Director, Fuel Sourcing

This role owns the full lifecycle natural gas and liquid fuels sourcing strategy for power generation assets under development.

• Develop and execute a comprehensive natural gas and liquid fuels procurement strategy aligned with project development schedules and operational reliability requirements.
• Curate real-time and forward market intelligence to identify regions with available pipeline capacity, areas with excess marketer supply, and structural pricing advantages.
• Inform site selection decisions based on pipeline constraints, receipt point optionality, and long-term gas deliverability.
• Lead negotiation of natural gas supply agreements, fuel offtake agreements, transportation and capacity release agreements, and firm and interruptible pipeline capacity contracts.
• Structure gas procurement strategies, including fixed versus indexed supply, hedging strategies, basis risk management, and park and loan arrangements.
• Manage relationships with gas producers, marketers, and suppliers.
• Develop commercial structures to mitigate development-stage and operational fuel risk.
• Build and maintain relationships with interstate and intrastate pipeline operators.
• Maintain strong working relationships across major gas marketers and trading desks.
• Engage pipeline companies early during project development to assess expansion feasibility or capacity constraints.
• Monitor FERC filings and pipeline tariff changes that affect procurement strategy.
• Partner with Development to align fuel strategy with interconnection and siting decisions.
• Coordinate with Finance to model fuel cost assumptions and risk scenarios.
• Support Engineering in defining gas interconnection requirements and pressure specifications.
• Provide executive-level reporting on fuel exposure and procurement strategy.
• Active coordination with pipelines, marketers, plant operators, and ISO participants.
• Requires availability during peak events or emergency operating conditions.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Energy Systems, Finance, Economics, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in natural gas procurement at a utility, IPP, energy marketer, or pipeline company.
• Direct experience drafting and negotiating natural gas supply, fuel offtake, and transportation agreements.
• Strong working relationships with gas marketers and interstate pipeline companies.
• Direct experience supporting generation during real-time operations, including gas scheduling, pipeline coordination, marketer coordination, and operational flow order management.
• Advanced Excel and analytical capabilities.
• Strong commercial judgment and risk evaluation skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to operate across development, engineering, finance, and operations teams.
• Advanced degree in petroleum engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, energy systems, finance, economics, business administration, or energy management.
• Experience supporting large-scale gas-fired generation paired with data center loads.
• Familiarity with FERC-regulated pipeline tariffs.
• Experience managing fuel exposure in extreme weather events.
• Experience with structured hedging and financial gas instruments.
• High ownership mindset.
• Calm under operational pressure.
• Deep understanding of physical gas markets.
• Ability to balance long-term strategy with real-time operational demands.
• Strategic thinker who understands how fuel reliability impacts project finance and electricity market performance.