Senior Natural Gas Scheduler (Texas)

Main Purpose:

Natural Gas Scheduler. Coordinates/optimizes all aspects of the post-deal trading activity to ensure contracts are performed smoothly. Provides commercial/market information to the trader as necessary.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities, Key Responsibilities:

• Ability to work independently and to effectively communicate, negotiate and advise various commercial, accounting, analytics, and operating teams.

• Nominate and confirm natural gas trades on interstate and intrastate pipelines in a timely manner. Manage storage inventory and reconciliations.

• Monitor cuts, constraints and maintenance on pipelines. Advise risk and trading of all potential costs and penalties related with each trade

• Provide market information (i.e. constraints) to the trader as necessary and assist in intra-day/intra month capacity optimization

• Participate, and be a key member in the daily commercial decision making on the desk.

• Ensure ETRM is updated regularly with best available information. Validate and report next day and intraday positions to traders.

• Must be willing to work after hours, on-call rotations, nights, weekend shifts and holidays as the need arises

• Establish and maintain good working relationships with scheduling counterparts.

• Provide support to the Settlements team to ensure timely invoicing.

• Aptitude to work in a fast-pace environment and meet daily required deadlines.

• Strong communication skills and numeral literacy are very important

• Adhere to Trafigura's Code of Conduct, HSEC Policy and Business Principles.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Able to interpret the operational requirements and financial impacts of transport contracts. Understands the basic legal framework supporting natural gas pipeline contracts, pipeline tariffs and regulatory agencies (FERC & RRC)

• Thorough understanding of common pipelines operations and terminology.

• Able to perform duties under minimal supervision.

• Able to thrive and engage in a dynamic and team-oriented environment and be part of the daily exchange of opinions/ideas between operations and trading.

• Ability to leverage relationships and respond inventively when faced with challenges and generate effective, safe and ethical solutions based on available information.

• Allegro experience is a plus.

• Desired experience (any of the following pipes):

• NGPL, GLGT, MICHCON, REX

• NORTHERN BORDER

• ALLIANCE

• ROVER

• CONSUMERS, PEOPLES, NICOR, NIPSCO

• BLUEWATER, VECTOR

Key Relationships and Department Overview:

Reports to the Regional Operations Manager in Houston.