Operations Representative
TotalEnergies
Houston, TX
Description
Contexte et environnement
A fast-paced, dynamic trading environment with time-sensitive, business-critical activities demands strong planning, organizational skills, and keen attention to detail. The Operations Representative must demonstrate exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting abilities to quickly identify and resolve issues. This highly operational role also requires effective management of unexpected emergencies, with after-hours and on-call availability 24/7.
Activités
The jobholder will be a member of Trading Operations (part of the Front Office) and serve as a key liaison between Operations and other areas of the organization—including Trading Desks, Middle Office, Back Office, Finance, and Legal. This role is critical to ensuring the efficient implementation, operation, and execution of the organization’s expanding commodities portfolio.
Key Operating and Financial Statistics
- Trading volumes: 4.0–5.0 Bcf per day (40–50 Bcm per year)
- Storage capacity: 3.0 Bcf
- Firm transportation capacity: 1.0 Bcf per day (monthly)
- Scheduling activities: 500–1,000 pipeline interconnects per month across more than 50 U.S. pipelines
- Transactions: 6,000+ per month
The role requires accurate, thorough, and timely nomination and actualization of gas and related byproducts. It also involves ensuring the avoidance of material imbalances, cash‑out payments, and penalties. In addition, the jobholder must provide accurate, thorough, and timely responses to interdepartmental requests to support smooth operational workflows.
- Support the Front Office in managing, optimizing, and controlling costs associated with assigned markets and/or physical activities.
- Communicate independently with external counterparties and internal teams regarding daily portfolio activities, ensuring effective information flow through both formal and informal channels.
- Nominate and monitor operational activities within assigned markets and/or physical activities, including managing operational balancing points, meeting industry deadlines, and addressing imbalances to minimize financial exposure.
- Analyze and verify operational reports to ensure accurate and timely information is obtained and distributed to all relevant parties.
- Record physical transactions accurately in the organization’s proprietary risk management system, verifying and validating transaction details against third‑party operational statements, and promptly resolving discrepancies.
- Assist internal teams with deal flow and physical settlement processes, providing necessary reports and statements to support accounts receivable and payable activities.
- Collaborate with Trading Systems and IT teams on ongoing improvements to proprietary software and hardware.
- Contribute to the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of effective internal controls, ensuring compliance with internal policies, procedures, and applicable local, state, and federal regulations.
Profil du candidat
- Undergraduate degree in Economics, Finance, Engineering, Business Administration, or equivalent experience
- 2–5 years of relevant industry experience
- Strong critical thinking and analytical skills, with a focus on accuracy and attention to detail
- Effective written and verbal communication skills for collaboration with internal and external teams
- Excellent organizational abilities and proficiency with computer applications
- Proven ability to thrive in a high‑pressure, fast‑paced environment, meeting deadlines with minimal supervision
- Strong team player with the ability to build and maintain positive working relationships
- Demonstrated initiative and effective time management skills to independently develop knowledge and fulfill responsibilities
- Flexibility to provide rotational coverage, including nights, weekends, and holidays
Informations supplémentaires
TotalEnergies valorise la diversité, promeut le développement individuel et offre des opportunités d'emploi égales à tous les candidats.
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TotalEnergies celebrates diversity and is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity:
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status or any other category protected under applicable federal, state or local law. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures.
All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs.
TotalEnergies believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.
About the company:
TotalEnergies is a multi-energy company that produces and markets energies on a global scale: oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases, renewables and electricity. Our 105,000 employees are committed to energy that is ever more affordable, clean, reliable and accessible to as many people as possible. Active in more than 130 countries, TotalEnergies puts sustainable development in all its dimensions at the heart of its projects and operations to contribute to the well-being of people.
TotalEnergies Gas and Power (TGP) is the trading arm of TotalEnergies in the field of low carbon energies (mainly gas, LNG and power). As such it operates in fast-evolving market dynamics influenced by internal and external factors that require constant adaptation and evolution. Uncertainties specific to the trading environment (volatility of prices, supply & demand mismatches) are coupled with those coming from the broader energy sector (climate change policies, changes in the energy mix, developments of new energy sources, etc). In such context TGP helps to ensure growth and profitability to a key segment of the business in order to reach the objective of Carbon Neutrality by 2050.
Our Culture:
We are committed to meet the energy needs of a growing population while fulfilling our ambition to be a major player in the energy transition. The volatility of the energy trading markets requires excellence in risk management and a culture of innovation.
Our people flourish in an environment that promotes expertise, entrepreneurship spirit, agility and a purpose-driven culture, generating boundless opportunities to learn, grow and achieve collaborative success while ensuring safety in all our operations.
We look for passion, ambition and open-mindedness. While we evolve in a demanding and ever-changing industry, we cultivate a friendly workplace where team spirit and respect guide our daily routine, and where the diversity of our people and their skills create a nourishing experience for all of us.
Please note: TotalEnergies is unable to sponsor employment visas or consider candidates on time-limited visa status for this position.
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