Commercial Operations Intern

Western Midstream; Town Center (TX); Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Western Midstream is seeking a Commercial Operations Intern to support the Midstream Scheduling team in The Woodlands, Texas. This internship provides hands-on exposure to how natural gas, NGLs, and crude oil are scheduled and balanced across Western Midstream-operated assets.

The internship offers mentorship from experienced professionals, exposure to industry systems and terminology, and opportunities to contribute to data review, reporting, and operational coordination during the summer.

Qualifications

• Recently graduated or currently enrolled in an accredited college or university.
• A relevant major in Engineering, Business, Logistics, or Supply Chain is preferred.
• Experience with data analysis or scheduling is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Learn the daily scheduling process for natural gas, NGLs, and crude oil on Western Midstream-operated systems.
• Assist the team with reviewing nominations, production volumes, pipeline activity, and imbalances.
• Support daily, weekly, and monthly reports for internal teams, accounting, management, and customers.
• Help maintain accurate operational records and update scheduling systems under team guidance.
• Review actual versus forecasted volumes and help identify differences or trends.
• Work with teams to understand how information moves across the business.
• Assist with tracking operational events that may affect scheduled volumes.
• Participate in team cross-training and learn how scheduling decisions support reliable operations and customer commitments.
• Complete a summer project or analysis and present key findings, lessons learned, and recommendations to the team.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Attention to detail

Organization

Communication

Time management

Problem solving

Education

Engineering/Business/Logistics/Supply Chain (collegiate)

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

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Our core assets provide services for customers in the Delaware Basin in West Texas and New Mexico, and the DJ Basin in northeastern Colorado, and the Powder River Basin in Northeast Wyoming. Additional assets and investments are located in South Texas, Utah, and Southwest Wyoming.

We're engaged in the business of gathering, compressing, treating, processing, and transporting natural gas; gathering, stabilizing and transporting condensate, natural gas liquids (NGLs) and crude oil; and gathering, transporting, recycling, treating and disposing of produced water for our customers. In our capacity as a natural gas processor, we also buy and sell natural gas, NGLs, and condensate on our behalf and our customers under certain gas processing contracts.

Western Midstream (WES) is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol, WES.

Job Summary:

Western Midstream is seeking a Commercial Operations Intern to support the Midstream Scheduling team in The Woodlands, Texas. This internship provides hands‑on exposure to how natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs), and crude oil are scheduled and balanced across Western Midstream-operated assets. The intern will work with experienced team members, learn industry systems and terminology, and assist with data review, reporting, and operational coordination.

Qualifications:

• Self-motivated, dependable, and eager to learn in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and basic problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments, meet deadlines, and ask questions when clarification is needed.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work well with different teams.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Willingness to take on additional responsibilities as knowledge and confidence grow.
• Coursework, internship experience, or interest in energy, midstream operations, scheduling, accounting, or data analysis.

Responsibilities:

• Learn the daily scheduling process for natural gas, NGLs, and crude oil on Western Midstream-operated systems.
• Assist the team with reviewing nominations, production volumes, pipeline activity, and imbalances.
• Support daily, weekly, and monthly reports for internal teams, accounting, management, and customers.
• Help maintain accurate operational records and update scheduling systems under team guidance.
• Review actual versus forecasted volumes and help identify differences or trends.
• Work with Commercial Operations, Field Operations, Accounting, Commercial Development, Marketing, producers, and pipeline contacts to understand how information moves across the business.
• Assist with tracking operational events such as new wells, outages, new lines, processing changes, and other activities that may affect scheduled volumes.
• Participate in team cross‑training and learn how scheduling decisions support reliable operations and customer commitments.
• Complete a summer project or analysis and present key findings, lessons learned, and recommendations to the team.

Education:

• Recently graduated or currently enrolled in an accredited college or university. A relevant major in Engineering, Business, Logistics, or Supply Chain is preferred.

Relocation:

• This position is not eligible for relocation.

Travel Requirements:

• Travel may be required up to 5%.

Work Schedule:

• This position follows a hybrid schedule: in office Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, and remote Wednesday and Friday.

Western Midstream does not offer sponsorship of employment-based nonimmigrant visa petitions for this role.

Western Midstream is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in recruiting, hiring, developing, compensating and promoting applicants and employees. All employment decisions are made without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected categories. This includes providing reasonable accommodation for employee's and applicant's disabilities or religious beliefs and practices.