Intraday Shift Trader

Company Description

Statkraft has been making clean energy possible for over a century. That’s what we offer. 125 years of unrivalled expertise in supplying the world with what it needs most. We envision a world that runs entirely on renewable energy. Because in the fight against climate change, we don’t see renewable energy as part of the solution – we believe it must be the solution. With us, you’ll shape a career that is truly forward-facing with many amazing opportunities and offerings to match.

Working in Energy Management:

Providing power efficiently and reliably is among the core challenges in times of increasing solar and wind energy production. Here, our intraday trading teams are making a vital and exciting contribution, executing the day-to-day market activities and optimization for Statkraft’s Origination activities as well as owned assets. Origination and Energy Management work closely together, combining commercial origination expertise with 24/7 optimisation capabilities to deliver strong customer outcomes across the full deal lifecycle.
We are active in all relevant short-term markets on the Continent and the UK, integrating renewables and flexibility in a highly commercial manner. In total, Statkraft manages over 10.000 MW of renewable capacity across Europe, optimizes thousands of decentralized flexible assets with an installed capacity of several thousand MW. We leverage flexibility and storage solutions and thus contribute significantly to the successful integration of renewable energy into the overall energy landscape. We operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year supported by a high degree of automation.

What we do?

With Statkraft’s energy management teams, we are responsible for balancing the entire portfolio of intermittent generation, dispatching our flexible asset portfolio and trading energy proprietarily on the short-term markets. Our dispatchers and traders take active decisions through manual trading, supervise automated trading applications on several short-term markets and oversee optimisation across many European power markets. With the team working 24/7, this position is key interface to our internal stakeholders at the power production sites as well as transmission system operators in the control rooms. We operate critical infrastructure, meaning we always act diligently and prudently and thus maintain a healthy balance between short term profits and long-term business sustainability.

Spain is a core growth market for Statkraft, combining large-scale renewable generation and storage with an integrated Markets and Origination platform. Today, Statkraft operates a total portfolio of >2.5 GW of own and third-party assets in Spain and has a development pipeline of >3 GW across renewables and BESS.

We were an early mover in the Iberian long-term PPA market and have established ourselves as Spain’s largest long-term power trader. Over the coming years, we plan to repeat our success in renewable PPAs in flexibility offtake agreements for third parties, thereby further significantly scaling our customer business.

Job Description

As an Intraday Shift Trader for Spain, you will be part of Statkraft's growing 24/7 Energy Management team. Together with your colleagues, you will take responsibility for balancing renewable generation, dispatching flexible assets and optimising positions across Iberian short-term power markets.

Working closely with Origination, Portfolio Management, Algorithmic Trading and Energy Management teams across Europe, you will play a key role in scaling Statkraft's renewable and flexibility business in Spain. This role offers a unique opportunity to develop into a leading expert within one of Europe's most advanced short-term trading organisations. The role builds on Statkraft's growing short-term trading and flexibility optimisation activities in Spain.

In this role you will:

• Help establish robust shift routines, decision standards, handover practices and incident follow up processes for the new Madrid setup
• Act as a operational contributor during the ramp up phase and support knowledge transfer to future team members
• Bring practical insights from previous trading or dispatch environments to help professionalise and scale the Spanish setup
• Monitor and optimise renewable generation, battery storage and flexible asset portfolios in real time
• Execute trades and operational actions across Iberian short-term power markets
• Supervise and calibrate automated trading and optimisation algorithms
• Identify and capture value opportunities arising from forecast changes, market movements and system imbalances
• Act as a key operational interface towards internal stakeholders, asset operators and transmission system operators
• Ensure safe, reliable and compliant execution of trading and dispatch activities during your shift
• Contribute to incident handling, operational follow up and continuous improvement initiatives
• Work closely with quantitative analysts, developers and traders to improve models, tools and operational processes
• Support the development of new flexibility products, battery optimisation strategies and innovative trading solutions
• Help strengthen Statkraft's operational excellence culture through knowledge sharing, structured decision making and continuous learning

Qualifications

For the first phase of building our Madrid 24/7 setup, we are explicitly looking for experienced intraday or dispatch professionals who have already worked in a live trading or control room environment. This role is not primarily a graduate entry role. We need people who can contribute from day one, bring practical market knowledge, and help establish strong operational standards for a new team.

• 2-3 years of experience in short term power trading, intraday trading, dispatch operations, balancing, control room operations or energy management
• Practical experience in a live operational environment where decisions are made under time pressure
• Strong understanding of intraday market dynamics, forecast changes, imbalance exposure and renewable intermittency
• Experience with renewable generation, flexible assets, batteries or comparable asset portfolios
• Ability to combine commercial judgement with safe and reliable operational execution
• Confidence in supervising automated trading, dispatch or optimisation systems
• Strong analytical capabilities and a structured approach to problem solving
• High sense of ownership, discipline and responsibility in a 24/7 operational setup
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills
• Willingness to work in a 24/7 shift environment
• Fluent Spanish and English

It would be an advantage if you also have:

• Specific knowledge of Iberian power markets, OMIE or Red Eléctrica
• Experience with Python, SQL, data analytics or optimisation tools
• Experience in battery optimisation or flexibility trading
• Experience in improving operational procedures, shift handovers or incident follow up
• Experience mentoring less experienced traders or dispatchers

Additional Information

A career with Statkraft is a career filled with purpose – meaning that every employee is not just making a living, they are making a real difference to the planet, our communities, and the future. Together, we work on the front lines of changing the game for renewable energy. From hydrogen development to algorithmic trading and everything in between. We have 125 years of unrivalled expertise in creating the technologies that put ecosystems, communities and our environment first. With us, you’ll shape a career that is truly forward-facing with many amazing opportunities and offerings to match. This includes:

• Unlimited learning opportunities at various levels of the organisation including Linkedin Learning and inspiring leaderships programs
• The chance to grow your career alongside a truly global network of experts, leaders, specialists and graduates from different countries and backgrounds
• A work culture that puts emphasis on the individual, offering flexible working solutions, parental leave and work life balance principles

Challenged?

For us the ideas of our committed and ambitious colleagues make the difference. If you want to share our passion for renewable energy and be a part of tomorrow’s energy world, please apply through our online application form.

To navigate the complex journey ahead, we need every voice at the table. We therefore work actively to be a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcome all applicants regardless of background, gender, age, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnicity, nationality or disability.