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Energy Trading Specialist
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Power Trading, Energy Analytics & Optimisation Specialist
We are seeking a Power Trading, Energy Analytics & Optimisation Specialist to support energy trading, balancing, and optimisation activities across the portfolio. The role combines short-term and forward power trading, imbalance management, analytics, data validation, and stakeholder engagement, with a strong focus on adding value, governance, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities:
Trading & Optimisation:
- Execute short-term trading and imbalance management strategies.
- Forecast forward power prices and support import and export trading decisions.
- Optimise flexible assets across OTC, balancing, and ancillary services markets.
- Monitor market conditions and adjust positions to manage risk and maximise value.
Analytics & AI Enablement:
- Analyse market data to support trading and optimisation.
- Validate operational data to support the finance team.
- Develop and maintain pricing, forecasting, and asset optimisation models.
- Contribute to the use of AI as a decision-support tool for forecasting and analytics.
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Reporting & Stakeholder Engagement:
- Produce clear reporting on trading performance, imbalance costs, and optimisation outcomes.
- Provide insight to senior leadership and the wider business.
- Act as a key interface between the Energy team and operational asset teams.
Governance & Contracts:
- Ensure compliance with trading governance and regulatory requirements.
- Support contract review and negotiation for power and energy agreements.
- Assess charging structures and tariffs to optimise commercial outcomes.
Team Contribution:
- Support wider business activities including forward strategy, systems, and data.
- Contribute to knowledge sharing and development within the team.
Required Skills & Experience:
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- Experience in an energy or commodities trading environment.
- Experience trading power, including import and export positions.
- Strong understanding of short-term trading, imbalance management, and optimisation.
- Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret large data sets.
- Ability to communicate complex information to senior and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience with flexible assets or generation portfolios.
- Programming or advanced analytics skills (Python, SQL, VBA).
- Interest in applying AI and machine learning to trading and analytics.
Why Join Era4:
You’ll be joining a mission-driven start-up building critical national infrastructure, where operational excellence directly enables growth. This role offers high visibility with leadership, real autonomy, and the chance to shape how a next-generation company operates at scale.
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