Associate Charterer

Entity:

Supply, Trading & Shipping

Job Family Group:

Shipping Group

Job Description:

Role Overview

The Associate Charterer – Optimisation supports the Optimisation Manager and wider chartering team by delivering commercial analysis, market insight, and decision support to enable informed chartering decisions. This is a development-focused role designed to build the technical, analytical, and commercial capabilities required to progress into a more senior chartering position within a technology-enabled environment. The role also provides chartering cover when required.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor freight markets, vessel supply/demand dynamics, and oil export forecasts across key regions and trade flows.
• Support the weekly chartering review, including tracking TCE performance on new fixtures, Expo activity, FFA positions, and P&L impacts.
• Evaluate voyage opportunities using voyage economics models and analytical tools.
• Prepare concise market updates, insights, and commercial analyses for senior charterers.
• Assist with post-fixture reviews and analysis of commercial outcomes.
• Develop working knowledge of charter party terms, commercial risk exposure, and compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with operations, optimisation, claims, and other internal teams to understand trade execution.
• Build and maintain strong professional relationships with shipowners, brokers, and internal stakeholders.
• Use chartering systems, analytics platforms, and AI-enabled tools to support commercial decision-making.
• Provide chartering cover as needed to ensure continuity of desk operations.

Essential Education & Experience

• Experience within bp or a related commercial environment (shipping, trading, logistics, commodities).
• Degree in economics, finance, engineering, maritime studies, or a related discipline.
• Strong interest in shipping markets and commercial trading environments.

Essential Skills & Capabilities

• Strong analytical and numerical skills with commercial awareness.
• Ability to interpret data and translate it into actionable insights.
• Sound judgment, attention to detail, and strong risk awareness.
• Clear and effective written and verbal communication.
• High learning agility and comfort working in a fast-paced environment.
• Confidence working with data, systems, and decision-support tools.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Good understanding of Python scripting and intermediate to advanced Excel skills.

Desirable Criteria

• Exposure to vessel operations, post-fixture processes, or trade execution.
• Familiarity with freight markets, voyage economics, and charter party concepts.
• Experience using analytical or optimisation tools.
• Previous experience in an Expo role.

Additional Expectations

• Act with integrity and adhere to compliance, risk, and safety frameworks.
• Work constructively with colleagues across the chartering desk and supporting functions, sharing information and contributing to collective outcomes.
• Support other charterers and desks as required, prioritising overall business performance.
• Deliver high-quality work, meet deadlines, and take ownership of outcomes.
• Actively seek feedback and use it to improve performance and judgment.

Why join us?

At bp, we support our people to grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity.

There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, excellent retirement benefits, among others!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Travel Requirement

Negligible travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Analytical Thinking, Analytical Thinking, Ancillary cost management, Bunker buyer, Chartering, Coaching, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Customer service delivery excellence, Demurrage, Developing and implementing strategy, Listening, Marine assurance, Marine Operations, Marine systems and processes, Marine technical, Market Knowledge, Mentoring, Negotiating value, Operational Excellence, Partner relationship management, Problem Solving, Sentiment and Trends, Shipping/transport, Trading and scheduling operations {+ 4 more}

Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.

If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.