World Leading Energy Company has an exciting opportunity for a Power Operator to join the European Power Team for a 12 month contract with long term opportunities, transitioning from temp to permanent. Negotiable Pay Rates From £46 Per Hour / £63,000 Salary Equivalent.

The Europe Power portfolio encompass’ flexible renewable , utilities, aggregators, power generators, large industrial and commercial energy users, and trading houses throughout numerous European countries (UK, Netherlands, Germany, France, Switzerland, Spain and Italy).

The Power Operator will be part of a team of 5 Power Operators, 2 Power Specialists and 2 Senior Operators, reporting to the Power Operations Team Lead. This team is responsible for the commercial operations and balancing of the Europe Power portfolio.

The Role:

1. Maintain a thorough understanding of the Energy Europe’s Commercial business needs across the geographical portfolio, and the means by which Commercial Power Operations captures value in commercial markets.

2. Daily scheduling of European Power Grids and nominations

3. Executing trades bilaterally and on Europe’s power Exchange

4. Management of day ahead and intra-day cross-border capacities

5. Nominating/dispatching generating assets

6. Contact counterparties daily to check power positions and trades and ensure efficient matching

8. Maintain a thorough understanding of Energy Europe’s purchase and supply contracts and the obligations therein ensuring Energy Europe’s compliance.

9. Maintain a thorough understanding of the various Power markets and regulatory regimes across Europe, where Energy Europe operate.

10. Lead the Commercial Wholesale Operations team through the digitalisation journey, removing unnecessary process’s and looking to automate where possible.

11. Develop cross team capabilities in Gas, Power and renewables, and leverage synergies to the gain of all areas of the wider Commercial Operations team.

12.Short Term Trading Activities.

Special Challenges:

This is an evolving role as part of the expansion of power business, as such the processes and procedures change rapidly which requires team members to keep appraised on areas that affect their operational activities. Due to the criticality of the tasks undertaken by the Power Operator this role involves working outside of normal working hours on a rota basis - this includes working 1 weekend in 6. As a result, the successful candidate must be comfortable with being a sole worker during these times.

What we need from you

We are keen to hear from individuals with prior experience/knowledge in Power Operations. You’ll also bring in your strong commercial judgement, excellent analytical skills to be able to make accurate decisions and ability to handle a stressful environment.

The Candidate:

1. Prior experience working in a trading environment and managing risk

2. Flexible approach to working hours to accommodate a range of European markets

3. Excellent understanding of European Power Operations and Power Assets

4. Experienced user of IT systems and knowledgeable on IT landscapes including Power operations platforms

5. Self-motivated, with an aptitude for accurate problem solving in a very time critical environment

6. Very strong attention to detail and delivery focused

7. Proficient English required and at least one further European desirable (Italian, Spanish or German )

8. Ability to work without supervision

9.Endur experience

This needs combining with a positive attitude and an ability to work within a large, globally dispersed project team in a multi-cultural environment. You also need to be a self-starter, a logical thinker and a quick learner, with strong initiative and excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills, able to write clearly and concisely. We believe in equality of opportunity for all job applicants regardless of , marital status, , , , , creed or , , or . Specialising within Energy Trading, Oil & Gas, Financial Markets and TV & Entertainment, Eaglecliff Recruitment is ISO accredited, a Member of REC and listed within the top 4% for Financial stability by Dun & Bradstreet. Please telephone for an immediate response or email your CV for a reply within one hour. Eaglecliff Ltd is acting in the capacity of an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for contractor resourcing