Gas Scheduling Manager

The role

This role leads a team of pipeline schedulers to align gas nominations with physical flow on natural gas pipelines and a storage facility. The manager oversees daily scheduling, trains and mentors staff, and covers scheduling roles as needed.

What you will do

• Lead a team of gas schedulers and set consistent processes and policies.
• Monitor and coach employee performance, train new hires and complete performance evaluations.
• Review daily gas nominations and communicate with shippers about them.
• Manage nominations during constrained assets, balancing contract, physical, financial and customer impact.
• Ensure compliance with contractual, regulatory and operational requirements.
• Monitor gas flow, pressure and quality on SCADA and work with the Control Center.
• Track and resolve imbalance discrepancies between actual flow and nominations.
• Lead team testing of Quorum system changes and report on progress.
• Generate and circulate reports to management.
• Serve intermittently as a relief scheduler if needed.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• 10+ years of pipeline scheduling experience.
• Proven ability to lead and train team members.
• Quorum experience.
• High attention to detail and ability to multi-task and prioritize quickly.
• Thorough understanding of pipeline operations, including pressures, flow rates, capacity issues and gas quality requirements.
• Ability to relocate during storms or similar events when pipeline emergencies require it.
• Ability to balance multiple tasks under tight deadlines.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and verbal and written communication skills.
• Personal accountability, professionalism and business acumen.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to sit for prolonged periods.

Nice to have

• Exposure to Texas intrastate pipelines such as Agua Blanca, Atmos, Trans-Pecos, Oasis, HPL, KM Tejas, KM Texas, Enterprise, Oneok, Valley Crossing Pipeline, Nextera EFM, NET Mexico and GCX.
• Familiarity with interstate pipelines EPNG, NGPL, NNG, Transco, TETCO and Tennessee.
• Experience viewing operational data through SCADA.

Benefits

• Employer matched 401(k).
• Medical insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Basic life and AD&D insurance.
• Other benefit offerings.
• Possible relocation assistance to the Houston area.

Before you apply

• Candidates must be available after hours and for emergencies, with a possible relocation during a storm or similar event.

About the company

WhiteWater operates natural gas pipelines and a natural gas storage facility. The company is named whitewatermidstream in this posting.