Sr. Natural Gas Scheduler

PURPOSE OF POSITION:
This position is responsible for the execution of daily natural gas scheduling and asset dispatch for Gas South’s portfolio of customers in Georgia, Florida, and other markets across the Southeast. This position interacts with schedulers from natural gas suppliers as well as local distribution companies to ensure effective gas supply operations in accordance with the rules and regulations of pipeline and LDC tariffs. This position works in conjunction with natural gas traders to ensure that the appropriate volume of gas is scheduled to fulfill customer demand.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
NOTE: The following are major responsibilities of this position. They are not intended to cover each aspect of the position as the scope and duties may change or be temporarily altered based on the current business needs of the Company. The basic requirement of every position is to perform all tasks as assigned by the reporting authority.

Develop professional relationships with schedulers from natural gas suppliers, ensuring necessary communication of nomination information occurs.

Analyze supply needs by pipeline and LDC on a daily and monthly basis, effectively responding to critical notices issued by pipelines and LDCs.

Navigate gas scheduling around pipeline and LDC maintenance, outages, and periods of operational constraint.

Execute the nominating of physical gas on interstate pipelines and LDC systems.

Maintain Gas South’s daily and monthly imbalance positions.

Verify and execute annual, monthly, and daily pipeline capacity release transactions.

Monitor storage inventory levels versus injection and withdrawal rights, assisting in decisions made to optimize inventory on a daily and monthly basis.

Support daily and monthly gas accounting and reconciliation activity.

Support key customer operational supply needs as may be needed from time to time.

Available for rotating weekday and weekend scheduling on-call responsibilities.

Fosters strategic relationship development with internal stakeholders and external market participants.

Ad hoc operational and financial modeling in support of company budgeting and decision making.

EDUCATION/KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE:
Bachelor’s Degree – Engineering, Economics, Statistics, or Business related.

Five years or more of experience in natural gas scheduling and asset management.

Must have scheduling experience in DART, 1Line, and other pipeline and LDC electronic bulletin boards and nominating systems.

Deep familiarity and experience with Atlanta Gas Light (strongly preferred), Southern Natural Gas, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line, and other LDC and pipeline tariffs across the Southeast.

Direct scheduling experience in GOS strongly preferred.

Broad understanding of physical gas contracts, pipeline logistics, natural gas asset economics, and NAESB natural gas scheduling standards.

Expert knowledge of physical gas operations, including the nomination and scheduling processes, capacity releases; the energy industry’s regulatory framework at the state and federal levels (PSCs and FERC).

Extensive knowledge of data analysis and modeling tools available in MS Excel, in particular the ability to ensure model integrity, build modifications and apply the models to commercial business decisions.

Understanding of numerical studies for regression analysis, financial modeling, probability/statistics, and optimization.

CORE COMPETENCIES:
Self-Management : Personal Credibility, Stress Management, Flexibility, Self Confidence, Initiative, and Thoroughness

People Competencies : Effective Communication, Builds Collaborative Relationships, Self-Awareness, and Interpersonal Awareness

Business Competencies : Technical Skills, Customer Focus, and Critical Thinking

Leadership Competencies : Decisiveness, Fostering Teamwork, Establishes Focus, Developing Others, Manages Performance, Empowering Others, Strategic Thinking