Manager, Natural Gas Trading and Marketing

Lead trader for WMRE’s natural gas portfolio at North America's leading environmental solutions provider. Responsible for managing risk and generating revenue across 24 production sites in the US and Canada.

Posted 4/30/2026full-timeHouston • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Oversee a trading book to generate revenue and manage risk across the company’s 24 natural gas production sites across the US and Canada
Execute daily and monthly physical trades (fixed price, index price, and location price differences) and use financial instruments to manage risk
Responsible for advising management on sales, trading, and hedging strategies
Evaluate financial and operational impact of potential transactions and make recommendations to leadership for transactions with VAR in excess of DOA
Work within risk limits, keep clean profit and loss records, and ensure timely trade capture, confirmations, and settlements
Oversee deal entry into WMRE’s ETRM system
Monitor pipeline notices, outages, and constraints to adjust positions accordingly
Familiar with Natural Gas transaction systems (Nymex, ICE, NGX) as well as Over-the-Counter transactions
Negotiate gas purchase agreements with marketers supplying feed gas to production facilities
Build and maintain relationships with partners, counterparties, traders, and brokers on behalf of WMRE
Work in conjunction with the Manager of Gas Scheduling and Trading to optimize WMRE’s portfolio of pipeline capacity
Work in close partnership with control functions such as Legal, Compliance, Market and Credit Risk, Audit, Finance in order to ensure appropriate governance and control infrastructure
Researches short and medium term market activity / trends and develops a strategic and tactical plan to monetize WM’s Natural Gas portfolio, in the US and Canada
Experience with scheduling Natural Gas
Responsible for business development and origination of Natural Gas deals to optimize the portfolio of assets
Capture value from optimizing price differences at hubs such as Houston Ship Channel, Waha, and Carthage
Contribute to monthly index strategy and negotiations with counterparties, aligned with risk and credit guidelines
Coordinate with credit on counterparty approvals and collateral/margin needs
Use available transport and storage contracts (firm and interruptible), manage capacity transfers, and prioritize scheduling rights
Good understanding of Natural Gas pipeline systems in the US and North East Canada
Works closely with WM functions in plant operations, compliance and regulatory to establish and understand the natural gas position available for sale and purchase
Works with WMRE senior management to establish strategy and resources as appropriate
Prior experience working with mid and back office employees systems

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's Degree (accredited) or in lieu of degree
High School Diploma or GED (accredited)
four years of relevant work experience
5 years relevant experience in Natural Gas Markets (in addition to education requirement)
Prior experience with commodity trading (RIN trading experience is a plus)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
Short Term Disability
Stock Purchase Plan
Company match on 401K
Paid Vacation
Holidays
Personal Days

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Hard Skills & Tools

tradingrisk managementfinancial analysistransaction evaluationdeal negotiationmarket researchschedulingcommodity tradingprice optimizationETRM systems

Soft Skills

advisingrelationship buildingcollaborationstrategic planningcommunicationleadershiporganizational skillsnegotiationproblem-solvingdecision-making

Certifications

Bachelor's DegreeHigh School DiplomaGED