Trader I/II/Sr/Principal

EQT Corporation • Houston, TX

7d

About The Position

EQT is one of the United States' leading producers of natural gas and the first traditional energy company of scale in the world to achieve Net Zero on a Scope 1 and Scope 2 basis. From the office to the field, the #EQTeam is fueling the future. Power your potential with us. At EQT, we are making strides toward becoming the best producer by creating long-term value for all stakeholders, including employees, landowners, communities, industry partners and investors. Our vision is to evolve EQT into a modern, connected, digitally enabled organization. With an incredibly collaborative culture and a determined, progressive workplace, EQT was both named a National Top Workplace, as well as one of Pittsburgh's Best Places to Work! Join our Qrew! The Trader I/II/Sr./Principal is responsible for managing and optimizing a natural gas trading portfolio with a focus on Gulf markets, leveraging detailed market analysis, risk management, and execution of physical and financial transactions. The position requires deep knowledge of Gulf supply/demand dynamics, pipeline and LNG flows, and pricing hubs, along with strong quantitative and analytical skills to make disciplined decisions in fast-moving market conditions. The trader partners closely with risk, operations, and commercial teams to drive profitability while adhering to firm risk limits and compliance standards. The Trader I/II/Sr/Principal responsibilities include but are not limited to: Initiate, develop and execute strategies to capture profitable term natural gas trading opportunities within the Gulf region. Monitor and evaluate relevant market conditions, pivoting in/out of trades as necessitated by market conditions. Evaluate existing trading processes and collaborate with trading personnel to improve efficiency, transparency and value-added measures. Evaluate, execute, and manage short and long-term storage positions across the Gulf, optimizing around seasonal spreads, LNG feedgas demand, and power and industrial load to create incremental value. Use experience to develop optimization and trading strategies and direct origination efforts to execute these strategies. This role is expected to be able to clearly communicate summaries of relevant market conditions & opportunities upward within the organization. Primary responsibility for establishing and executing trading strategies to optimize the value of EQT's contractual pipeline capacity & storage assets. Travel up to 20% of the time.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics, or related field.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in natural gas trading, scheduling, and origination.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Creative/innovative with strong ability to understand market conditions and then translate into profitable results.
• Knowledge and understanding of regional pipeline/storage infrastructure and respective supply and demand composition and working relationships with commercial participants.
• Ability to construct a regional supply & demand model, knowledge of specific pipeline constraints, flows, costs, storage, contracts, end users and scheduling.
• Experience trading physical, futures, swaps, options, storage, index and spreads.
• Ability to meaningfully contribute to the development of natural gas commercial strategies.
• Working relationship with commercial participants (producers/pipelines/utilities/end users/traders).
• Understanding of the calculation of intrinsic & extrinsic values of transportation capacity and storage opportunities.

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years of experience in natural gas trading, scheduling, and origination.
• Masters degree in business, finance, engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Initiate, develop and execute strategies to capture profitable term natural gas trading opportunities within the Gulf region.
• Monitor and evaluate relevant market conditions, pivoting in/out of trades as necessitated by market conditions.
• Evaluate existing trading processes and collaborate with trading personnel to improve efficiency, transparency and value-added measures.
• Evaluate, execute, and manage short and long-term storage positions across the Gulf, optimizing around seasonal spreads, LNG feedgas demand, and power and industrial load to create incremental value.
• Use experience to develop optimization and trading strategies and direct origination efforts to execute these strategies.
• Clearly communicate summaries of relevant market conditions & opportunities upward within the organization.
• Establish and executing trading strategies to optimize the value of EQT's contractual pipeline capacity & storage assets.

What This Job Offers

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