Commercial Operator - Nat Gas Scheduler

Texas, United States of America

Job Family Group:
Trading Jobs

Worker Type:
Regular

Posting Start Date:
February 24, 2026

Business Unit:
Trading and Supply

Experience Level:
Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

What is the role?

The Commercial Operator/ Natural Gas Scheduler - The South Operations team is part of the Commercial North America Gas Operations Team and is responsible for the day-to-day operational management of Shell Energy Americas (SEAm) Natural Gas activities in the South US markets. The scheduler will provide scheduling and operations support to various business desks across North America.

What you'll be doing

The primary purpose is to carryout daily natural gas scheduling and operational duties for Shell Energy Americas (SEAm) which includes but is not limited to the following accountabilities:

• Job duties:
  
  • Coordinate the daily product movement for SEAm and agency customers including equity gas production, purchases, sales, transportation, storage on both interstate and intrastate pipelines via electronic bulletin boards while ensuring contract obligations and regulatory requirements are met
  • Report physical pipeline positions to SEAm trading groups
  • Schedule accurate nominations meeting all deadlines throughout the day
  • Execute complex transport - segmentation and meter bounces
  • Monitor and report pipeline operational information providing short term opportunities to trading due to pipeline constraints and operations
  • Manage and balance pipeline and customer accounts
  • Strict compliance with FERC Shipper Must Hold Title, Dodd Frank Bookout requirements and understanding of the buy/sell capacity release rules
  • Maintains a thorough understanding of all contractual, license and regulatory requirements
  • Know and understand of the various balancing mechanisms in use across North America regarding imbalance tolerances and the financial cash out risks for shippers and traders
  • Understand how a pipeline calculates and uses cash out indices
  • Knowledge in a pipeline's tariff general terms and conditions
  • Input operational information daily into SEAm internal gas management system (Endur) for accurate P&L and a clean hand off at month end
  • Highly proficient in the knowledge and use of SEAm internal gas management system to troubleshoot issues from deal entry to invoicing
• Team Duties:
  
  • Foster and maintain strong working relationships with teammates
  • Build and maintain trusted partnerships with both internal and external stakeholders
  • Crosstrain train and Provide Coverage support to other schedulers within own team and across NA teams
  • Perform monthly close activities to ensure timely and accurate reporting
  • Work with limited supervision to troubleshoot, resolve problems
  • Focal Point for elevated issue resolution in absence of supervisor

This position requires weekend and holiday work on a rotating basis as well as on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. With Primary working hours being 7:00 am and 7:00pm. The candidate must be able to multi-task and work on 2 different gas days at the same time.

What you bring

• Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis
• Bachelor's degree preferred
• 5 or more years of natural gas scheduling experience
• Experience in scheduling South US region pipelines preferred
• Support retail gas business and knowledge of Gulf Production is a plus
• Commercial mindset and ability to work effectively with trade desk in transport optimization, segmentation of pipeline capacity and realization of incremental value through commercial operational decisions
• Advanced Knowledge of equity production supply, gathering lines, processing plants and downstream optionality
• Proven track record of performance and delivery
• Self-starter and ability to effectively multi-task
• Ability to work under pressure, prioritize, and meet strict time sensitive deadline
• Very strong attention to detail
• Strong Team Player, effective communicator, with highly developed interpersonal skills
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing internal and external requirements

Commercial Acumen

• Ability to analyses market information, communicate and act on trading implications
• Commercially adept with demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills

Compliance

• Knowledge of regulatory requirements for Natural Gas Scheduling preferred

Continuous Improvement

• Leaner Mindset and continuous improvement mindset would be preferred; ability to suggest and implement process changes and new procedures
• Champions continuous improvements (CI) by proactively supporting the forward plan for maintaining and improving systems, tools, data and processes as well as sharing best practices

STN Systems

• Advanced Excel User with knowledge of formulas, look-ups, linking, pivot tables and macros
• Knowledge of internal system; Endur / G-motion experience preferred

What we offer

The base salary range for this position is $103,000 - $155,000 per year. Individual pay will be based on various factors such as relevant work experience, education, certifications, skill level, seniority, and internal equity.

For regular full-time or regular part-time employees of the Company (participating companies as listed in the Summary Plan Description), insurance coverage options include medical, dental, vision coverage, life Insurance, Business Travel Accident Insurance, and Occupational Accidental Death Benefit programs. Employees also participate in a company pension plan and a 401(k) plan. Paid leave includes up to 6 weeks of paid vacation time, up to 11 paid holidays, and parental leave offering 16 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents, and 8 weeks of paid leave for non-birthing parents.

Additionally, employees are eligible for short-term disability leave for up to 26 weeks at 100% or 50% of base pay as well as Long-Term Disability insurance. Shell also offers other compensation such financial reimbursement for adoption, wellness, education, and personal learning expenses, and some roles are eligible for discretionary long-term incentives. For interns, eligible benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, Business Travel Accident Insurance, and Occupational Accidental Death Benefit programs; participation in a 401(k) plan; and paid leave for up to 11 paid holidays. Additional information on Shell's US benefit programs can be found at https://www.shell.us/careers/about-careers-at-shell/rewards-and-benefits.html.

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You'll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You'll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
• Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.
• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase - our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.
• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
• Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.
• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams.
• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.

We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world's most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, click here.

Shell in The United States

Shell has been in the US for more than 100 years, leading the sector in energy, petrochemicals and refined products. Today, we provide millions of Americans with the energy needed to heat and cool their homes and power the economy.

We operate in all 50 states, from our Deep Water platforms in the Gulf of America to the Pennsylvania Chemicals complex and our miles of pipelines throughout the US.

We reach our customers through our 13,000 branded retail stations, and we are number 1 in gasoline sales. We also own the #1 brand of motor oil in the U.S. - Pennzoil® - made from natural gas.

We are excited to play a key role in the move to net carbon emissions while providing the oil and gas needed by society for many decades to come

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Client-provided location(s): Houston, TX

Job ID: Shell-R197972

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-02-24T23:59:22