Williams is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected under applicable discrimination law.
Do something that means something at Williams. This isn't just a job - it's an opportunity to
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The Commercial Optimization Sr you will be responsible for optimizing our revenue streams within the geographic footprint of an assigned market area for our eastern interstate pipeline, in addition to cultivating and maintaining joint venture (JV) partnerships across Williams. This includes coordinating with the Pipeline Control and Commercial organizations to support, develop and implement controls to optimize utilization of services in an effort to increase revenue. This role will also conduct Critical Day tasks to update our 1line system on any changes required to address operational conditions.
Your work will challenge you, and with our Core Values to guide you, you'll quickly learn and grow with us.
Responsibilities/Expectations:- Determines services impacted when system capacity is limited due to unplanned outages or when flow dynamics are predicted to change and responsible for Critical Day tasks in 1line
- Supports, develops and implements controls to better predict customer imbalances and utilization of services
- Coordinates with internal partners on tariff changes and expansion project implementation as well as coordination of facility abandonments
- Represents Williams on management committee, overall governance and commercial business for JV assets; works with JV partners to pursue revenue optimization
- Supports gas control in short and long-term planning to ensure firm obligations are met and revenue streams are optimized
- Develops tariff modifications, coordinates across market centers, defines business requirements and trains Commercial Services Reps on changes to business practices
- Ability to understand contract details and resulting business impacts
- Demonstrates understanding of energy market fundamentals and economics, including commodity pricing, basin market fundamentals and competitor strategies and actions
- Understands all components of a deal structure and can evaluate risk/reward potential
- Previous commercial experience with proficiency in economics, marketing practices and contracting
- Other duties as assigned
Education/Years of Experience:- Required: Bachelor's Degree in Business, Engineering or related field; a minimum of five (5) years of experience in the energy industry
- Preferred: Master's degree; familiarity with contractual and tariff provisions
Other Requirements:- Demonstrates outstanding organizational and interpersonal skills and safety as the utmost priority
- Proficiency in Microsoft Applications and PC skills
- Experience in drafting and negotiating commercial documents and agreements, such as standard and non-standard transportation and storage agreements, facilities and interconnect agreements memorandum of understanding, tariff, data requests, etc.
- Strong analytic skills to identify process improvements, trends and predictive behavior
- Experience establishing commercial contacts at appropriate levels throughout the industry
- Proprietary understanding of how natural gas challenges and complements alternative sources of energy
- Experience leading cross-functional project teams focused on commercial operations
- Extensive knowledge of the specific business needs and challenges of our customers and in-depth understanding of most aspects of commercial systems
About Houston (Williams Tower Location):Our Houston office is located in the Williams Tower, just steps from the Houston Galleria on Post Oak Boulevard, an area with more than 700 retailers, fine dining and hotels within two square miles. We offer free onsite-parking!
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Why Choose Williams?We are committed to providing our employees with competitive compensation and benefits as part of your Total Rewards package to help protect your current and future physical, emotional, and financial health. We generally offer health benefit programs to our employees and their families that are competitive and flexible enough to meet your needs, and retirement benefits to allow you to invest now for financial security when you retire. With rich learning and development programming and a high internal mobility rate, you are not just applying to a job with Williams; you are embarking on an exciting career!
- Competitive compensation
- Annual incentive program
- Hybrid work model - one work from home day each week for most office-based roles
- Flexible work schedule for most field-based roles
- 401(k) with company matching contribution and a fixed annual company contribution
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Generous company-paid life insurance and disability benefits
- A consumer-driven health plan option with the potential for a generous company contribution to a Health Savings Account
- Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Paid time off, including floating and company holidays
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Robust employee learning and development
- High internal mobility (we promote from within)
- Parental leave (we provide up to 6 weeks for each parent)
- Fertility coverage and adoption benefits
- Domestic partner benefits
- Educational reimbursement
- Non-profit donation matching contributions and time off to volunteer
- Employee resource groups
- Employee assistance programs
- Technology to make our work more productive and collaborative
- Regular employee engagement surveys and feedback processes
Williams has a long history of making a significant difference in the communities where we live and work, and we strive to cultivate an environment of employee inclusion, innovation and passion that values all voices and opinions. We help each other succeed and great things happen when people from a diverse set of backgrounds come together. Together, we make clean energy happen.
Eligibility and benefits are governed by the terms of the applicable plan or program document which can be amended or terminated at any time.
For more information, please visit Total Rewards | Williams Companies.
Education Requirements:Bachelors (Required)
Skill Requirements:Competency Requirements:
