Natural Gas Scheduler

Main Purpose:

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.
• Desired experience in any of the following pipes pipeline in the US, including but not limited to: Texas Inter/Intra – Atmos, Enbridge (VCP, TETCO), Energy Transfer (HPL, Lobo, Oasis, ETC Katy), Enterprise (Intra, Texas, Channel), Howard (Impulsora), KinderMorgan (NGPL, Tejas, Texas, TGP), NextEra (EFM, NMP) and Whitewater (Agua Blanca, Whistler).
• 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.

Key Relationships and Department Overview:

Reports to the Regional Operations Manager in Houston.