Commercial Operations Intern - Summer 2027

Position Summary

WhiteWater is seeking a motivated and analytical Commercial Operations Intern to join our growing Commercial Operations team in Austin, Texas. This internship offers hands-on experience to the commercial operational activities that support a natural gas midstream business.

Essential Responsibilities

• Develop a foundational understanding of WhiteWater’s natural gas midstream operations, commercial activities, customers, and internal workflows.
• Support the Commercial team in drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and executing transportation, interconnect, balancing, and other related commercial agreements.
• Aid in reviewing contractual terms, commercial requirements, and agreement documentation.
• Learn pipeline scheduling processes and support coordination of customer activities, as appropriate.
• Partner with team members to manage priorities, solve problems, and help implement newly negotiated agreements.
• Gain hands-on experience with Quorum pipeline scheduling applications and other business systems used by Commercial Operations.
• Participate in requirements gathering, process mapping, design, testing, and development of tools that improve team efficiency.
• Review data configurations within Quorum applications and related systems that support daily reporting.
• Verify data integrity, investigate discrepancies, and assist in resolving issues in a timely manner.
• Extract, organize, analyze, and present data to support recurring and ad hoc reports.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes and contribute ideas for practical operational improvements.
• Participate in training, team meetings, and field visits when available.
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in business, finance, economics, accounting, engineering, supply chain, energy management, information systems, or a related field.
• Strong interest in the natural gas midstream sector and/or business analytics.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments, meet deadlines, and adapt to shifting priorities.
• High attention to detail and a commitment to accurate, high-quality work.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• Professional judgment and the ability to handle sensitive business information with discretion.

Learning Opportunities

Through this internship, the selected candidate will have the opportunity to:

• Understand how commercial agreements, pipeline operations, scheduling systems, and reporting work together in a natural gas midstream organization.
• Gain exposure to transportation, interconnect, and balancing agreements and their role in pipeline operations.
• Strengthen data analysis, reporting, process-improvement, and business-systems skills.
• Work with experienced professionals across Commercial Operations and related functions.
• Gain firsthand perspective on pipeline operations.

Career Path

This position is a full-time, in-office internship based in Austin, Texas, with an expectation of working in the office 2–3 days per week.