Gas Portfolio Planner I, II, or Senior

Overview

At Peoples Gas, we work to make lives better throughout Florida with safe, resilient, clean and affordable natural gas solutions. Our diverse and inclusive team serve more than 500,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers across 14 service areas.

We’re an innovative and collaborative company focused on building engaged and empowered team members who are valued and celebrated to drive our success. You’ll find competitive pay, inclusive health and wellness programs, and wide-ranging training and professional development. Whether it’s your first job or your next big move, Peoples Gas is a growing company with career opportunities that fit your future.

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Title:

Gas Portfolio Planner I, II, or Senior
Company:
Peoples Gas System
State and City:
Florida
- Tampa

Shift: 8 Hr. X 5 Days | Occasional extended hours or on‑call support | Some travel required | 4 days onsite and 1 day remote

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, high‑impact analytical work, and the opportunity to influence both daily operations and long‑term 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 cross‑department collaboration. You’ll work with engineering, business planning, trading operations, and other internal partners to help us make data‑driven decisions that shape the energy landscape.

Best for: Early‑career analysts with foundational technical skills and a desire to learn the natural gas industry.

• Perform studies and analysis on natural gas assets—supply contracts, transportation agreements, storage, capacity release, and more.
• Collect, quality‑check
  , 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 cross‑functional coordination.

• Lead analytica
  l 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, weather‑sensitive 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,…