Sr Commercial Scheduler I, Natural Gas

Phillips 66•Houston, TX

36d•$140,400 - $171,600

About The Position

The Sr Commercial Scheduler I, Natural Gas plans, manages, and optimizes natural gas product movements while supporting supplier relationships and continuous improvement. As a subject matter expert, the role supports the development of other Schedulers and leads continuous improvement and automation efforts. The position works with pipelines, suppliers, customers, traders, operations, and other commercial partners to maintain safe, efficient, dependable, and cost-effective gas flows. It includes regular after-hours, weekend, and holiday support, as well as backup scheduling support outside standard hours. The position is part of Phillips 66’s Commercial organization, which leverages assets and market knowledge to create value within the Company’s risk parameters and partners with Refining, Transportation, and Marketing to support value chain integration. The base salary range is $140,400–$171,600, and the position is eligible for the company’s commercial bonus program. Eligible full-time employees may also receive benefits described in the Total Rewards section.

Requirements

Legally authorized to work in the United States; the posting states that candidates for regular U.S. positions must meet specified citizenship or immigration-status requirements and that individuals requiring current or future work-authorization sponsorship are not eligible.
High school diploma or GED equivalent.
At least 6 years of relevant experience in supply chain, scheduling, logistics, or planning.
Experience supporting supply, trading, or logistical functions.
Intermediate or greater proficiency with Microsoft Office and scheduling or supply-chain systems.
Willingness and ability to take on some on-call responsibilities and support the business after hours as needed.

Nice To Haves

At least 5 years of experience as a Natural Gas Scheduler.
Experience scheduling on one or more of these pipeline systems: EPNG, TETCO, Transco, OWT, TGP, NGPL, SSC, SOCAL, PG&E, and/or WBI.
Experience using and optimizing Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) tools or interfaces for natural gas scheduling and nominations.
Experience with Allegro.
Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple deadlines.
Ability to influence, build relationships, and collaborate across teams.
Demonstrated initiative, innovative thinking, and a continuous-improvement mindset.
Knowledge of downstream operations, supply chains, and commercial drivers.
Experience with contract management, supplier analysis, or sourcing.
Strong analytical skills and ability to manage complexity.
Ability to identify process-improvement opportunities.

Responsibilities

Nominate daily and monthly gas purchase and sales deals, transportation, and pooling movements on third-party pipelines.
Confirm nominations with upstream and downstream parties.
Handle regular after-hours, weekend, and holiday calls about nomination changes and operational issues affecting gas flow.
Monitor estimated flows against nominations, calculate system imbalances, and resolve imbalances with appropriate parties daily and monthly.
Provide daily nomination setup and gas control reports to each responsible facility.
Direct gas control and/or field operations to maintain 24-hour information flow and safe, efficient, dependable gas flows.
Communicate nomination cuts and imbalances to traders, customers, and optimizers.
Work with field personnel, pipelines, traders, suppliers, markets, producers, and shippers to resolve daily operational issues.
Monitor and report storage inventory, operational updates, next-day volumes, and gas balances to management and reporting agencies.
Identify potential downstream pipeline capacity constraints and collaborate with relevant parties to maximize throughput and minimize costs.
Monitor third-party pipeline Electronic Bulletin Boards for alerts, critical maintenance notices, and competitor activity.
Verify, validate, and/or actualize receipts and delivery nominations with third-party pipelines and marketing customers; resolve invoicing discrepancies during accounting close to support timely, accurate billing data.
Provide expert specialist advice and support continuous improvement while developing internal and external relationships.
Provide backup scheduling support and respond to operational needs outside standard hours.
Support the development of other Schedulers and lead continuous improvement and automation efforts.