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Scheduler jobs on OPT are a strong fit for F-1 students with backgrounds in operations, logistics, supply chain, or healthcare administration. Most roles qualify as specialty occupations under STEM or business fields, supporting both standard 12-month OPT and the 24-month STEM OPT extension.
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At MPC, we’re committed to being a great place to work – one that welcomes new ideas, encourages diverse perspectives, develops our people, and fosters a collaborative team environment.
Position Summary
The Natural Gas Scheduler – Texas/Gulf Coast is responsible for the day-to-day nomination, scheduling, and physical flow management of MPC’s natural gas volumes across Texas and the Gulf Coast. The position will have responsibility for plant and producer nominations, Permian Basin supply, Waha Hub activity, Texas intrastate and interstate pipelines, storage facilities, and downstream Gulf Coast delivery markets.
The scheduler will coordinate plant receipts, residue gas volumes, transportation capacity, storage activity, purchases, sales, and downstream deliveries to ensure physical flows align with contractual requirements and trader and marketer positions. This includes managing changes in plant production, pipeline constraints, nomination cuts, imbalances, and operational disruptions throughout the gas day.
The scheduler will work closely with natural gas traders, originators, producers, plant personnel, pipelines, marketers, and counterparties, serving as the operational bridge between commercial strategy and physical execution across a growing Texas and Gulf Coast natural gas portfolio.
Primary Objectives
- Nominate, schedule, and manage natural gas receipts and deliveries across plants, gathering systems, pipelines, storage facilities, hubs, and interconnects.
- Coordinate plant nominations and residue gas volumes with producers, plant personnel, pipeline operators, traders, and counterparties.
- Manage physical natural gas movements across Waha, the Permian Basin, Texas intrastate pipelines, and Gulf Coast delivery markets.
- Ensure scheduled volumes align with supply forecasts, contractual obligations, transportation capacity, and commercial positions.
- Monitor and reconcile scheduled and actual flows, pipeline confirmations, cuts, allocations, and imbalances to protect commercial value and minimize financial exposure.
- Provide timely operational intelligence regarding plant performance, pipeline constraints, outages, curtailments, and available transportation capacity.
Key Responsibilities
Plant and Supply Nominations
- Manage daily and monthly natural gas nominations associated with processing plants, gathering systems, producer supply, and residue gas deliveries.
- Coordinate with plant personnel, producers, marketers, and pipeline operators to establish expected plant volumes and confirm available residue gas.
- Reconcile nominated, confirmed, allocated, and actual plant volumes and work with the appropriate parties to resolve discrepancies.
- Maintain a clear understanding of plant-specific contracts, meter relationships, delivery points, operational limitations, and nomination requirements.
Pipeline Nomination and Scheduling
- Nominate and schedule natural gas across Texas intrastate and interstate pipelines, storage facilities, hubs, pools, and interconnects using proprietary and third-party scheduling platforms.
- Manage activity across all applicable nomination cycles, including timely, evening, intraday, and final cycles.
- Coordinate receipts and deliveries across the Permian Basin, Waha Hub, Texas Gulf Coast, refinery supply points, storage facilities, and downstream markets.
- Monitor pipeline confirmations, reductions, cuts, capacity constraints, maintenance events, and operational notices, making timely adjustments as required.
- Optimize the use of firm and interruptible transportation capacity in coordination with traders and originators.
Flow, Inventory, and Imbalance Management
- Monitor daily natural gas flows, storage activity, line pack, inventory positions, and imbalances across assigned facilities and pipelines.
- Reconcile scheduled volumes against actual receipts, deliveries, measurements, and commercial positions.
- Identify and resolve discrepancies with plants, producers, pipelines, counterparties, and internal stakeholders.
- Manage pipeline and facility imbalances within contractual and operational tolerances to minimize penalties, cash-outs, and lost commercial value.
- Maintain accurate scheduling records and support month-end volume reconciliation, settlement, and accounting processes.
Stakeholder Coordination and Communication
- Communicate nominations, confirmations, volume changes, and operational issues with traders, originators, plants, producers, pipelines, marketers, and counterparties.
- Coordinate closely with traders to ensure physical flows remain aligned with purchases, sales, transportation positions, storage activity, and commercial strategy.
- Provide timely updates regarding plant performance, supply changes, pipeline restrictions, maintenance, curtailments, and other events affecting physical flows.
