Experienced Energy Trader Wanted

4 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom oilandgas Full time
Job Title: Experienced Tradespeople Required

Gas and Power Shift Trader

Job Description

Application Deadline: Not Specified

Department: Trading

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: EPUKI London Office

Reporting To: Trading Manager (GB)

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit an Intraday Gas & Power Trader to join our expanding 24/7 trading team. The successful candidate will be responsible for executing trading strategies, utilizing expertise in wholesale energy and balancing mechanism markets, optimizing thermal generation plant to maximize gross margin, and providing support to the wider business functions when required.

Key Responsibilities

  • Trading intraday gas and power markets to balance and reduce the business' exposure to imbalance
  • Working as part of a 24/7 operations team on a full shift rotation basis, utilizing self-starter capability while also working efficiently within a team environment
  • Devising, developing, and implementing short-term trading strategies, using intraday/day-ahead and Balancing Mechanism markets to optimize generation and maximize overall plant revenue
  • Dispatching our portfolio to capture gross margin from optimal generation/trading decisions, operating within credit guidelines and risk limits
  • Managing the business' contracted positions to avoid exposure to volatile and punitive imbalance charges
  • Coordinating and planning short-term outages to minimize commercial impact and manage the process of units returning to service
  • Ensuring all power market license conditions are upheld through good communications with the relevant network operator(s) and implementation of network codes
  • Adhering to the business's Trading Guidelines and Delegation of Authority processes
  • Assisting with requests from stakeholders across the group when required, helping to promote the team and support the successful growth of the business
  • Delivering against annual team/individual targets & ensure our performance is tracked using agreed key performance metrics

Requirements

  • Experience of working in a Irish or GB energy trading and/or operations discipline
  • Industry experience as an energy market analyst
  • Knowledge of European gas, power, and emissions trading
  • Knowledge of National Grid Electricity System Operator services, codes, operations, and forums
  • Knowledge of Transmission Constraint Licence Condition
  • Knowledge of Uniform Network Code and REMIT
  • IT skills - Python, SQL, VBA
  • Self-starter with the ability to rapidly translate complex analysis/system data

Benefits

  • Private medical insurance
  • Competitive pension option
  • Bonus opportunity
  • EV scheme

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