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• Company

  Essent Trading

• Location

  Netherlands-South-Holland

• Remuneration

  Excellent package and bonus!

• Position Type

  Employee

• Employment type

  Full time

• Updated

  21 Nov 2008

• eFC Ref no

  474093

Job description :

• Commercial optimisation of the power plant portfolio of Essent (spark-spread optimisation) on an intraday and day-ahead basis versus the spot market and the unbalance market. Decides and executes day-ahead APX biddings (in the weekend). Real-time decision-making to turn power plants up or down, and to switch power generation between different fuel types.

• Maximize profits from regulating power and minimise imbalance cost.

• Commercial identification, negotiation and execution of intraday and day-ahead trading opportunities (incl cross border) on the bilateral spot market and unbalance market. This requires trading/ negotiating skills.

• Minimize losses in emergency situations like power plant outages through quick decision making.

• Execute dispatch, nominations and balancing activities for ETISA (Geneva), based on a commercial fee.

• keep in close contact with internal and external customers.

• Monitor and balance the power portfolio in continues shifts (7*24 hour shift). both demand and supply.

• Interacts closely with the forecasting team to be able to adjust the dispatch of power plants based on weather expectations.

• Has a leading role during night- and weekend-shifts in decision making towards production and our large customers.

• Understand the impact of actions on the power side in relation to the gas side and vice versa.

Skills & Experience:

• Academic level.

• Commercial background with technical awareness.

• Knowledge of physical power plant assets.

• Commercial awareness for the identification of optimization opportunities.

• Experience in the energy sector (gas or electricity)

• Trading and negotiation skills

• Active knowledge of English and Dutch

Employer Description

Essent Trading (www.essenttrading.com) is a highly profitable and expanding merchant trading business. We are active in commodities like coal, gas, LNG, bio-fuels, emissions, power and sustainable energy. We also trade electricity, freight and currencies. The group's growth and progressive plans for the future have created this exciting opportunity. Our parent company Essent (www.essent.nl) is one of the world's leading sustainable commodity merchants with over 10,000 employees.

Site Description

This role is based in our new state-of-the art tradefloor in Geneva, Switzerland.

Loosen your tie; this is a dynamic and inspiring working atmosphere! Essent Trading's workforce is diverse: we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Senior international hires receive first-rate relocation support.