Power Trader and Analyst (2232)

Job description

At ENGIE North America, innovation and excellence create a platform for growth. We have a range of businesses in the United States and Canada, including clean power generation, cogeneration, and energy storage; retail energy sales; and comprehensive services to help customers run their facilities more efficiently and optimize energy and other resource use and expense. Nearly 100 percent of our power generation portfolio is low carbon or renewable. Globally, ENGIE is the largest independent power producer and energy efficiency services provider in the world, with operations in 70 countries employing 150,000 people, including 1,000 researchers in 11 R&D centers.

We are looking for talented and motivated individuals to create the future of energy and customer solutions. Join a rewarding and flexible work environment that encourages innovation and creativity to help customers meet their energy challenges today and in the future.

The Role: Power Trader and Analyst


Purpose
Risk manage and trade the ERCOT power markets for EEMNA

Location/Department
Houston, TX / ENGIE Energy Marketing North America (“EEMNA”)

Status
Exempt

Essential Job Functions
·  Risk manage short and long term ERCOT transactions and positions originated by EEMNA
·  Provide short-term market making to ENGIE North America retail business
·  Work with origination staff to price and execute plain vanilla and structured transactions. Provide regular pricing updates.
·  Develop and maintain supply-demand models, gather market information and provide insight and analysis into Ercot fundamentals. Produce support material for strategy meetings and clients meetings.
·  Develop and maintain pricing models for the ERCOT forward markets. Under supervision of the senior traders, maintain a daily forward curve of the ERCOT market

Requirements

·  Two to Five years of ERCOT trading and/or analysis experience
·  Excellent analytical skills : ability to develop and maintain analytical models, and to present key information to senior staff and clients.
·  A strong working knowledge of fundamentals of ERCOT transmission grid
·  Clear and effective communicator. Willingness to engage in dialogue and debate with colleagues
·  Can work autonomously and be flexible
·  Proficiency in Excel, VBA

Essential Physical Abilities

·  Ability to meet highest attendance requirements
·  Ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbally.
·  Ability to handle multiple assignments on a timely basis with a high degree of accuracy.
·  Ability to use personal computer, calculator, etc.
·  Could involve some lifting.

Education/Experience

·  A bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, mathematics or similar discipline
·  Two to five years of relevant experience in the ERCOT power market.

Working Environment
Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is not exposed to weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

 

For this role you must have authorization to work in the United States. Qualified applicants are considered for employment, and employees are treated during employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, gender identity, or expression, genetic information or any other legally protected status.

 

This job advertisement is supported by the ENGIE Talent Acquisition team. Agency involvement is not required. All related inquires must be done to the Talent Acquisition team, not direct to ENGIE North America Managers.

 

Additional Information
·  Posting Date: Nov 7, 2019