Natural Gas Scheduling Analyst I/II/Sr

Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, Lp • Owensboro, KY

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About The Position

Boardwalk is a limited partnership operating in the midstream portion of the natural gas and natural gas liquids industry, providing transportation and storage services for our customers. Our 14,000 miles of pipeline and storage assets provide diverse market connectivity to producers and end-users who need reliable sources of natural gas for power generation, home heating or petrochemical feedstocks. We have the experience, knowledge, and flexibility to design service offerings and create system enhancements tailored to our customers needs throughout the 13 states in which we operate. As an organization focused on sustainability, we are committed to protecting the environment while delivering this energy source. This commitment is made to our customers, employees, and the communities in which we operate. We incorporate environmental stewardship, safety, and compliance into our day-to-day operations and seek to strengthen and support the communities we serve. We are currently looking for a Scheduling Analyst I/ II/ Sr for our Owensboro, KY office.

Requirements

• Ability to analyze issues and opportunities and make sound decisions.
• Communicate clearly (verbal and written) with external business contacts and internal parties.
• Negotiate with parties to resolve discrepancies.
• Organize data and tasks.
• Teach and explain concepts.
• Work in a team environment to complete projects.
• Utilize electronic systems including gas management systems, internet, and Microsoft Office products.

Nice To Haves

• Proficient in Boardwalk policies and procedures and knowledge of the applicable Boardwalk Tariffs, services and pipeline system, industry standards, federal regulations and Sarbanes Oxley compliance.

Responsibilities

• Analyze customer activity against contractual and pipeline operational limitations; communicate any information critical to customer decisions.
• Schedule the pipeline within contractual and operational parameters, provide gas management system training and support and answer customer and operator questions.
• Retrieve and compile customer data as needed for marketing.
• Monitor contracts, service offerings, etc. on competitor pipelines to support efforts to capture additional market share.
• Work with marketing to determine the terms of the data extraction such types of customers, contract types, terms, rates, and usage.
• Participate and/or lead efforts for defining requirements, testing, and implementation of new services, changes to current business practices, or systems.
• Support and oversee customer activities associated with nominations, confirmations, scheduling and path balancing.
• Participate in a primary/secondary back up rotation to cover for the evening and weekend analysts on an as needed basis.
• Perform Confirmations at assigned locations and ensure that all non-Oba locations have a valid PDA or correctly follow the default tariff allocation.
• Monitor and proactively manage shipper, location and OBA imbalances in cooperation with Gas Control.
• Review and remedy any scheduling discrepancies between interconnecting parties.
• Review assigned customers contracts to fully understand the intent and operating parameters of the service.
• Approve cash out invoices of OBA and TBO imbalances.
• Delivery Point Loan processing, suspense administration, prior day processing, answering invoicing questions, approving in-field transfers, processing prior period adjustments and reviewing allocations for accuracy.
• Work in teams to develop and participate in plans to identify and implement improvements to the Internet Website.
• Comply with federal regulations, industry standards, tariff provisions, company policy, BWP FERC Regulatory Compliance Plan and Sarbanes Oxley Compliance Plan.
• Negotiate with customers, external or internal, to develop solutions or recommend services to resolve nomination, scheduling and imbalance issues.
• Execute organizational strategies, goals and initiatives.
• Utilize available resources to achieve objectives efficiently.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with customers to address customer priorities and gain first-hand knowledge of customers business needs.
• Prepare ad hoc analyses for internal and external customers to assist with issue identification and resolution related to nomination and scheduling functions.

Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer.
• Drug-free workplace with pre-employment drug & substance abuse testing.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Utilities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree