T&O Gas Scheduler

Job description

Segment

Integrated Supply & Trading
Role synopsis

BP's North American Gas & Power requires a Transportation Representative for coordinating timely and accurate gas scheduling nominations on a daily basis. This includes optimization and balancing on pools, transportation agreements, and customers. The position will require after-hours and weekend on-call coverage in a rotation with the team.

Req ID

76366BR
Location

United States - Texas - Houston
Is this a part time position?

No
Relocation available

No
Travel required

Negligible travel
Key accountabilities

·  Responsible for accurate, daily nominations on various pipelines and LDC systems.
·  Ensure flow of BP equity and 3 rd party production.
·  Manage and track imbalance on pipelines.
·  Accountable for the daily and monthly updating of scheduling activity in BP's internal ETRM system.
·  Reconcile monthly pipeline invoices, ensuring that Gas Accounting is able to process statements and invoices in a timely and accurate manner.
·  Actively work with Marketing and Origination staff, sharing relevant pipeline information to effectively handle the pipeline assets and customer needs.
·  Communicate operational intelligence to commercial teams.
·  Maintain excellent working relationships with external/internal counterparts, including customers and pipeline companies.
·  Demonstrate a high degree of attention to detail and analytical skills, using advanced desktop skills (Excel, etc.).
·  Create and support efficiencies and improvements for processing large amounts of data, from multiple sources in short periods of time.
·  Participation in rotational evening and weekend rotational coverage.
Essential Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work-related experience
Desirable criteria and qualifications

·  Previous natural gas scheduling experience strongly preferred
About BP

Our business is the exploration, production, refining, trading and distribution of energy. This is what we do, and we do it on a truly global scale. BP operates with business activities and customers in more than 80 countries across six continents. Every day, we serve millions of customers around the world. We are continually looking for talented, committed and ambitious people to help us shape the face of energy for the future.

Integrated Supply & Trading (IST) is BP's face to the traded markets for BP in oil, gas, power, chemicals and finance. IST's role is to enhance Group value through distinctive supply, commodity trading, risk management and information technology skills underpinned by a world class finance, control and compliance infrastructure. IST has a dynamic and highly skilled workforce, which creates value by combining analysis and commercial innovation with the material asset base of BP.

IST's North America Gas and Power (NAGP) business unit handles the supply and trading of natural gas and power in the North American energy market. Its business model is based on the growth of customer-facing businesses, underpinned by BP's supply position, web of interconnected assets, and world-class trading capabilities. The growth agenda is delivered through marketing and origination activities, as well as optimization and acquisition of strategic regional aggregator businesses.

IST fosters a diverse and inclusive workplace for all employees. We are proud of our stance on fairness, equal opportunity and meritocracy, which focuses on all of our employees reaching their full potential.
Application close date

17-Jan-2017
Sub-category

Scheduling
Job category

Trading Operations
Countries (State/Region)

United States - Texas
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Desired profile

Essential experience and job requirements

·  3+ years of industry experience with at least 2 years natural gas scheduling or relevant experience
·  Demonstrated knowledge of gas scheduling and transportation & operations
·  Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
·  Solid communication skills (written and verbal)
·  Self-starter and independent thinker
·  Proven ability to interact across trading, marketing & origination, commodity risk, trade completion and other regional teams
·  Understand internal and external customer needs and strive to exceed their expectations.
·  Demonstrate shared commitment to the success of the team and the wider organization.
·  Demonstrate openness to new ideas by offering suggestions for continuous improvement.
·  Focus effort and prioritize work to deliver business value.
·  Willingly take the lead when challenges occur.
·  Demonstrate an ability to influence across various teams and levels.
·  Assimilate complex and ambiguous data to identify key issues and aid in decision making.
Other Requirements (eg Travel, Location)

There are no additional requirements. Please respond with N/A below.
Eligibility Requirements

If you are applying for a position in the United States, you must be at least 18 years of age, legally authorized to work in the United States; and not require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., TN, H1B status), now or in the future.