Oil Trader (London)

About Woodside

We know great results come from our people feeling valued, getting the support they need to reach their full potential as well as bring their whole self to work. We also recognise that enduring, meaningful relationships with communities are fundamental to maintaining our licence to operate.

Technology and innovation are essential to our long-term sustainability. We are growing our carbon and new energy businesses using technology to reduce emissions and the carbon footprint of our products. We are working to improving energy efficiency, offset emissions, reduce emissions intensity and explore options for lower-carbon energy. Woodside led the development of the LNG industry in Australia and is applying this same pioneering spirit to solving future energy challenges.

About the Role

Reporting to the General Manager European Trading, this role is accountable for managing sales and optimising equity crude production as well as third party volumes while ensuring flow assurance and resolving operational disruptions. It involves negotiating commodity sales and purchases, building and maintaining counterparty relationships, and delivering commercial outcomes without compromising trust. The position requires deep knowledge of customers, suppliers, competitors, markets, market dynamics, and global outlook to identify value-accretive opportunities and optimize logistics.

Responsibilities include compliance with governance frameworks, collaboration with internal functions, supporting productivity through process improvements, and articulating Woodside’s commercial strategy. The role also emphasizes health, safety, sustainability, and conducting business in line with company values.

This position will be based residentially in London.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for the sales and optimisation of equity crude production
• Design and execute optimisation opportunities through third party volumes of crude purchases and sales
• Ensures flow assurance and prevents, mitigates and resolves operational disruptions
• Negotiate commodity purchases and sales with customers
• Has a detailed understanding of existing customers and suppliers: understands main competitors, existing production plans and growth plans, technology set-up (e.g. constraints) and can position relative value of Woodside products for the customer; establishes trust and maintains sustainable relationships with key personnel
• Delivers successful commercial outcomes without compromising long-term relationships
• Optimize equity positions through logistical optimization
• Establish, build and maintain long term customer relationships with current and prospective customers
• Ensure compliance with governance frameworks through pro-active assessments of risks in the book
• Proactively identifies value accretive new business, across region, in line with strategic objectives
• Has a detailed understanding of regional and global market dynamics, including a view on competitors' activities locally. Identifies and proposes opportunities across regions to improve tactical delivery of the strategy
• Understands and can articulate global in-house/consensus short-term market outlook for our products, including key sensitivities to be tested
• Able to formulate a view on market direction for key commercial parameters - building industry networks to assist with gathering of market intelligence – and working with analysts to use this in our pricing tactics
• Partner with the producing assets to optimize production, prevent and mitigate disruptions and ensure flow assurance
• Engage with supporting functions (freight, treasury, finance, legal) as required to meet business objectives
• Understands key value/cost drivers for the Business. Supports productivity objectives by proposing alternative business opportunities and process simplification across value/cost drivers
• Understands and can articulate the Woodside commercial strategy for our products (including to external stakeholders)

Skills and Experience

What we expect from you:

• Degree is the preferred educational qualification (with preference for a numerate subject such as Engineering, Mathematics, or Economics)
• Preferably 5 years’ experience in either crude trading or commercial analysis/negotiations ideally with a P&L track record.
• Experience in refining and petrochemical economics and processes
• Experience in derivatives and hedging.
• Ability and knowledge in IT systems dedicated to Trading, Operations and Risk Management
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, team player who can build long lasting relationships internal and externally
• Individual with ambition and growth mentality.
• Experience in working in a diverse and multicultural international organization

Recognition and Reward

What you can expect from us:

• Commitment to your ongoing development, including on-the-job opportunities, formal programs and coaching
• Industry-leading 18 weeks paid parental leave for primary carer, and maintenance of superannuation or retirement benefits at the current rate during any period of unpaid parental leave for up to 24 months (plus secondary carer leave entitlements)
• Values led culture with a focus on creating a psychologically and physically safe work environment
• Active employee-led working groups driving initiatives to build an inclusive culture
• Community volunteering opportunities
• Relocation assistance (if required)
• A competitive remuneration package featuring performance-based incentives

Woodside is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workforce culture, which is supported by our Values. Our aim is to attract, develop and retain a truly diverse and high-performing workforce. 

Diversity encompasses various differences, including but not limited to differences in age, nationality, race, ethnicity, national origin, religious beliefs, sex, sexual orientation, intersex status, gender identity or expression, relationship status, disability, neurodiversity, veteran status, cultural background, thinking styles, experience, family background, including caregiving commitments, and education. Inclusion centres on all employees creating a climate of respect, trust and belonging, where people feel enabled to be their best and authentic version of themself.

We offer supportive pathways for all employees to grow and develop leadership skills. We encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples and those seeking a more flexible working environment, including part-time opportunities.

Applications close at 11:59pm AWST on Tuesday 31st March 2026

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Please note Woodside Energy will only accept direct candidate applications. We do not accept applications from Recruitment Agencies.