- Develop and maintain strong working relationships with pipeline representatives, plant operators, producers, counterparties, and internal business partners.
Market and Operational Support
- Monitor pipeline maintenance, capacity constraints, operational flow orders, critical notices, freeze-offs, hurricanes, and other events affecting Texas and Gulf Coast natural gas flows.
- Support contingency planning during plant outages, pipeline disruptions, severe weather, and other operational events.
- Communicate available transportation capacity, changing flow patterns, and operational conditions that may affect Waha, Texas, and Gulf Coast pricing.
- Assist traders and originators in evaluating new supply, transportation, storage, interconnect, and delivery opportunities.
Education and Experience
Bachelor’s degree required or five (5) years of related experience in lieu. Four (4) or more years of industry-related experience required.
Preferred Experience
- Two (2) or more years of natural gas scheduling experience, with direct exposure to Permian Basin / Waha-area markets
- Familiarity with pipeline tariffs, nomination cycles, and gas measurement and allocation practices
- Experience with natural gas scheduling systems
Skills
- Accountability
- Adaptability
- Commercial Awareness
- Attention to Detail
- Business Acumen
- Communication
- Market Intelligence
- Operational Judgement
- Problem Solving
- Relationship Management
- Ability to Perform Under Time-Sensitive Conditions
- Results Driven
- Teamwork
Location: Houston
Relocation: Available
Estimated Travel: Up to 10%, primarily for visits to plants, pipeline facilities, counterparties, and occasional industry or team meetings.
This position grade may vary depending on candidate experience. The successful candidate will be placed at a level commensurate with experience and qualifications.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor's degree required; Four (4) to eight (8) years of industry-related experience required or High School Diploma with ten (10) years of relevant experience required.
As an energy industry leader, our career opportunities fuel personal and professional growth.
Location: Houston, Texas
Job Requisition ID: 00024311
Location Address: 500 Dallas St Ste 2900
Employee Group: Full time
Employee Subgroup: Regular
Marathon Petroleum Company LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, reproductive health decision-making, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition or AIDS/HIV status, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, military, veteran status, marital status, citizenship or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. If you would like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant, click here.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process at Marathon Petroleum LP, please contact our Human Resources Department at talentacquisition@marathonpetroleum.com. Please specify the reasonable accommodation you are requesting, along with the job posting number in which you may be interested. A Human Resources representative will review your request and contact you to discuss a reasonable accommodation. Marathon Petroleum offers a total rewards program which includes, but is not limited to, access to health, vision, and dental insurance, paid time off, 401k matching program, paid parental leave, and educational reimbursement. Detailed benefit information is available at https://mympcbenefits.com. The hired candidate will also be eligible for a discretionary company-sponsored annual bonus program.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Veteran / Disability
We will consider all qualified Applicants for employment, including those with arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws. In reviewing criminal history in connection with a conditional offer of employment, Marathon will consider the key responsibilities of the role.
An exciting career awaits you
At MPC, we’re committed to being a great place to work – one that welcomes new ideas, encourages diverse perspectives, develops our people, and fosters a collaborative team environment.
Position Summary
The Natural Gas Scheduler – Texas/Gulf Coast is responsible for the day-to-day nomination, scheduling, and physical flow management of MPC’s natural gas volumes across Texas and the Gulf Coast. The position will have responsibility for plant and producer nominations, Permian Basin supply, Waha Hub activity, Texas intrastate and interstate pipelines, storage facilities, and downstream Gulf Coast delivery markets.
The scheduler will coordinate plant receipts, residue gas volumes, transportation capacity, storage activity, purchases, sales, and downstream deliveries to ensure physical flows align with contractual requirements and trader and marketer positions. This includes managing changes in plant production, pipeline constraints, nomination cuts, imbalances, and operational disruptions throughout the gas day.
The scheduler will work closely with natural gas traders, originators, producers, plant personnel, pipelines, marketers, and counterparties, serving as the operational bridge between commercial strategy and physical execution across a growing Texas and Gulf Coast natural gas portfolio.
Primary Objectives
- Nominate, schedule, and manage natural gas receipts and deliveries across plants, gathering systems, pipelines, storage facilities, hubs, and interconnects.
- Coordinate plant nominations and residue gas volumes with producers, plant personnel, pipeline operators, traders, and counterparties.
