Manager, Gas Integration & Supply

Responsibilities

• Collaborate daily with data center engineers to understand short-term, monthly, and forward-looking power requirements.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve natural gas consumption models (or leverage existing tools) that translate electrical load forecasts into turbine-level gas demand.
• Incorporate turbine performance curves, ambient conditions, ramp rates, and operational constraints into fuel demand calculations.
• Analyze forecast deviations and identify root causes (load changes, modeling assumptions, operational constraints) to improve future accuracy.
• Prepare and submit daily, monthly, and forward natural gas nominations to support power generation requirements.
• Work closely with the natural gas provider’s strategic account manager and third-party gas suppliers, marketers, and pipeline operators to ensure sufficient supply, transportation capacity, and operational flexibility.
• Monitor scheduled versus actual gas usage and proactively manage variances to avoid curtailments, penalties, or forced spot market purchases.
• Track and report overbought and oversold natural gas positions, including the operational and financial impact to the organization.
• Quantify the cost or benefit associated with forecast variances, spot purchases, excess gas sales, or imbalance charges.
• Provide regular reporting and insights to stakeholders highlighting drivers of variance and opportunities for improvement.
• Maintain a continuous improvement mindset focused on reducing forecast error and minimizing spot market exposure.
• Investigate forecast misses and collaborate with engineering, operations, and commercial teams to improve assumptions, processes, and models.
• Recommend process enhancements, tools, or data inputs to improve forecast reliability and scheduling efficiency.
• Monitor natural gas market prices, trends, and volatility relevant to the organization’s operating footprint.
• Analyze supply and demand dynamics, regional basis movements, and market fundamentals to support timing and structure of gas purchases and sales.
• Provide input and recommendations to commercial or risk management teams regarding hedging strategies or procurement approaches aligned with load uncertainty and operational flexibility.
• Support longer-term planning by providing insights into fuel cost risk and supply reliability.
• Communicate fuel supply risks, forecast changes, and financial impacts clearly to engineering, operations, and commercial leadership.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with trading, risk, finance, and operations teams to support the company’s natural gas trading and procurement objectives.
• Maintain documentation of models, assumptions, and scheduling methodologies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Energy Management, Finance, Economics, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 10+ years of experience in natural gas scheduling, fuel management, power generation operations, or energy trading support.
• Strong working knowledge of natural gas markets, pipeline nominations, and supply logistics.
• Experience supporting gas-fired power generation assets preferred.
• Advanced analytical skills with proficiency in Excel and modeling tools; experience with energy management or ETRM systems is a plus.
• Strong analytical and financial mindset with the ability to connect operational decisions and market activity to economic outcomes.
• Detail-oriented, proactive, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-availability environment.
• Ability to investigate issues, identify root causes, and drive process improvements.
• Clear communicator who can translate complex operational and market concepts into actionable insights.