What are the responsibilities and job description for the Gas Portfolio Planner I, II, or Senior position at Peoples Gas System?
Title: Gas Portfolio Planner I, II, or Senior
Company: Peoples Gas System
State and City: Florida - Tampa
Shift: 8 Hr. X 5 Days
At Peoples Gas System (PGS), our Gas Portfolio Planners help ensure our customers have safe, dependable, and affordable natural gas every day. Whether you're early in your career or a seasoned planning expert, this job family offers meaningful growth, highimpact analytical work, and the opportunity to influence both daily operations and longterm strategy.
We are hiring across multiple experience levels. Candidates will be considered for the level that aligns best with their background.
As a Gas Portfolio Planner, you'll support and optimize Peoples Gas System natural gas portfolios through forecasting, analytics, modeling, resource planning, and crossdepartment collaboration. You'll work with engineering, business planning, trading operations, and other internal partners to help us make datadriven decisions that shape the energy landscape.
Level I - Gas Portfolio Planner IBest for: Earlycareer analysts with foundational technical skills and a desire to learn the natural gas industry.
What You'll Do- Perform studies and analysis on natural gas assets-supply contracts, transportation agreements, storage, capacity release, and more.
- Collect, qualitycheck, and maintain data from internal and external sources to support portfolio models.
- Maintain and update demand forecast models (load profiles, weather, customer changes, DSM).
- Support creation of the monthly Natural Gas Position Report.
- Provide data for daily trading position reports and support the optimization of the daily gas portfolio.
- Participate in the PGS Gas morning call and support trading floor activities with modeling inputs.
- Bachelor's degree in Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, or Statistics.
- 1 year of system planning or modeling experience.
- Basic knowledge of natural gas markets, pipeline operations, and gas contract structures.
- Skills in demand forecasting, Excel (pivot tables, lookups, charting), and basic database queries.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet commitments.
- Experience in VBA programming, database modeling, or stochastic modeling techniques.
Best for: Experienced analysts ready to manage more complex modeling, forecasting, and crossfunctional coordination.
What You'll Do- Lead analytical support and documentation for the annual Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), coordinating data and input from multiple departments.
- Oversee all components of PGS's demand forecast-baseline growth, incremental business development load, weathersensitive modeling, and load calibration.
- Update and maintain monthly portfolio position reports tied to major projects and PGA impacts.
- Coordinate project tracking across divisions and support teams with analytics.
- Ensure engineering assumptions and business planning inputs align with portfolio and IRP processes.
- Develop advanced models and perform complex analyses on supply, capacity, storage, and portfolio assets.
- Support trading operations with modeling and participate in the morning call.
- Bachelor's degree in Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, or Statistics.
- 3 years of system planning and modeling experience
- An advanced degree could substitute for one (1) year of work experience
- Intermediate knowledge of pipeline tariffs, gas markets, indices, and regulatory activities.
- Strong Excel modeling skills, including macros and database integration.
- Working knowledge of VBA.
- Ability to manage shifting priorities and deliver results.
- Advanced VBA, MATLAB experience, hydraulic modeling experience, or database model development skills.
Best for: Subjectmatter experts who excel in leading complex analyses, strategic planning, and mentoring others.
What You'll Do- Lead and continuously improve the annual Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), managing timelines, data quality, and crossdepartment alignment.
- Independently develop quantitative and qualitative analyses to evaluate business development projects-integrating engineering, financial, regulatory, and operational factors.
- Oversee strategies to enhance short and longterm demand forecasting.
- Coordinate and deliver the weekly Business Development report, tracking impacts to the Purchased Gas Adjustment (PGA).
- Ensure engineering and business planning assumptions align with longrange planning efforts.
- Stay current on regional natural gas and power market trends to inform portfolio strategy.
- Collaborate with Data Analysts to define data requirements and improve realtime reporting dashboards.
- Provide mentoring to Level I and II Planners and lead crossfunctional analysis teams.
- Bachelor's degree in Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, or Statistics.
- 5 years of natural gas system planning and modeling experience
- An advanced degree could substitute for two (2) years of work experience.
- Deep knowledge of pipeline tariffs, regulatory compliance, gas markets, and contract structures.
- Strong ability to lead projects, influence stakeholders, and manage multiple priorities.
- Intermediate to advanced VBA, MATLAB, hydraulic modeling, or advanced database system development capabilities.
- Meaningful work that directly impacts energy reliability and customer affordability.
- A collaborative culture that values learning, mentorship, and growth.
- Opportunities to work across engineering, operations, trading, and business planning teams.
- Clear, skillsbased career progression.
Incident Response Assignment
Our community relies on Peoples Gas to respond swiftly and effectively to all types of incidents, including but not limited to major storm events (e.g., extreme cold, tropical storms, hurricanes), gas leaks, equipment failures, environmental hazards, and other emergencies that may impact public safety or service continuity.
Peoples Gas depends on each team member to fulfill their primary and/or alternate roles and responsibilities during such incidents. As a Team Member of Peoples Gas, you will be assigned anIncident Response Assignment, receive trainingrelated to your role, and may participate inmock drills or exercisessimulating various emergency scenarios
Ready to Apply?If you're energized by analytical challenges, passionate about the evolving energy industry, and eager to grow your career, we'd love to meet you.
Apply today to be considered for the level that best fits your experience.
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