Scheduling Analyst

Boardwalk is a limited partnership operating in the midstream portion of the natural gas and natural gas liquids industry. We provide transportation and storage services for producers and end-users. We are currently seeking a Scheduling Analyst for our Houston, TX office.

About the Role

The Scheduling Analyst will support customer service, gather and analyze customer data, and participate in project work. They will also handle confirmations, PDA maintenance, imbalance and contract balance management, scheduled quantity reconciliation, and contract and invoice review.

Responsibilities

• Analyze customer activity against contractual and pipeline operational limitations; communicate any information critical to customer decisions; schedule the pipeline within contractual and operational parameters.
• Provide gas management system training and support and answer customer and operator questions.
• Retrieve and compile customer data as needed for marketing; monitor contracts, service offerings, etc. on competitor pipelines to support efforts to capture additional market share.
• Under guidance from leadership team, participate and/or lead efforts for defining requirements, testing, and implementation of new services, changes to current business practices, or systems including support for day-to-day activities for other team members.
• Support and oversee customer activities associated with nominations, confirmations, scheduling and path balancing.
• Participate in a primary/secondary back up rotation to cover for the evening and weekend analysts on an as needed basis.
• Perform Confirmations at assigned locations and ensure that all non-Oba locations have a valid PDA or correctly follow the default tariff allocation.
• Monitor and proactively manage shipper, location and OBA imbalances in cooperation with Gas Control, and contact appropriate shippers and operators to minimize imbalances and monitor all NNS, PAL and storage balances for compliance with contract.
• Review and remedy any scheduling discrepancies between interconnecting parties.
• Review assigned customers’ contracts to fully understand the intent and operating parameters of the service and ensure that customer and Boardwalk are following the terms of the contract, approve cash out invoices of OBA and TBO imbalances.
• Prepare ad hoc analyses for internal and external customers to assist with issue identification and resolution related to nomination and scheduling functions (location and shipper imbalances, Pooling, PAL and Storage).

Requirements

• 5+ years scheduling experience in Natural gas, pipeline or related field.
• Ability to analyze issues and opportunities and make sound decisions.
• Communicate clearly (verbal and written) with external business contacts and internal parties including personnel in Commercial Services, System Design, Gas Control, Allocation Services, Gas Revenue Accounting, Legal, IT, Measurement, Contracts and Financial Accounting.
• Negotiate with parties to resolve discrepancies.
• Organize data and tasks.
• Work in a team environment to complete projects.
• Utilize electronic systems including gas management systems, internet, and Microsoft Office products.

Preferred Skills, Knowledge, And Experience

• 10+ years scheduling experience in Natural gas, pipeline or related field.
• Proficient in Boardwalk’s policies and procedures and knowledge of the applicable Boardwalk Tariffs, services and pipeline system, industry standards, federal regulations and Sarbanes Oxley compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Business, Engineering or Accounting discipline.

Skills

• Knowledge of Boardwalk’s policies and procedures and knowledge of the applicable Boardwalk Tariffs, services and pipeline system, industry standards, federal regulations and Sarbanes Oxley compliance.

Benefits

Boardwalk maintains a drug-free workplace and will require pre-employment drug & substance abuse testing before hiring. Boardwalk is an equal opportunity employer.