Diesel and Jet Fuel Trading Analyst (Spring, TX, US, 77389)

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What role you will play in our team We are continuing to expand our Global Trading organization and analytical capabilities. We are seeking an experienced Diesel & Jet Fuel Trading Analyst to join our Refined Products Trading team.
This role will work closely with traders, originators, quantitative analysts, schedulers, and commercial stakeholders to support trading, optimization, and portfolio management activities across North American and global middle distillates markets.
The successful candidate will develop market views, perform fundamental and quantitative analysis, identify commercial opportunities, and support trading decisions across diesel, jet fuel, feedstock, and related refined products markets. The role sits at the intersection of market fundamentals, analytics, and commercial strategy.
What you will do You will provide market expertise, fundamental analysis, statistical modeling, and opportunity identification to support diesel and jet fuel trading activities. Key responsibilities include:
Researching, analyzing, and interpreting diesel and jet fuel market fundamentals across North America and global markets.
Developing short-, medium-, and long-term market views and forward price outlooks to support trading strategies and portfolio positioning.
Monitoring refinery operations, maintenance activity, utilization rates, product yields, inventories, imports, exports, and transportation flows.
Analyzing regional supply and demand balances for diesel, jet fuel, gasoil, heating oil, and related middle distillate markets.
Evaluating the impacts of seasonal demand, aviation trends, freight activity, economic indicators, refinery outages, and geopolitical developments on market pricing.
Identifying trading opportunities arising from market dislocations, logistical constraints, refinery disruptions, inventory imbalances, and changes in trade flows.
Supporting optimization of logistics, storage, blending, transportation, and commercial positions across the trading portfolio.
Developing and maintaining analytical models used to evaluate market fundamentals, crack spreads, regional arbitrage opportunities, and commercial strategies.
Building and enhancing Python-based analytics, forecasting tools, dashboards, and reporting capabilities.
Conducting scenario analysis, sensitivity testing, and market impact assessments.
Supporting the evaluation of structured transactions, supply agreements, storage opportunities, and asset-related commercial activities.
Producing clear and concise market commentary, presentations, and analysis for traders and commercial stakeholders.
Collaborating with trading, quantitative, risk, logistics, and data teams to improve market understanding and decision-making processes.
Identifying new analytical approaches, datasets, and technologies to enhance trading performance and commercial outcomes.
What you will bring Degree in Engineering, Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, or another quantitative discipline.
Experience analyzing refined products markets within a trading, refining, consulting, utility, merchant, producer, or financial organization.
Strong understanding of diesel, jet fuel, gasoil, and broader refined products market fundamentals.
Experience developing market forecasts, analytical models, or commercial insights used to support business decisions.
Experience supporting trading, portfolio management, optimization, or commercial strategy activities.
Strong numerical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Proficiency in Python, SQL, Excel, or other analytical tools.
Experience working with market data, forward curves, inventories, refinery data, and large datasets.
Ability to translate analysis into actionable trading and commercial insights.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced trading environment.
Preferred Qualifications Experience supporting diesel, jet fuel, distillates, or refined products trading activities.
Experience developing supply and demand models, forecasting frameworks, or regional market balance models.
Understanding of refinery economics, crack spreads, product yields, blending economics, and invent