Operations Planner - Napa Napa Facility

About the role

Puma Energy PNG Refining Limited (NGR) is hiring an Operations Planner for its Napa Napa facility in Port Moresby. The planner guides daily operations and coordinates third-party laboratory, surveying and inspection activities. The role ensures correct scheduling of vessel product imports, domestic transfers and deliveries, internal tank-to-tank transfers, product blending and certification for vessel and road tanker loading and sales. It also supports compliance with government reporting requirements and internal and external audit requirements, and acts as backup to the Stocks Officer for hydrocarbon stock reconciliation.

Key responsibilities

• Work with traders and supply on the schedule of product imports, domestic transfers and deliveries, and coordinate with operations, shore officer, laboratory and surveyors to avoid vessel demurrage.
• Prepare and issue daily plans for internal tank transfers, blending, storage tank outservicing and source tank nominations for vessels and gantries.
• Coordinate testing priorities with the third-party laboratory, issue test requests and monitor blended, spot-checked and finished products.
• As backup to the Stocks Officer, prepare daily, weekly and month-end inventory, import, sales and consumption reconciliation reports, and reconcile the refinery terminal management system (TMS) with ePuma, including stock adjustments.
• Monitor stock-out dates, prepare and report the Jet A-1 batching, and issue performance and compliance reports.
• Attend pre-berth meetings, take part in safety audits, task risk analysis, management of change and incident control, and follow HSEQ responsibilities.

Required profile

• Associate or Bachelor's degree.
• 1-3 years of related experience in production planning, process engineering, process operations, hydrocarbon marketing distribution, stock balancing, terminal operations or laboratory, in a decision-making position.
• Knowledge of refinery products, test result analysis and product specifications.
• Office-based work, with familiarity with refinery, stock balancing and downstream processes.

Required skills

• Analytical and problem-solving skills, with data analysis knowledge.
• Good written and oral communication and computer literacy.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel for Windows.