Commercial Operator - Nat Gas Scheduler

Shell•Houston, TX

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Commercial Operator/ Natural Gas Scheduler role is a key part of the Commercial North America Gas Operations Team, specifically within the South Operations team. This team is responsible for the daily operational management of Shell Energy Americas (SEAm) Natural Gas activities in the South US markets. The primary purpose of this position is to provide comprehensive scheduling and operations support to various business desks across North America, ensuring the smooth and compliant movement of natural gas products.

Requirements

Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis
5 or more years of natural gas scheduling experience
Commercial mindset and ability to work effectively with trade desk in transport optimization, segmentation of pipeline capacity and realization of incremental value through commercial operational decisions
Advanced Knowledge of equity production supply, gathering lines, processing plants and downstream optionality
Proven track record of performance and delivery
Self-starter and ability to effectively multi-task
Ability to work under pressure, prioritize, and meet strict time sensitive deadline
Very strong attention to detail
Strong Team Player, effective communicator, with highly developed interpersonal skills
Ability to adapt quickly to changing internal and external requirements
Commercial Acumen
Ability to analyses market information, communicate and act on trading implications
Commercially adept with demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills
Champions continuous improvements (CI) by proactively supporting the forward plan for maintaining and improving systems, tools, data and processes as well as sharing best practices
Advanced Excel User with knowledge of formulas, look-ups, linking, pivot tables and macros

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree
Experience in scheduling South US region pipelines
Support retail gas business and knowledge of Gulf Production
Knowledge of regulatory requirements for Natural Gas Scheduling
Leaner Mindset and continuous improvement mindset; ability to suggest and implement process changes and new procedures
Endur / G-motion experience

Responsibilities

Coordinate the daily product movement for SEAm and agency customers including equity gas production, purchases, sales, transportation, storage on both interstate and intrastate pipelines via electronic bulletin boards while ensuring contract obligations and regulatory requirements are met
Report physical pipeline positions to SEAm trading groups
Schedule accurate nominations meeting all deadlines throughout the day
Execute complex transport – segmentation and meter bounces
Monitor and report pipeline operational information providing short term opportunities to trading due to pipeline constraints and operations
Manage and balance pipeline and customer accounts
Strict compliance with FERC Shipper Must Hold Title, Dodd Frank Bookout requirements and understanding of the buy/sell capacity release rules
Maintains a thorough understanding of all contractual, license and regulatory requirements
Know and understand of the various balancing mechanisms in use across North America regarding imbalance tolerances and the financial cash out risks for shippers and traders
Understand how a pipeline calculates and uses cash out indices
Knowledge in a pipeline’s tariff general terms and conditions
Input operational information daily into SEAm internal gas management system (Endur) for accurate P&L and a clean hand off at month end
Highly proficient in the knowledge and use of SEAm internal gas management system to troubleshoot issues from deal entry to invoicing
Foster and maintain strong working relationships with teammates
Build and maintain trusted partnerships with both internal and external stakeholders
Crosstrain train and Provide Coverage support to other schedulers within own team and across NA teams
Perform monthly close activities to ensure timely and accurate reporting
Work with limited supervision to troubleshoot, resolve problems
Focal Point for elevated issue resolution in absence of supervisor
This position requires weekend and holiday work on a rotating basis as well as on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The candidate must be able to multi-task and work on 2 different gas days at the same time.

Benefits

Medical coverage
Dental coverage
Vision coverage
Life Insurance
Business Travel Accident Insurance
Occupational Accidental Death Benefit programs
Company pension plan
401(k) plan
Up to 6 weeks of paid vacation time
Up to 11 paid holidays
Parental leave (16 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents, and 8 weeks of paid leave for non-birthing parents)
Short-term disability leave for up to 26 weeks at 100% or 50% of base pay
Long-Term Disability insurance
Financial reimbursement for adoption
Financial reimbursement for wellness
Financial reimbursement for education
Financial reimbursement for personal learning expenses
Discretionary long-term incentives (for some roles)
Flexible working hours
Possibility of remote/mobile working
Competitive starting salary
Annual performance related salary increase
Access to a wide range of training and development programmes