Commercial Ops Advisor

Job Summary:Western Midstream seeks a Commercial Ops Representative to join the Midstream scheduling organization located in The Woodlands, TX office. The position will focus on midstream scheduling for Western Midstream operated assets.Required Qualifications:Self-motivated and hardworking individual with the willingness/ability to work in a high energy environmentAbility to develop/maintain critical relationships both internally and externally across diverse stakeholder groups on a 24/7 basis when on duty, including remaining in contact at night, and on weekends as needed.Ability to successfully manage multiple tasks and meet short deadlines while demonstrating a commonsense approach to problem solvingSeeks additional responsibilities as learning progression occurs.Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Office skills (including Excel, PowerPoint, & Word)Desired Qualification:Experience in gas/midstream scheduling.Responsibilities:Daily interaction with producers to adjust nominations from wellhead and residue/NGLs/crude markets to mitigate imbalances on WES operated system.Balance plant OBAs and monitor TIK shippers’ imbalances on gathering system.Monitor and balance NGL allocation on downstream pipes.Confirm all daily nomination activity on residue pipelines.Monitor Cygnet to ensure field is flowing efficiently and within contractual bounds. Work with field operations to make set-point changes to physically deliver according to confirmed nominations.Calculate contractual or actual plant shrink, plant fuel, and field fuel.Coordinate with WES personnel, working interest owners, production operators, and pipeline personnel on operational issues. Notify downstream marketing of critical upstream and downstream issues prior to morning trading activity whenever possible.Coordinate with Commercial Development and manage events impacting our business; new wells, new lines being laid, company divestitures, outages, processing elections, etc.Maintain adequate daily and monthly records, inclusive of operational events, force majeure, etc. for audit trail and backup coverage.Coordinate with midstream accounting on any billing and reconciliation issues.Provide end-of-the-month reports to accounting and customersProvide weekly reports to customers.Maintain EMK3 system daily.Establish and maintain industry contacts and relationships with customers, pipelines, operators, and other working interest owners.Cross train with other team members to enable vacation and weekend coverage.Provide monthly estimates/availabilities to downstream marketing.Commercial Ops will require evening, weekend, and holiday on call duties.Provide upper management with reports to reflect actual vs forecasted flows.Analysis and suggest ethane rejection or recovery for operated plants by monitoring operations and economics.Education:Bachelor’s degree preferred in Business/Accounting/Finance or related field. High School Diploma or equivalent required.Relocation:This position is not eligible for relocation.Travel Requirements:Travel will be required up to 5%.Work Schedule:This position follows a hybrid schedule working in office Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and working remote Wednesday and Friday. Monday-Thursday are 9 hours and Fridays are 4 hours. And will require on call / after-hours support as needed.