- Manage physical natural gas movements across Waha, the Permian Basin, Texas intrastate pipelines, and Gulf Coast delivery markets.
- Ensure scheduled volumes align with supply forecasts, contractual obligations, transportation capacity, and commercial positions.
- Monitor and reconcile scheduled and actual flows, pipeline confirmations, cuts, allocations, and imbalances to protect commercial value and minimize financial exposure.
- Provide timely operational intelligence regarding plant performance, pipeline constraints, outages, curtailments, and available transportation capacity.
Key Responsibilities
Plant and Supply Nominations
- Manage daily and monthly natural gas nominations associated with processing plants, gathering systems, producer supply, and residue gas deliveries.
- Coordinate with plant personnel, producers, marketers, and pipeline operators to establish expected plant volumes and confirm available residue gas.
- Reconcile nominated, confirmed, allocated, and actual plant volumes and work with the appropriate parties to resolve discrepancies.
- Maintain a clear understanding of plant-specific contracts, meter relationships, delivery points, operational limitations, and nomination requirements.
Pipeline Nomination and Scheduling
- Nominate and schedule natural gas across Texas intrastate and interstate pipelines, storage facilities, hubs, pools, and interconnects using proprietary and third-party scheduling platforms.
- Manage activity across all applicable nomination cycles, including timely, evening, intraday, and final cycles.
- Coordinate receipts and deliveries across the Permian Basin, Waha Hub, Texas Gulf Coast, refinery supply points, storage facilities, and downstream markets.
- Monitor pipeline confirmations, reductions, cuts, capacity constraints, maintenance events, and operational notices, making timely adjustments as required.
- Optimize the use of firm and interruptible transportation capacity in coordination with traders and originators.
Flow, Inventory, and Imbalance Management
- Monitor daily natural gas flows, storage activity, line pack, inventory positions, and imbalances across assigned facilities and pipelines.
- Reconcile scheduled volumes against actual receipts, deliveries, measurements, and commercial positions.
- Identify and resolve discrepancies with plants, producers, pipelines, counterparties, and internal stakeholders.
- Manage pipeline and facility imbalances within contractual and operational tolerances to minimize penalties, cash-outs, and lost commercial value.
- Maintain accurate scheduling records and support month-end volume reconciliation, settlement, and accounting processes.
Stakeholder Coordination and Communication
- Communicate nominations, confirmations, volume changes, and operational issues with traders, originators, plants, producers, pipelines, marketers, and counterparties.
- Coordinate closely with traders to ensure physical flows remain aligned with purchases, sales, transportation positions, storage activity, and commercial strategy.
- Provide timely updates regarding plant performance, supply changes, pipeline restrictions, maintenance, curtailments, and other events affecting physical flows.
- Develop and maintain strong working relationships with pipeline representatives, plant operators, producers, counterparties, and internal business partners.
Market and Operational Support
- Monitor pipeline maintenance, capacity constraints, operational flow orders, critical notices, freeze-offs, hurricanes, and other events affecting Texas and Gulf Coast natural gas flows.
- Support contingency planning during plant outages, pipeline disruptions, severe weather, and other operational events.
- Communicate available transportation capacity, changing flow patterns, and operational conditions that may affect Waha, Texas, and Gulf Coast pricing.
- Assist traders and originators in evaluating new supply, transportation, storage, interconnect, and delivery opportunities.
Education and Experience
Bachelor’s degree required or five (5) years of related experience in lieu. Four (4) or more years of industry-related experience required.
Preferred Experience
- Two (2) or more years of natural gas scheduling experience, with direct exposure to Permian Basin / Waha-area markets
- Familiarity with pipeline tariffs, nomination cycles, and gas measurement and allocation practices
- Experience with natural gas scheduling systems
Skills
- Accountability
- Adaptability
- Commercial Awareness
- Attention to Detail
- Business Acumen
- Communication
- Market Intelligence
- Operational Judgement
- Problem Solving
- Relationship Management
- Ability to Perform Under Time-Sensitive Conditions
- Results Driven
- Teamwork
Location: Houston
Relocation: Available
Estimated Travel: Up to 10%, primarily for visits to plants, pipeline facilities, counterparties, and occasional industry or team meetings.
This position grade may vary depending on candidate experience. The successful candidate will be placed at a level commensurate with experience and qualifications.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor's degree required; Four (4) to eight (8) years of industry-related experience required or High School Diploma with ten (10) years of relevant experience required.
