Sr Contract Analyst

Western Midstream; Town Center (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Western Midstream in The Woodlands, TX seeks a Senior Contract Analyst to support contracts across commercial and marketing agreements, from creation to management. You will advise on DOA, draft agreements, and guide junior analysts.

Core duties include coordinating with legal and commercial teams, ensuring compliance, and managing contract data for accounting and audits. Travel up to 5% and a 9/4 work schedule in-office in The Woodlands.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in midstream oil and gas customer-facing contracts
• Understands complex midstream contract terms and provisions
• Demonstrates initiative and leadership to bring team to results
• Independent, judgment-driven delivery of non-standard documentation
• Proficient in presenting material to management and resolving issues

Responsibilities

• Provide contracts analysis support across diverse contracts and operations
• Draft standard and non-standard agreements from templates and precedents
• Advise on DOA compliance and oversee DOA process for junior analysts
• Prepare standard counterparty notifications
• Support monthly producer settlements with contract data and analyses
• Communicate terms and solutions to interdisciplinary teams
• Manage deadlines and material terms for the area of support
• Coordinate data entry and transfers with other departments
• Serve as a Salesforce-type document management user across teams
• Extract contractual and operational metadata from contracts
• Prepare reports for audits and commercial counterparts as needed
• Mentor less experienced employees and participate in team meetings

Skills

Contract analysis

DOA policy

Stakeholder communication

Independent judgment

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Energy or related field

Waterfield Energy knowledge

SAP knowledge

Tools

SAP

Microsoft 365

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

Join Western Midstream in The Woodlands, TX as our Senior Contract Analyst, where you will provide contracts analysis support across diverse commercial and marketing agreements during the creation, negotiation, execution, and management of commercial contracts. This role serves as a trusted advisor to our legal and commercial teams, drafts standard and non‑standard agreements, oversees compliance with the Company's Delegation of Authority Policy, and helps guide the work of less experienced analysts.

Responsibilities

• Provide contracts analysis support across diverse contracts and contract types and significant operational areas
• Prepare drafts of standard and non‑standard agreements based on templates or precedent, term sheets, and established processes
• Advise internal stakeholder groups on issues related to compliance with the Company's Delegation of Authority Policy ("DOA") and oversee the DOA process for lower‑level Contract Analysts
• Prepare standard and non‑standard counterparty notifications
• Oversee the transfer of contract data to accounting and review reports on contract analyses, supporting the monthly producer settlement process
• Communicate with interdisciplinary team members and deliver information on contract terms and solutions to resolve contract compliance issues
• Manage contract deadlines, notification requirements, and other material terms for the relevant area of support
• Coordinate with other departments to ensure accurate data entry and transfer
• Serve as a document retention software super user, assisting allied teams with all aspects of document management
• Extract contractual and operational metadata from contracts
• Prepare reports or gather data across multiple systems for commercial counterparts as needed with reasonable deadlines
• Prepare contract information for internal and external audits
• Provide assistance to less experienced employees and take an active part in team meetings and decisions

Qualifications

• 5 or more years of experience in a midstream oil and gas customer‑facing contracts field
• Understands complex midstream customer‑facing contract terms and can identify contract provisions
• Demonstrates initiative through interpersonal and leadership skills, bringing team members together to produce results
• Demonstrates a high level of personal and professional judgment; works independently and applies new information and concepts to accomplish tasks
• Able to independently prepare non‑standard documentation and effectively present material to management
• Able to recognize nuanced contractual issues and recommend solutions
• Complete understanding of organization functions, roles and responsibilities, and the company's business and strategic goals
• Power user across the full Microsoft 365 suite
• Demonstrates superior understanding of system applications and can adapt quickly to technology needs

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree required — B.S. in Energy or Land Management, Business Administration, Library Science, Information Science, Legal Studies, or other related academic experience
• An appropriate combination of education level and experience is acceptable
• Knowledge of Waterfield Energy and SAP preferred

Travel Requirements

• Travel will be required up to 5%.

Work Schedule

• This position will work 9 hours Monday – Thursday and 4 hours on Friday. The position will require Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday in The Woodlands office.

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.