler oversees scheduling activities, ensures compliance of documentation and databases, provides strategic advice to management on projects and IT solutions, and drives major logistical initiatives across the company.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all scheduling activities, maintaining up‑to‑date and compliant documentation and databases.
• Consult with counterparties on disputed transactions and advise internal commercial contacts on business impacts.
• Identify market trends, coach junior schedulers, and build a network of internal and external contacts in pipeline and transport operations.
• Flag transactions that do not meet desired parameters and elevate them to management; assist with complex transactions and mentor other schedulers.
• Analyze forecasted supply/demand, optimize inventories, develop optimized movement schedules for each transportation mode, reduce costs, and coordinate dock and tank space utilization.
• Alert the supply team to potential conflicts, propose solutions, and act as an internal consultant to management and the supply team.
• Proactively assess and execute solutions to optimize working capital, including physical and in‑transit inventory, and advise on contingency plans for events such as turnarounds or hurricanes.
• Utilize trading cycles and nomination rights to develop and confirm supply programs, aligning nominations with internal and external customers (traders, supply chain, refinery/origin and destination schedulers, terminals, inspection companies, etc.).
• Develop and implement evaluation tools and data‑collection processes, communicate performance results, and provide concrete recommendations.
• Identify and champion technological solutions that improve efficiency, data management, and process improvements.
• Compile and maintain accurate hydrocarbon movement and inventory information in the scheduling system.
• Verify and authorize payment of invoices related to hydrocarbon movement to expedite reconciliation.
• Partner with the Dock Coordination Manager, Logistics Analyst, and other scheduling team members on special projects, including IT upgrades, new logistical solutions (e.g., leased storage tanks, docks, blending facilities), and the Mid Office initiative.

Minimum Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of transport markets and both internal and external asset activities.
• Meticulous documentation management and a maintained knowledge base of pipelines, trade routes, and applicable tariff charges.
• Advanced proficiency with scheduling systems and platforms.
• Advanced understanding of refinery operations, product output, storage asset utilization, and crude markets.
• Bachelor’s degree and at least eight (8) years of relevant experience.

Benefits

• Remote work options (department and/or location specific)
• 9/80 work‑schedule option (where applicable)
• Annual vacation incentive (40–120 hours of additional pay) for eligible employees
• Paid vacation time and company‑paid holidays
• Caregiver leave
• Excellent 401(k) match and pension plan
• Performance incentive
• Company‑paid sick leave and long‑term disability
• Medical, dental, & vision plans; FSA and HSA options
• Company‑paid life insurance for active employees
• Healthy rewards program
• Service awards program
• Educational assistance plan
• Dependent children scholarships
• Reimbursement for gym membership
• Employee discount programs
• On‑site health clinic (select locations)
• On‑site cafeteria (select locations)
• On‑site credit union and ATM (corporate office only)
• On‑site fitness center (select locations)

Schedule

• Remote work options available for eligible positions
• 9/80 work‑schedule option (where applicable)