Title: Senior Gas Trader    
Company: Peoples Gas System
State and City: Florida   -  Tampa
Shift: 8 Hr. X 5 Days| Hybrid Schedule based out of our Downtown Tampa location | 702. N Franklin St. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO

The Gas Trading function is responsible for supporting the company’s activities in the areas of gas supply and wholesale origination, with a primary focus on the administration of gas supply and transportation activities. 

Scheduling and Trading responsibilities will include the daily scheduling of gas supply and transportation on up-stream pipelines as well as the daily confirmation of gas supply scheduled to be delivered to the company’s distribution system. 

Responsibilities also include the daily spot gas purchasing, the daily marketing of upstream capacity through wholesale sales, the development and maintenance of daily and monthly operation reports, as well as the daily monitoring of market conditions, operations, and constraints on the upstream pipelines serving the company. 

The Senior Gas Trader requires sound knowledge of functional area of work and advanced business and technical concepts. May provide mentoring and technical guidance to Gas Scheduler and Gas Trader.  Performs under limited supervision.

DAY-TO-DAY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and execute the daily strategy and optimization of the portfolio.  Maximize incentive/ optimization mechanism gains through the execution of profitable, low risk transactions to lower overall costs to customers.  Assist origination or management with any strategic decisions or analysis.     
• Responsible for the trading of natural gas, including financial, physical, options, swaps and other derivative deals within the limits of risk management practices and procedures.

• Responsible for the daily or monthly marketing of upstream capacity through wholesale sales or capacity release.
• Responsible for the purchasing and selling of gas supply including imbalances.
• Responsible for monitoring large transportation customer activity on the company’s gas distribution system (if applicable).

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

Must Haves:  

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field of study. 
• Minimum of (6) years related experience including (2) years in energy commodity trading
• Extensive knowledge of trading tools and indices (OTC, NYMEX). 
• Strong Negotiation skills. 
• Demonstrated Leadership skills with ability to think strategically. 
• Ability to produce analysis and initiatives and present them to management.  Portfolio ownership. 
• Ability to work closely with a team in an open trade floor environment

COMPENTENCIES 

Drives Operational Excellence for Customers

Thinks Strategically and Exercises Sound Judgement

Takes Ownership and Acts With integrity

Cultivates Innovation and Embraces Change

Build Strong, Collaborative Relationships

WORKING CONDITIONS 

Often required to be on-call over weekends and holidays to monitor and maintain system.  Storm duties may require offsite relocation (including overnights) during and after a storm.

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STORM/INCIDENT DUTY REQUIREMENTS

Responding to storms is considered a condition of employment.

TECO Energy and its companies serve a role in providing critical services to our community during an emergency. Team members are required to participate in the response/recovery activities related to emergencies/disasters to maintain service to our TECO Energy customers. Team members are required to work in their normal job duties or other assigned activities. Proper compensation will be made in accordance with the company's rules and procedures.