Natural Gas Strategist (118950)
Natural Gas Strategist (118950)
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Job Description
Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid
Legal Entity:Entergy Services LLC
***This is a hybrid position located in The Woodlands TX. Relocation assistance and sponsorship is not provided. This position may be filled as a Fuel Strategist Senior or Senior Staff depending on the qualifications and experience of the selected candidate.***
Job Summary/Purpose
As a member of the Fuel Supply Planning & Operations team this role a key contributor in the development and implementation of longterm commercial strategies to secure reliable futureready fuel supply for Entergys generation fleet. The position plays a crucial role in advancing costeffective outcomes for customers and advocating for the teams strategies with internal and external stakeholders. The primary focus for the strategist role is the longtermmaking sure the company is ready to connect fuel supply realities to the evolving needs of the regulated utility. Building and maintaining crossfunctional relationships within the company is key. The role influences pivotal decisions for the company that individually can influence hundreds of millions of dollars over the lifespan of negotiated deals these decisions are all the more pivotal as the volume of these highimpact decisions increases.
Job Duties/Responsibilities
- Strategic Planning: Develops long term strategic fuel supply and transportation plans tailored to the needs of existing developing and proposed power plants and natural gas storage facilities
- Market Surveillance: Keeps uptodate with commodity markets assessing current fuel supply options relative to changes in gas/power market dynamics; identifies fuel deliverability or reliability risks and proposes alternative strategies to mitigate such risks.
- Stakeholder Engagement & Communication: Works closely with internal teams and external counterparties to build and maintain relationships that support the teams fuel supply objectives. Creates and presents regional fuel analysis to internal audiences including interpreting data identifying changes in short and longterm trends conveying condensed market research explaining regional fuel movements etc.
- Power Development Site Assessments: Develops and supports site assessment analyses for potential power generation ensuring early identification and resolution of supply and transport capacity constraints.
- Commercial Origination & Negotiation: Manages key negotiations and origination activities ensuring commercial terms and agreements align with longterm strategies and add value to the fuel supply portfolio. Leads internal approval processes including the development and presentation of documents necessary to execute fuel strategies and support the external regulatory approval process (i.e. write testimony respond to RFIs and serve as company witness)
- Legal Coordination: Works closely with legal counsel throughout the origination lifecycle helping ensure all commercial terms negotiated are supportive of the teams strategies; also helps develop points of view regarding best practices for supply and transportation agreements
- Project Management: Project Manages fuel related initiatives including oversight of any infrastructure buildout executed by counterparties to effectuate negotiated supply solutions. Coordinates timelines discussions and direction both internally (with Operating Companies Capital Projects Power Generation Legal Credit & Risk Regulatory etc.) and externally (with potential counterparties).
- Tools & Data Integrity Management: Develops and leads the implementation of tools datasets and analytical capabilities essential for longterm planning including but not limited to geospatial representations of assets and fuel supply positions. Leads efforts to ensure the integrity accessibility and usefulness of key document and data repositories aligning with industry standards and best practices.
- Operational Coordination & Alignment: Engages with procurement and scheduling teams to ensure that longterm strategic initiatives positively impact daily operations and that sufficient understanding of operational procurement is maintained for potential backup support.
Minimum Requirements
Minimum education required of the position
- Bachelors degree in a field of study with relevance for work in the energy industry operations or commercial transactions. MBA or other relevant graduate degree is preferred.
Minimum experience required of the position
Strategist:
- 34 years of experience in relevant field (Natural Gas related project related utility experience)
Strategist Sr:
- 56 years of experience in relevant field (Natural Gas related project related utility experience)
Strategist Sr Staff:
- 7 years of experience in relevant field (Natural Gas related project related utility experience)
Minimum knowledge skills and abilities required of the position
Relationship Building & Teaming: Cultivates trust and collaboration to support highperforming teams and partnerships.
Problem Solving: See Issue Identification & Framing Project & Priority Management defined below.
- Issue Identification & Framing: Identifies and defines challenges risks and opportunities that matter given team and company priorities.
- Project & Priority Management: Organizes prioritizes and maintains focus on work that delivers meaningful results given team and company priorities recalibrating as new information dictates.
Capability Development: Proactively develops skills and knowledge useful for growing and creating value relative to team and company priorities.
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Primary Location: TexasThe WoodlandsTexas : The Woodlands
Job Function: Professional
FLSA Status: Professional
Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT
Number of Openings: 2
Req ID: 118950
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%
An Equal Opportunity Employer Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. Please click here to view the EEI page or see statements below.
EEO Statement:The Entergy System of Companies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin age disability genetic information marital status amnesty or status as a protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal state and local laws. The Entergy System of Companies complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including but not limited to recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.
The Entergy System of Companies expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race color religion sex gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin age genetic information disability or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of the Entergy System of Company employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.
Accessibility:Entergy provides reasonable accommodations for online applicants. Requests for a reasonable accommodation may be made orally or in writing by an applicant employee or third party on his or her you are an individual with a disability and you are in need of an accommodation for the recruiting process please clickhereand provide your name contact number the accommodation requested and the requisition number that you are requesting the accommodation for. Employee Services will contact you regarding your request.
Additional Responsibilities:As a provider of essential services Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours to work in alternate locations and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms outages emergencies or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.
The nonconfidential portions of the affirmative action program for individuals with disabilities and protected veterans shall be available for inspection upon request by any employee or applicant for employment. Please to schedule a time to review the affirmative action plan during regular office hours.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
As a provider of essential services Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours to work in alternate locations and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms outages emergencies or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.
Please note: Authorization to work in the United States is a precondition to employment in this position. Entergy will not sponsor candidates for work visas for this position.
Employment Type
Full-Time
