MPC is seeking a senior natural gas trader to lead physical market strategy across Waha and the Gulf Coast, capturing regional spreads, optimizing storage optionality, and managing physical gas flows while maintaining strict adherence to company risk policies.
Requirements
- Risk management (VaR, stress testing, exposure limits)
- Analytical tools (Excel, VBA, SQL, Python)
- Commercial acumen
- Strategic thinking
- Decision-making under pressure
- Stakeholder management
- Leadership and mentorship
Responsibilities
- Trade and optimize Waha to Gulf Coast spreads, capturing basis and arbitrage opportunities.
- Develop and execute storage strategies, maximizing value from injections, withdrawals, and time spreads.
- Oversee physical gas flows and collaborate with scheduling to ensure efficient and reliable operations.
- Build and maintain a robust risk framework, including limits, stress testing, and daily P&L monitoring.
- Lead the development of analytical tools and models to support trading and risk decisions.
- Ensure compliance with internal policies, audit standards, and regulatory requirements.
- Provide market insights, infrastructure assessments, and strategic recommendations to senior management.
Other
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience in natural gas trading, marketing, or scheduling with direct P&L responsibility.
- Demonstrated success in physical market trading, storage optimization, and risk-managed profitability.
- Strong teamwork orientation and willingness to support or backfill scheduling operations as part of an integrated team.
- Relocation: Available
