Scheduler II
Job Summary
Performs advanced level of work related to nominations, confirmations, scheduling and month‑end closing activities for ONEOK’s Crude Oil Gathering assets.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
- Initiate schedules for crude movements on pipelines to ensure nominations are filled each month.
- Interact with operations control center representatives, operators, customers, other internal teams and external business partners concerning nominations, allocations, billing, imbalances, daily flow and/or operational schedules.
- Collaborate with other internal departments and stakeholders on analysis, review, development and implementation of future projects.
- Develop, maintain and/or improve relationships with customers and other internal stakeholders.
- Calculate, prepare, review and analyze information or reports including but not limited to: allocations, nominations and confirmations, flow rates/capacity issues, power optimization initiatives, measurement discrepancies, storage balances and customer inventory positions, product quality initiatives, connecting carrier allocation statements, pipeline allocations, tickets, end‑of‑month closing processes.
Education
Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of formal education and job‑related knowledge or experience. Engineering, accounting, finance or another similar technical discipline preferred but not required.
Work Experience
- Experience collaborating and communicating effectively.
- Thorough knowledge of scheduling crude‑oil pipelines related to product movements, inventory management, and customer service.
- Experience with scheduling, inventory management and nominations software.
- Experience analyzing and resolving scheduling issues and/or questions.
- Experience reading and interpreting contracts, agreements, reports, statements, invoices, confirmations, correspondence, tariffs, government regulations, industry standards, customer notifications and company policies and procedures.
- Experience composing and preparing reports for customers, internal departments, management, etc.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Ability to apply basic math, algebra, and statistics.
- Ability to communicate and exchange written and verbal information or instructions.
Licenses and Certifications
None required.
Physical Demands / Requirements
Sedentary work – exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods. Specific demands include occasional standing, frequent walking, constant sitting, occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, constant reaching, constant handling, constant fingering, constant feeling, frequent talking, frequent hearing, occasional tasting/smelling, constant near vision, frequent far vision, frequent depth perception, constant color vision.
Working Conditions / Environment
- Inside environmental conditions, well‑lighted, climate‑controlled areas (constant).
- Frequent repetitive motion (constant).
- Computer monitor(s) (CRT) (constant).
Travel
Some travel may be required; employee may be assigned a company vehicle requiring the applicable driver’s license.
Pay
Expected Salary Range: $67,000.00 – $101,000.00