24 HR Power Trader

Location: Houston, TX

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Job Summary

The 24-Hour Power Trader is responsible for optimizing a North American power portfolio through real-time and day-ahead market activities. This role supports generation and load assets by managing physical and financial market exposures, identifying commercial opportunities, and executing transactions that enhance portfolio value.

Working within a fast-paced trading environment, the successful candidate collaborates closely with traders, schedulers, originators, asset managers, and operations personnel to monitor market conditions, maintain system reliability, and deliver commercial results. This position requires strong analytical capabilities, sound commercial judgment, effective risk management, and the ability to make timely decisions under changing market conditions.

Position Overview

Your responsibilities may include

• Optimize portfolio positions across day-ahead and real-time power markets to maximize asset performance and trading results.
• Execute physical and financial power transactions, including energy and transmission products, consistent with commercial strategies and risk limits.
• Monitor market fundamentals, transmission constraints, generation availability, weather impacts, and system conditions to support operational and commercial decision-making.
• Manage hourly, day-ahead, and short-term market exposures for generation and load-serving assets.
• Identify and capture market opportunities through analysis of market conditions, pricing dynamics, and portfolio positions.
• Communicate market intelligence, operational issues, and portfolio updates to traders, schedulers, asset managers, and other stakeholders.
• Ensure accurate and timely transaction capture, reporting, and compliance with established controls, policies, and procedures.
• Maintain situational awareness of regional power markets, congestion patterns, transmission constraints, and regulatory developments.
• Support portfolio optimization efforts through collaboration with asset owners and commercial teams.
• Contribute to trading desk profitability through disciplined risk taking and sound commercial decision-making.
• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with counterparties, market operators, and internal stakeholders.
• Participate in training, mentoring, and knowledge-sharing activities to strengthen team capability and operational excellence.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives related to trading processes, systems, and analytical tools.