What are the responsibilities and job description for the Natural Gas Scheduler position at Trafigura?
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.
- Assist the desk Team Lead developing and training the juniors members of the team, ensuring that each individual has the correct technical skills for their role.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 2 years of experience on Natural Gas operations.
- 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)
- 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.
- Experience in Natural Gas pipelines in the United States, preferable in Texas, South East, North East or Mid-Con areas.
- 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.
