Gas Supply Representative

Atmos Energy•Dallas, TX

15h

About The Position

The Gas Supply Representative develops and evaluates gas purchasing strategies and manages gas supply and storage to meet forecasted needs, pipeline requirements, and reliability targets. The role monitors pipeline capacity, storage assets, supply contracts, facility notices, and operational constraints, coordinating with stakeholders to maintain appropriate storage inventory for peak-day withdrawals and monthly targets. It prepares supply plans with the Gas Supply Planning group, including forecasted requirements and storage injection and withdrawal activity. The position negotiates and executes spot gas purchases, prepares and evaluates annual or seasonal requests for proposals, recommends supplier offers to management, and negotiates contract terms. It supports Asset Management Agreements and capacity releases in compliance with FERC rules, prepares transaction confirmations under NAESB provisions, and performs deal entry, confirmations, and nominations. The representative maintains contract and tariff information, communicates operational contract changes to planning, and builds working relationships with pipeline, storage, and supplier representatives. The role also performs gas accounting for supplier, pipeline, and storage invoices; verifies supporting data and documentation; prepares gas cost summaries, reports, and general-ledger reconciliations; and maintains documentation for state regulatory reporting, including Prudence Reviews and Gas Cost Adjustment reviews. It coordinates with the Scheduling group to account for third-party end-user activity in daily gas supply management. The position works in an office environment and may occasionally involve bending, stooping, grasping, reaching, twisting, turning, and lifting.

Requirements

Master's degree in business, accounting, finance, or a related field and one year of related experience; or bachelor's degree in one of those fields and at least three years of related experience; or equivalent.
Ability to understand written and oral communications that may be technically complex or legal/contractual in nature.
Spatial cognition, including differentiating directions and concepts such as upstream/downstream and injection/withdrawal.
Ability to communicate, persuade, and/or influence internal or external customers, including senior management, on technical or complex matters.
Ability to write grammatically correct routine business correspondence and analytical reports.
Ability to perform analyses involving ratios, percentages, and simple statistical methods.
Working knowledge of software applications for creating documents, spreadsheets, reports, and/or graphics.

Responsibilities

Develop and evaluate gas purchasing strategies.
Analyze monthly and daily gas supply needs using load forecasts, and manage supply and storage according to forecasted needs.
Manage daily supply and storage usage to meet pipeline requirements and support reliable delivery throughout the year; maintain storage inventory for peak-day withdrawal requirements and monthly targets.
Monitor pipeline capacity, storage assets, supply contracts, emails, and facility notices for critical conditions; coordinate with stakeholders to manage supply around constraints.
Create supply plans with Gas Supply Planning for each area, including forecasted requirements and storage injection and withdrawal activity.
Negotiate and execute spot gas purchases; prepare annual or seasonal requests for proposals; evaluate offers and recommend options to management; negotiate supplier contract terms.
Assist with drafting and implementing Asset Management Agreement terms and perform related capacity releases in compliance with FERC rules.
Prepare and issue gas supply transaction confirmations pursuant to NAESB contract provisions.
Perform deal entry, confirmations, and nominations as required by agreements.
Maintain updated contract terms and pipeline and supplier tariff rates, and communicate necessary contract operational changes to the planning group.
Establish and maintain working relationships with pipeline and storage representatives and suppliers.
Perform gas accounting for supplier, pipeline, and storage invoices, including data verification, documentation, gas cost summaries, reports, and general-ledger reconciliations.
Generate and maintain documentation for state regulatory reporting on gas supply matters, including Prudence Reviews and Gas Cost Adjustment reviews.
Coordinate with the Scheduling group to ensure third-party end-user activity is accounted for in daily gas supply management.