Natural Gas Scheduler at a Small Energy Marketer
Hi all.
I'll keep this relatively short and to the point. I was recently accepted to Tulane's MME program, but after receiving my financial aid package I decided to job hunt instead. I want to get into energy and eventually become a natural gas trader. I was recently offered a position with a small company in the Midwest (an energy marketer/natural gas supplier) as a scheduler. I would be responsible for scheduling online to confirm gas volumes on various pipelines and utilities, while tracking natural gas volumes and creating daily production and usage spreadsheets. Since the company often tailors its offerings to each customers needs, I would also perform analysis and create reports for special projects. The company has a heavy presence in 4 states but is present in some shape or form in 14 (the COO wasn't too specific as to what this shape or form is). While the company headcount is small (less that 50), it does have $110m in revenues consistently. Comp is rather low (40s), and after running through a quick LinkedIn check I found that a lot of former employees did not stay long and tend to move on to less than stellar positions afterwards (mostly entirely unrelated to energy). My basic question is that is a job like this a decent starting scheduling job that I could perhaps leverage into other scheduler positions at larger companies in the south that also provide routes to trading? I don't want to find myself after 18 months of working there at a dead end. Thanks
You’d have to try to lateral to a utility or natural gas pipeline company early on. But if you do that, you’re good to go.
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Just to update, I learned a little more about the position..
The company does LDC scheduling with Washington Gas, Piedmont, Nipsco, Texas gas, Peoples Gas, PSNC etc, and in this position I would be the one to negotiate delivers with LDC managers. The pipeline scheduling deals with Panhandle, NGPL, and TCO There is also analysis of commodity swaps and hedging performance, and excel modeling to forecast demand and analyze financial performance. Forecasting also includes supply and demand factors for the 5000 industrial customers (daily, weekly, monthly)..
Sorry if this feels fragmented, I just wrote down everything I could remember. Also there is a 2 year non-compete. Anymore thoughts please? The goal is to transition to a utility as a scheduler and go from there.
@monty09 ? @marcellus_wallace ?
Getting Natural Gas Start at Small Marketer/Supplier (Originally Posted: 03/09/2018)
Hi all.
I made a similar post in the Job Search Advice page, but didn't get much of a response so I thought I'd try here. I'll keep this relatively short and to the point. I was recently accepted to Tulane's MME program, but after receiving my financial aid package I decided to job hunt instead. I want to get into energy and eventually become a natural gas trader. I'm meeting with a small company in the Midwest (an energy marketer/natural gas supplier) for a position as a scheduler. I would be responsible for scheduling online to confirm gas volumes on various pipelines and utilities, while tracking natural gas volumes and creating daily production and usage spreadsheets. Since the company often tailors its offerings to each customers needs, I would also perform analysis and create reports for special projects. There is also analysis of commodity swaps and hedging performance, and excel modeling to forecast demand and analyze financial performance. Forecasting also includes supply and demand factors for the 5000 industrial customers (daily, weekly, monthly). The company does LDC scheduling with Washington Gas, Piedmont, Nipsco, Texas gas, Peoples Gas, PSNC etc, and in this position I would be the one to negotiate delivers with LDC managers, and the pipeline scheduling deals with Panhandle, NGPL, and TCO.
The company has a heavy presence in 4 states but is present in some shape or form in 14 (the COO wasn't too specific as to what this shape or form is). There is also a 2 year non compete, so geographically this 14 state presence could hurt me. While the company headcount is small (less that 50), it does have $110m in revenues consistently. Comp is rather low (40s), and after running through a quick LinkedIn check I found that a lot of former employees did not stay long and tend to move on to less than stellar positions afterwards (mostly entirely unrelated to energy). My basic question is that is a job like this a decent starting scheduling job that I could perhaps leverage into other scheduler positions at larger companies in the south that also provide routes to trading? I don't want to find myself after 18 months of working there at a dead end. Thanks
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