Short Term Power Trader

Join us in this role where you’ll be part of the fast-moving Intraday Trading team, responsible for balancing and optimizing the value gained from the renewable power production from our extensive offshore wind portfolio. You’ll be part of a duty roster where the team actively trades the intraday power markets 24/7, 365 days a year, and continuously works on improving our trading strategies and the technical set-up we work within. Together, you’ll create real-world value from our renewable energy assets.Welcome to European PowerYou’ll be part of Short Term Power Trading where you, together with your colleagues, will provide the route to market for our offshore wind portfolio, executing on trading strategies and opportunities in the market while keeping the portfolio in balance. You’ll be working in a team of eight bright and dedicated colleagues where you’ll be trading within the rapidly changing world of power markets and constantly adapting to the situation. You’ll work closely with other traders and quants, sharing your thoughts and ideas to create the best strategy.As a team, we prioritize collaboration, continuous learning, and innovation. We share our expertise and support each other in developing strategies that drive both individual and collective success.You’ll play an important role in: participating in the 24/7 duty roster, covering 365 days a year, as part of a shift rotationbalancing and optimizing our power position in Europe, by using auctions, IntraDay market, imbalance market, interconnectors and aftermarketmonitoring, developing, and deciding on short-term trading strategies for our entire portfolio while monitoring our risk and ensuring compliance with rules and regulationsgenerating and driving improvement ideas for our analytical set-up, trading strategies, and operational set-up.To succeed in the role, you: have an understanding of the energy markets and financial productsideally have knowledge of the European power market focused around intraday, capacity trading, and the imbalance market in UK, Netherlands, and Germany, however other relevant backgrounds will also be considereddemonstrate enthusiasm, possess logical reasoning skills and seek to contribute to the development of trading strategiesremain calm in high-pressure situations and alert during quieter periodsare skilled at multitasking, maintaining oversight, and making quick decisions and responsesare a team player and willing to go the extra mile when needed to support your colleaguesare aligned with partial work hours on weekends and holidays as well as evening and awake night shifts on rotation and understand that shift work hours will be performed onsite at the office.Maybe you’ve read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don’t quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.Shape the future with usSend your application to us as soon as possible. We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we’ve found the right candidate.As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via accommodation@orsted.com.Please note that for your application to be taken into consideration, you must submit your application via our online career pages and answer the screening questions relevant for your country. We don't take applications or inquiries from external recruiters or agencies into account for this position.