Natural Gas Scheduler

NextDecade • Houston, TX

16d • Onsite

About The Position

As a member of the Natural Gas Scheduling team, the Natural Gas Scheduler will manage daily natural gas nominations, pipeline balancing, and real time operational coordination to support LNG facility requirements. This role supports optimization of transportation and storage assets and interfaces closely with Operations and Accounting.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Energy, Economics, or related field.
• 1–5 years of natural gas scheduling, pipeline operations, or energy supply experience.
• Strong knowledge of the Texas natural gas pipeline grid, nomination cycles, and imbalance management.
• Ability to work across multiple daily scheduling cycles (Timely, Evening, Intraday).
• Proficiency in Excel and pipeline scheduling platforms; familiarity with ETRM systems (Openlink will be a plus).
• Ability to work under multiple daily deadlines with high accuracy.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting LNG feed gas or Gulf Coast pipeline markets.
• Familiarity with NAESB contract framework and tariff interpretation.

Responsibilities

• Execute daily and intraday pipeline nominations across multiple interstate and intrastate pipelines, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in accordance with pipeline cycle deadlines.
• Monitor gas flows, pipeline balances, and storage positions; resolve imbalances and discrepancies with counterparties, pipelines, and internal teams.
• Track, interpret, and communicate gas supply and pipeline operational updates, including maintenance, constraints, tariff changes, and fuel rates.
• Perform real time adjustments and intra day re nominations to maintain operational integrity and meet LNG facility demand.
• Act as liaison with upstream suppliers, downstream customers, pipelines, storage operators, and LNG facility personnel to ensure seamless operational performance.
• Support onboarding of new transportation, storage, pooling, and balancing agreements; maintain accurate ETRM master data and pipeline setup.
• Provide updates to trading, operations, settlements, and accounting teams regarding daily balances, volumetric changes, and pipeline costs.
• Enter and validate all nominations, actualizations, transportation movements, and tariff parameters in the ETRM system.
• Review, verify, and reconcile pipeline statements and support monthly settlement and invoicing processes.
• Participate in an on call rotation to provide scheduling coverage outside standard office hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Develop strong working relationships with pipelines, marketers, suppliers, and storage operators.
• Serve as a point of contact for daily commercial and operational dispatching

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level