Market and Pricing Specialist (Liquefied Natural Gas) Full Time

Our client is seeking a highly experienced Market and Pricing Specialist (Liquefied Natural Gas) to support a major gas-to-power project. This strategic role is suited to a commercial LNG expert who can provide independent market analysis, pricing validation, and contractual risk assessment across the entire LNG value chain to support informed investment and project decisions.

Key Responsibilities
• Review LNG and natural gas market fundamentals, pricing assumptions, and supply-demand forecasts.
• Assess LNG sourcing strategies, pricing structures, benchmark references, and indexation mechanisms.
• Evaluate commercial arrangements relating to LNG procurement, shipping, terminal operations, and regasification.
• Review SPA, GSA, shipping, and terminal agreements, including commercial risk allocation and contractual provisions.
• Assess pricing sensitivities, cost-stack assumptions, and alignment with financial models.
• Evaluate logistics, port infrastructure, terminal operations, and contingency planning.
• Review commercial risks relating to counterparty credit, FX exposure, taxation, customs, and regulatory compliance.
• Assess alignment between fuel pricing mechanisms and power offtake or tariff structures.
• Prepare commercial review reports, benchmarking analyses, and recommendations for project decision-making.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering, legal, finance, and project development teams.

Minimum Requirements
• Degree in Energy Economics, Finance, Commercial Law, Engineering, Economics, Business, or a related discipline.
• 15+ years’ experience in LNG markets, gas trading, commercial structuring, or LNG procurement.
• Extensive experience within LNG, gas-to-power, energy infrastructure, or Independent Power Producer (IPP) environments.
• Strong understanding of LNG sourcing, shipping, terminal operations, and regasification commercial arrangements.
• Proven experience reviewing LNG pricing benchmarks, commercial models, and cost-stack assumptions.
• Sound knowledge of SPA, GSA, FOB, DES, take-or-pay, force majeure, and related contractual frameworks.
• Understanding of lender requirements, project bankability, and commercial risk allocation.
• Knowledge of regulatory, tax, customs, FX, and compliance considerations affecting LNG projects.

Key Competencies
• Excellent commercial judgement and analytical capability.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Ability to interpret complex commercial information and provide practical recommendations.
• High attention to detail with exceptional report-writing skills.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Submit your CV to engineering.jobs@mspstaffing.co.za or call 021 555 0432.
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