Concentrates Operator

Full-time
On-site
Montevideo - Traf Office Uruguay
Trafigura

Main Purpose:

Trafigura is a leading commodities group, owned by its employees and founded over 30 years ago. At the heart of global supply, Trafigura connects vital resources to power and build the world. We deploy infrastructure, market expertise and our worldwide logistics network to move oil and petroleum products, metals and minerals, gas and power from where they are produced to where they are needed, forming strong relationships that make supply chains more efficient, secure and sustainable. We invest in renewable energy projects and technologies to facilitate the transition to a low-carbon economy, including through MorGen Energy and joint venture Nala Renewables.

The Trafigura Group also comprises industrial assets and operating businesses including multi-metals producer Nyrstar, fuel storage and distribution company Puma Energy, the Impala Terminals joint venture and Greenergy, supplier and distributor of transportation fuels and biofuels. The Group employs over 13,000 people, of which over 1,400 are shareholders and is active in over 150 countries.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities, Key Responsibilities:

Knowledge and Skills:

- Industrial Engineering, Chemistry, Mathematics, International Business: University Degree or Advanced Student
- Numerical skills s and Logical thinking
- Proactive and Hard working
- Fluent written and oral English is required

Key Responsibilities:


- Organize bulk, container, truck shipments of concentrates: cargo packing, cargo loading, cargo discharge, transportation itself , transshipment, storage
- Organize insurance of the cargo during transportation and storage
- Prepare and submit commercial cargo invoices to Receivers/Suppliers, organize settlement of invoices in coordination with Trade Finance, manage cash exposures with Counterparties, control/report credit exposure with Counterparties
- Work with service providers – forwarders, shipping agents, warehouses , surveyors: screening locations, preparing service agreements, arranging payments for services, controlling quality of services
- Organize operations for weighting, sampling and assaying of concentrates cargos. Dealing with surveyors and laboratories, understanding facilities on the ground for weighting and sampling procedures.
- Organizing hedging of price exposure on concentrates shipments.
- Handling data entry in the system, working with exposure, cargo reports.

Key Relationships and Department Overview:

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and take pride in a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, or other employment practices for reasons of race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, medical condition or handicap, disability, or any other legally protected status.