Senior Natural Gas Trader
About The Position
The Senior Natural Gas Trader develops and executes natural gas marketing, optimization, transportation, and hedging strategies to maximize the value of the Company's production and midstream assets. The role evaluates market fundamentals, transportation opportunities, and commercial transactions to optimize revenue while managing market and operational risk. The Senior Natural Gas Trader represents the Company commercially and builds and maintains strategic relationships with customers, counterparties, pipelines, and other industry participants. The position is full-time and exempt. It operates in a professional office environment, with workdays and hours varying according to workload and company needs. Minimal travel is expected.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of related work experience.
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university.
- Advanced understanding of North American natural gas markets, pricing mechanisms, basis differentials, and pipeline operations.
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills, including the ability to interpret market data and financial impacts.
- Ability to evaluate complex commercial agreements and identify value-enhancing opportunities.
- Knowledge of midstream asset operations and wellhead-to-delivery-point pathing.
- Comprehension of Appalachia and SCOOP gas sales and pipeline networks.
- Expertise in macro supply-and-demand and basin fundamentals.
- Ability to recognize optimization opportunities and generate additional revenue from them.
- Strong negotiation skills.
- Contract comprehension, including industry-standard NAESB terms, transaction confirmations, and firm transport agreements.
- Strong skills in Microsoft Teams and Office products, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
- Knowledge of and previous experience with ETRM software.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute marketing, transportation, and optimization strategies to maximize netback value of company production.
- Market the company's natural gas through optimization, term sales, and spot sales.
- Collaborate with operations to ensure gas flows from the wellhead to markets.
- Conduct fundamental analysis and market surveillance to assess pipeline capacity needs and submit proposals to senior management for approval.
- Correspond with pipelines and industry contacts as a company representative to gather necessary information.
- Negotiate sales, purchase, and transportation terms with counterparties.
- Evaluate and recommend natural gas basis hedging opportunities in support of corporate objectives and risk management strategies.
- Interact with internal and external clients and other key business partners.
- Develop, cultivate, and manage relationships with end-users and other key markets.
- Support budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning through market analysis and pricing assumptions.
- Provide market intelligence, pricing trends, and strategic recommendations to management for commercial decision-making.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
