Vessel Operator
VAROPreem · Stockholm, Sweden
Do you thrive in a fast-paced, international environment where your decisions have a real impact?
As a Vessel Operator, you will play a key role in delivering safe, efficient, and reliable vessel operations while contributing to good customer service and efficient day-to-day operations.
About the role
As a Vessel Operator, you are responsible for ensuring seamless vessel operations from trade execution through to final delivery. Serving as the central point of coordination between counterparties, vessel owners, terminals, and internal stakeholders, you ensure that critical information flows efficiently and that informed decisions are made at every stage of the process.
This role offers a combination of operational responsibility, international stakeholder management, and dynamic problem-solving. Success in the position requires strong ownership, effective communication skills, sound judgment, and a commitment to continuous improvement.
We value working together in person and therefore expect team members to be in the office most of the week, typically at least four days
Being on-site enables close teamwork, rapid decision-making, and strong engagement with colleagues, customers, and business partners.
Your Mission
As part of the Vessel team within Supply Chain Operations, you will coordinate assigned vessel deliveries throughout the entire supply chain, ensuring efficient execution and high service quality from start to finish.
You will work closely with Trading, Freight, Supply Chain Planning & Optimisation, Stock Accounting, Refineries, Terminals, and Supply Sweden. The role also involves regular interaction with customers, suppliers, agents, inspectors, and other external partners. As this is an international position, a significant portion of your daily communication will be conducted in English.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan, coordinate, and monitor vessel deliveries from trade execution through to final delivery.
- Ensure that instructions, delivery information, and documentation are accurate, complete, and available on time.
- Align internal and external stakeholders to maintain transparency around delivery status, priorities, and operational requirements.
- Manage operational changes and unexpected deviations, proactively resolving issues and escalating where appropriate.
- Monitor volumes and delivery data, supporting accurate inventory accounting and invoicing processes.
- Contribute to safe operations, high delivery reliability, and ongoing process enhancements.
- Participate in the team's on-call duty rotation outside normal working hours in accordance with team arrangements.
What We Offer
At VAROPreem, you will join a professional and supportive workplace where trust, accountability, and development are at the core of our culture. As the energy sector undergoes significant transformation, you will have the opportunity to contribute both to today's energy supply and to the development of more sustainable solutions for the future.
We offer a high degree of autonomy and encourage employees to take initiative, challenge existing ways of working, and actively contribute to the continued development of our business.
About You
You are able to maintain structure and deliver results in a dynamic environment where priorities can shift quickly. You take ownership of your responsibilities while keeping the broader business perspective in mind. With a clear and confident communication style, you build strong relationships across functions and effectively manage a wide range of stakeholders.
You are proactive, solution-oriented, and resilient, while understanding when to seek support or escalate issues to ensure the best outcome.
Requirements
- Experience in vessel operations, logistics, supply chain activities, or other relevant coordination roles is desirable.
- Strong planning, prioritisation, and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple activities simultaneously.
- Good systems proficiency and a structured, detail-oriented way of working.
- Excellent communication skills in both Swedish and English, written and spoken.
A university degree in Maritime Studies, Logistics, Business Administration, or a related field is considered an advantage, as is experience from the energy, refinery, terminal, or shipping industry. Relevant professional experience may be considered in place of formal education.
Next steps
We look forward to receiving your application as soon as possible, but no later than November 9th 2026. Applying is easy – simply submit your CV or link your LinkedIn profile and answer a few screening questions. If you choose to apply with your LinkedIn profile and progress in the process, you will be asked to provide a CV at a later stage.
To ensure an objective and fair selection process, we use assessment tests as part of our recruitment process. As we apply continuous selection, the role may be filled before the application deadline.
If you have any questions about the role or the recruitment process, you are welcome to contact Hiring manager Linda Bergman, Linda.bergman@varopreem.se.
As VAROPreem operates within critical infrastructure, a background screening as well as alcohol and drug testing will be conducted prior to any employment offer. During the interview process, candidates must be able to present a valid form of identification, such as a passport or national identity card, alternatively a population registration certificate together with a valid driving licence.
As parts of VAROPreem’s operations are subject to security-sensitive regulations, a security clearance, including a background check through official registers, may be required depending on the position. Any such security screening will be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Swedish Security Protection Act.
The union contact person can be found here.
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