Shift Trader

**Shift Trader**

**Contract type**: Permanent
**Working hours**: Full time, Shift Pattern
**Location**:Whilst your base office will be in London, we’ll support you to work from home for some shifts
**Closing date**:26th February
**Salary**: £51,000 - £78,000 (depending on experience) plus shift allowance, discretionary bonus up to 30% of base salary (depending on performance), private healthcare and other excellent benefits

**Join EDF as a Shift Trader and you will be part of a team responsible of maximising the value of EDF Energy’s power and gas positions in the spot and prompt market. Directly optimising the Battery fleet, CCGT, Gas Peakers and supporting management of Nuclear, Wind and Solar generation into the Wholesale Market.**

Operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week the Shift Trader is required to work a shift rota which includes working weekends, bank holidays and overnights.

**The opportunity**

As a core member of the Short-Term Trading team, you will be responsible for the optimisation of the flexible assets including Batteries, CCGT and Gas Peakers; trading power, gas intraday and Day ahead auctions, management of the EDF Energy portfolio including I&C demand, residential demand, wind generation, solar generation, and other embedded generation types, through to delivery. You will facilitate the off-take agreement to Centrica for Existing Nuclear; and ensure that all EDF Energy’s gas and power license conditions are upheld. All out of hours communication to the assets are managed by the shift trading team.

Working closely and collaboratively with the margin teams, you will ensure that the prompt hedging strategies are executed, the value of EDF Energy’s margin team is maintained and the portfolio is optimised to the benefit of EDF Energy as a whole.

**What we’re looking for**

We are looking for an experienced trader qualified with a numerate degree or with appropriate equivalent experience, the proven ability to operate with integrity and confidence and the ability to make considered commercial decisions under tight deadlines. Experience with GB Power or Gas will be advantageous.

As a Shift Trader, you will be a team player with strong communication skills with the ability to demonstrate initiative, influencing skills and provide mentoring to trainee traders.

If you have experience of working in a shift trading environment with knowledge of UK energy markets then we’d love to hear from you

**Our culture**

At EDF, everyone’s welcome. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone has a voice and where you feel confident being yourself. We’re committed to equality, diversity, inclusion. We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility.

We’re an equal opportunity and disability confident employer. If you feel comfortable sharing with us that you have a disability, you meet the minimum criteria for the role, we will guarantee you an interview.

We’ll value the difference you bring and give you opportunities to thrive and succeed and to feel you belong.

**Our benefits**
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing to 30 days after 5 years’ service)
- A defined contribution pension scheme
- Retail discounts and cashback deals
- Technology benefits
- Government tax-free childcare

Option to purchase:

- Additional annual leave
- Dental insurance
- Gym membership
- Critical illness insurance
- Personal accident insurance
- Travel insurance
- Car breakdown cover
- Dining card

**Join us and together we can help Britain achieve Net Zero.