As an energy industry leader, our career opportunities fuel personal and professional growth.
Location: Houston, Texas
Job Requisition ID: 00024311
Location Address: 500 Dallas St Ste 2900
Employee Group: Full time
Employee Subgroup: Regular
Marathon Petroleum Company LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, reproductive health decision-making, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition or AIDS/HIV status, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, military, veteran status, marital status, citizenship or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. If you would like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant, click here.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process at Marathon Petroleum LP, please contact our Human Resources Department at talentacquisition@marathonpetroleum.com. Please specify the reasonable accommodation you are requesting, along with the job posting number in which you may be interested. A Human Resources representative will review your request and contact you to discuss a reasonable accommodation. Marathon Petroleum offers a total rewards program which includes, but is not limited to, access to health, vision, and dental insurance, paid time off, 401k matching program, paid parental leave, and educational reimbursement. Detailed benefit information is available at https://mympcbenefits.com. The hired candidate will also be eligible for a discretionary company-sponsored annual bonus program.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Veteran / Disability
We will consider all qualified Applicants for employment, including those with arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws. In reviewing criminal history in connection with a conditional offer of employment, Marathon will consider the key responsibilities of the role.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship in Scheduler
Confirm your field qualifies for STEM OPT
Scheduler roles in healthcare, logistics, and operations often qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension under CIP codes like Operations Research or Health Services Administration. Verify your degree's CIP code with your DSO before applying.
Target employers with existing OPT infrastructure
Large hospital networks, manufacturing firms, and logistics companies regularly hire schedulers and are familiar with OPT work authorization. Smaller employers may need education about I-983 training plan requirements before they can bring you on.
Address OPT early in the application process
Mention your work authorization status in your cover letter rather than waiting for the offer stage. Framing it as 12 months standard with a potential 24-month STEM extension gives employers a clear, manageable timeline upfront.
Highlight scheduling software proficiency
Proficiency in tools like Kronos, Epic, SAP, or Oracle Scheduler strengthens your candidacy significantly. Employers in healthcare and operations often screen for these systems first, and demonstrating technical skills reduces friction around sponsorship conversations.
Align your degree field to the job description
Specialty occupation status depends on a direct link between your degree and the role. Emphasize relevant coursework in operations management, health informatics, or supply chain if your degree field isn't immediately obvious from your job title alone.
Track your OPT end date and plan the H-1B timeline
H-1B visa registration opens each March for an October 1 start. If your OPT expires before October, ask your employer about cap-gap coverage, which extends your work authorization automatically if a petition is filed in time.
Scheduler OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Do Scheduler jobs qualify as specialty occupations for OPT and H-1B purposes?
Most Scheduler roles qualify when a bachelor's degree in a specific field, such as operations management, health informatics, supply chain, or business administration, is genuinely required. Roles where any unrelated degree is accepted may face scrutiny. Reviewing the job description carefully before applying helps confirm whether your degree field supports a specialty occupation argument.
Can I use my STEM OPT extension for a Scheduler job?
Yes, if your degree falls under an eligible STEM CIP code and the employer is E-Verify enrolled. Relevant fields include Operations Research, Health Services Administration, and Management Information Systems. Your DSO must issue a new I-20 with the STEM OPT recommendation, and you'll need to submit a completed I-983 training plan signed by your employer to USCIS.
Where can I find Scheduler jobs that are open to OPT students?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for F-1 OPT students and filters Scheduler roles by employers willing to work with OPT work authorization. Browsing Migrate Mate saves time compared to applying broadly and discovering late in the process that a company won't hire on OPT status.
What happens to my OPT authorization if my Scheduler job ends unexpectedly?
You have a 60-day unemployment grace period on post-completion OPT to find a new position. Days of unemployment accumulate across your entire OPT period and cannot exceed 90 days for standard OPT or 150 days combined for STEM OPT. Notify your DSO immediately when employment ends so your record in SEVIS stays accurate and your options remain open.
Does a Scheduler role need to be full-time to satisfy OPT requirements?
Post-completion OPT requires at least 20 hours of work per week to maintain valid status, and most employers offer full-time positions. Part-time Scheduler roles at 20 or more hours can technically satisfy the requirement, but full-time employment is strongly preferred when planning for H-1B sponsorship since it demonstrates a more substantive employer relationship.