Real Time Trader
$87,600–$109,500 year
On-sitePortland, Oregon, United States
Job Summary
Negotiate wholesale sales and purchases in hourly markets to optimize corporate assets and capture arbitrage opportunities across the United States. Coordinate generation operations with dispatch personnel, schedule energy flow via digital E-tags, and manage unit bids in Northeastern and Midwestern ISOs. Record deals in the energy management system, maintain physical positions, and provide market pricing insights for day-ahead transactions. Facilitate trader training and represent Avangrid Renewables professionally with diverse customers while adhering to internal business controls. Work in a team of three on a 12-hour rotating shift basis including nights, weekends, and holidays.
Required Qualifications
- BA/BS degree in mathematics, business, finance, economics, or engineering or the equivalent combination of education and experience
- Solid understanding of generation & transmission operations
- Quick learning curve with the ability to receive, process, and transact on information
- Ability to self-motivate and create opportunities
- Experience preferred with any of the following markets: WECC, CAISO, and Southwest, ERCOT, MISO, PJM, NYISO, with proven ability to understand market conditions and to identify sales/purchase opportunities
- PC proficiency and experience with automated tools to support trading activity
- Understanding of financial modeling, risk assessment, commodity management, electricity and natural gas trading and hedging practices
- Ability to independently function in fast paced deadline dependent environment
- Must be performance driven, self-motivated and proactive with demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work rotating shifts of 12 hours which includes night shifts, weekends and holidays
- Strong Excel experience
- Familiarity with LIM or other price data warehouse
- Ability to create NERC tags without templates
- Familiarity with virtual transactions
- Ability to model intra-day and next day pricing and load to devise strategies
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with MISO, ERCOT, IMO, and HQ
- Experience trading at different points within California
- Strong knowledge of the California ISO
- Experience managing physical assets within the WSCC
- Ability to navigate and succeed in a highly matrixed reporting structure, preferably at an international company
- Self-starter with demonstrated performance leading initiatives and building consensus at all levels of a matrixed global organization
- Ability to work effectively in an environment where consensus between diverse work streams is often required before projects can proceed
- Maintains effectiveness during procedural/organizational changes and when dealing with varying personality styles and tasks
- Effectively provides and receives information orally in individual and group situations
- Written expression is clear, concise, and conveys the desired message
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