Real Time Trader Associate | Trader | Trader, Senior | Resource Operations & Trading

Summary

Real Time Trader Associate | Trader | Trader, Senior | Resource Operations & Trading -You'll play a pivotal role in ensuring that our valued customers receive the most cost-effective energy solutions.

What your day would be like:

You are responsible for:

• Executing energy purchases and sales with precision and insight.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement real-time marketing strategies that maximize our bottom-line profitability.
• Ensuring strict adherence to regulatory and reliability standards and protocols in all trading activities.
• Proactively managing intraday natural gas transactions to prevent imbalances and maintain system stability.
• Effectively managing gas storage and identifying arbitrage opportunities in collaboration with our experienced traders.
• Understand and execute all trading activities in compliance with Regulatory and Reliability standards and protocols.
• Purchase and sell intraday natural gas for the system, when needed, to ensure significant imbalances do not occur.
• Manage gas storage and assists Traders in arbitrage opportunities.
• *Ability to work rotating shifts on Location 

Minimum Requirements

Real Time Trader Associate  | Resource Operations & Trading

• BS/BA degree in business, economics, engineering, or related field and related work experience or related experience obtained through an internship, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Qualified on all 3 trading floor desks (Gas, EIM, Power) within 1 year of hire, as well as M&T University or previously qualified with equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to perform under stress in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to make analytical decisions utilizing mathematical skills.
• Ability to utilize a computer and associated data bases, software, hardware.
• *Ability to work rotating shifts on Location 

Real Time Trader | Resource Operations & Trading

• BS/BA degree in business, economics, engineering, or related field
• AND two (2) years related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Qualification on all 3 trading floor desks (Gas, EIM, Power), as well as M&T University will fulfill the experience requirements in absence of other combination of education and experience.
• Experience with OATI and PCI products. 
• *Ability to work rotating shifts on Location 

Real Time Trader Senior | Resource Operations & Trading

• BS/BA degree in business, economics, engineering, or related field
• AND five (5+) years related experience in utility operations; or an equivalent combination of directly related experience and education
• qualification on all 3 trading floor desks (Gas, EIM, Power), as well as M&T University. 

Major Accountabilities

1) Project system load requirements and commit the most economical APS resources to meet customer demand as directed.
2) Analyze market conditions and as directed, purchase/sell energy to meet system needs, create customer savings, and produce margin.
3) Negotiate sales of energy as directed to other utilities and marketers in a real time competitive market environment as directed.
4) Continually review/comply with all Regulatory (ACC/FERC) and Reliability requirements (NERC/WECC/SRSG).
5) Continually monitor and analyze on-line generation to ensure sufficient system operation reserves are maintained.
6) Ensure that interconnected system and associated operating agreements, criteria and guidelines are met.
7) Provide complete and accurate documentation of all transactions, commitments, counterparty and Balancing Authority communications and events relating to the generation and marketing of APS Energy Resources.
8) Implement an optimum gas supply strategy program which maximizes supply at the most cost effective level.
9) Negotiate cash market gas purchases and sales.

Export Compliance / EEO Statement

This position may require access to and/or use of information subject to control under the Department of Energy's Part 810 Regulations (10 CFR Part 810), the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR Parts 730 through 774), or the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter M Part 120) (collectively, 'U.S. Export Control Laws'). Therefore, some positions may require applicants to be a U.S. person, which is defined as a U.S. Citizen, a U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), a Political Asylee, or a Refugee under the U.S. Export Control Laws. All applicants will be required to confirm their U.S. person or non-US person status. All information collected in this regard will only be used to ensure compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws, and will be used in full compliance with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of national origin and other factors. For positions at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Stations (PVNGS) all openings will require applicants to be a U.S. person.

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