Gas Supply Planner

WEC Energy Group•Milwaukee, WI

3d•Onsite

About The Position

WEC Business Services LLC, a subsidiary of WEC Energy Group, is hiring a Gas Supply Planner in Chicago, Illinois. This position is part of a job family that also includes Senior Gas Supply Planner and Lead Gas Supply Planner; experience determines the level. The role analyzes supply and demand requirements, supports regulatory filings, develops forecasts, and, with direction and support from the Manager, optimizes utility natural gas supply and capacity portfolios to maintain reliable deliverability while minimizing gas costs. The position supports natural gas cost projections, regulatory filings, capacity and demand analysis, supply and transportation planning, storage operations planning, and forecasting. It also participates in an after-hours emergency on-call rotation to support the customer notification system. The company describes itself as a major Midwest electric generation, distribution, and natural gas delivery holding company serving 4.7 million customers, with a commitment to clean, reliable, affordable energy and environmentally sustainable operations.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or a related discipline.
Experience with standard business software packages, including Microsoft applications.
Organizing and planning skills necessary to work independently.

Nice To Haves

Experience with forecasting, such as regression analysis.

Responsibilities

Perform monthly natural gas cost projections and scenarios, with oversight, to support Finance and Accounting inputs into UI Planner.
Assist with Gas Supply Plan filings for state regulatory agencies, including follow-up requested by state commissions, interveners, and auditors.
Assist Gas Supply Managers with development of utility natural gas financial hedge program filings for state regulatory agencies, including follow-up requested by state commissions, interveners, and auditors.
Analyze peak-day design city gate demand and allocate interstate pipeline capacity to meet design-peak requirements by gate station, with oversight.
Analyze new customer load additions and gate station allocations to determine whether adequate interstate pipeline capacity is available, with oversight.
Assist with updating monthly natural gas buy plans that determine supply, demand, and transportation plans for the Gas Trading area.
Assist with updating the operations plan that targets storage injection and withdrawal to ensure seasonal and annual demand is met.
Assist with regression modeling and demand forecasting to support design-day and long-term planning activities, including design peak-day regression analysis.
Provide ongoing guidance and support to other areas, such as Gas Trading, regarding projected gas consumption, gas supply, and capacity portfolio management.
Participate in an after-hours emergency on-call rotation to support the customer notification system.
Make effective decisions and achieve desired results amid changes in responsibilities, work processes, timeframes, performance expectations, organizational culture, or work environment.