Senior Trader

NextEra Energy, Inc. is seeking a Senior Trader for its Real-Time Desk in Juno Beach, FL. The role involves overseeing generation fleets, conducting real-time energy trading, and optimizing asset profitability while adhering to regional market rules. Candidates should have knowledge of various generation types and market protocols. Responsibilities include transaction monitoring, communication of market information, and supporting junior traders. The position requires attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
Job Title: Sr. Physical Trader - Real-Time Desk

NextEra Energy Marketing is one of the nation’s leading electricity and natural gas marketers. We are responsible for electricity and fuel management for all of NextEra Energy Resources’ generation fleet, which includes the largest renewable energy portfolio in North America. We also provide marketing and trading services to electric and gas utilities, municipalities, cooperatives and other load-serving entities, as well as to owners of electric generation facilities. Are you interested in customizing power and gas solutions to meet each client’s needs? Join our world-class team today!

Position Specific Description

Employees in this role are responsible for overseeing NextEra and Third Party customer's generation fleet in real-time markets, transacting short term energy and transmission purchases and sales, and closely working with fuels group to balance plant requirements. This role will apply knowledge of combined cycle, peaking unit, wind, solar, storage, and nuclear generation economics and dispatch characteristics as well as a solid degree of understanding with ISO/RTO tariff, protocol and market portals ISO-NE, NYISO, PJM, SERC, SPP, MISO, ERCOT, CAISO, WECC, IESO, AESO, and transmission reservation and tagging systems. This position may lead and direct a team of junior traders.
• Maximize profitability of generation assets throughout the US and Canada while operating within regional rules ISO/Balancing authority rules.
• Receives and accurately relays dispatch instructions/changes in unit status between ISO/RTO's, plant sites, NEER Generation control center (ROCC), Day Ahead Desk and NEER Fuels desk and accurately logs information in shared log storage for compliance purposes and accurate shift turnover
• Determines generation requirements and coordinates fuel procurement to meet dispatch obligations
• Support targets for asset optimization through sound decision making around unit capabilities, market fundamentals, fuel prices and constraints, economic dispatch, ramping, capacity penalties and curtailments, effectively manage fuel burns, etc.
• Superior attention to detail with high degree of accuracy following established procedures and protocols
• Conduct real-time trading and scheduling for purchases and sales of energy and transmission
• Communication of real-time market information with trade floor
• Ability to assist in training and supporting other traders
• Accurately record purchase and sale transactions and log shift activities in relevant deal capture systems
• Ability to prioritize tasks and be able to respond to changes in priorities
• Obtain PJM generator Operator Certification within 6 months of hire

Job Overview

This job is responsible for transacting short-term energy or gas purchases/sales. Employees in this role develop, communicate, and execute trading strategies with guidance. This position may lead and direct a team of junior traders.

Job Duties & Responsibilities
• Monitors market conditions and analyzes transactions to help in identifying and executing energy trades
• Ensures transaction terms are beneficial to the organization and meet risk guidelines
• Optimizes economics to assure minimum energy supply costs and maximizes profits for generation portfolio
• Determines generation requirements and coordinates fuel procurement to meet obligations
• Coaches junior traders
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications
• High School Grad / GED
• Bachelor's Degree
• Experience:5+ years
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications
• Bachelor's - Business Administration
• Bachelor's - Engineering
• Fuel Sales
• Gas Trading
• Oil Trading

NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Click here to learn more.

Employee Group: Exempt

Employee Type: Full Time

Job Category: Energy Trading

Organization: NextEra Energy Marketing, LLC

Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable