Description
Position Title: Natural Gas Scheduler (Midwest/West)
Location: Houston, TX (Remote)
Reporting: VP of Natural Gas and Supply
Who is Just Energy?
Just Energy is a retail energy provider specializing in electricity and natural gas commodities and bringing energy efficient solutions and renewable energy options to customers. Currently operating in the United States and Canada, Just Energy serves residential and commercial customers. Just Energy is the parent company of Amigo Energy, Filter Group Inc., Hudson Energy, Interactive Energy Group, Tara Energy, and Good Bundle.
Amigo Energy is proud to be named the Best Electricity Company in Houston. The 2023 Best of the Best competition, presented by the Houston Chronicle, recognizes some of the city's best businesses as determined by community choice.
Your Opportunity:
Natural gas schedulers play an integral role in our operational capability at Just Energy. The successful candidate will have great industry experience, exceptional attention to detail and a very analytical mind, along with a drive to consistently seek out new information and ideas to support Just Energy's business. Strong analytical skills, initiative, and teamwork are rewarded with opportunities for advancement and increased responsibility.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Schedule and nominate gas on Utility companies where Just Energy operates in California, Illinois, and Indiana
- Schedule and nominate gas on pipelines that Just Energy use to transport gas to these utility companies including, but not limited to PG&E, Trunkline, Gulf Run, ANR, NGPL, Panhandle Eastern, Trunkline, Vector, and Crossroads
- Schedule and nominate gas on natural gas storage accounts
- Confirm daily gas deliveries so as to avoid unplanned and unnecessary imbalances, overruns and penalties
- Enter pipeline transportation and storage contracts as well as daily and monthly nomination activity into deal capture system and make sure system entries match actual nominations.
- Monitor pool usage and balances through the LDC's Electronic Bulletin Boards or direct communications with LDC Operations Personnel
- Assist in the development of the daily purchase and delivery schedules and communicate to the wholesale suppliers and LDC operations personnel
- Get company setup on new transportation pipelines when necessary
- Make sure wholesale supply is pathed to retail demand in system of record.
- Track and interpret pipeline, LDC and storage curtailments, maintenance, and other operational issues that affect assigned markets
- Assist in the identification and quantification of all volumetric imbalances
- Use Microsoft Excel to build models to make the scheduling and nomination process more efficient and accurate
- Communicate with external counterparties like Suppliers, Pipeline Companies, and Utilities to build and maintain strong business relationships.
- Guarantee integrity of company delivery performance obligations and maintain high standards of reliability.
Qualifications:
· Minimum 3-5 years' experience in a natural gas scheduling role
· Strong operational knowledge of pipeline, LDC operations and industry standard practices
· Self-starter, results-oriented with proven previous success at prioritizing and managing multiple tasks of varying complexities in the context of operational impact and corporate goals, as well as meeting tight deadlines.
· Excellent quantitative, communications, organization, and problem-solving skills
· Proven logical and analytical problem-solving abilities. Comfort with numerical and financial analysis.
· Previous experience and technical knowledge of MS Excel (knowledge of macros, and Visual Basic would be an asset)
· Strong attention to detail and the ability to work in a team environment.
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Just Energy
5251 Westheimer Rd
Houston
Texas United States
www.justenergy.com
