Energy Trader

Join our purpose-driven team where your skills play a pivotal role in steering positive change

• Support a diverse, collaborative team linking data and optimisation to inform execution of the contract trading strategy for electricity and environmental products
• Take advantage of Hydro Tasmania’s generous remuneration benefits
• Enjoy flexible work arrangements tailored to suit your lifestyle

Salary range $135,459 – $157,027 plus super

With the help of over 30,000 people over 100 years, we have built, maintained, and refurbished hydropower infrastructure across Tasmania. We’re fuelling the future of energy with the power of the past, and we need skilled and reliable people to join us, to assist with maintaining the integrity of and support for, the operation and maintenance of the relevant suite of Hydro Tasmania’s business systems.

We support applications from all members of our community for equitable access to our employment opportunities. We are open to discussing workplace flexibility in all our vacancies, to ensure we can attract the best candidates and accommodate individual needs, differences, disabilities and working arrangements, even in ways we have not thought of. Our merit-based recruitment practices are founded on building diversity by fostering an inclusive, flexible and equitable workplace. For more information about Hydro Tasmania please visit our website www.hydro.com.au/careers

Who are you?

You have a relevant qualification in a quantitative discipline (i.e. finance, mathematics) with experience in a similar role in electricity and/or environmental markets. Your experience also includes:

• Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Sound understanding of the Australian energy market
• Coding/data visualisation skills in Python, R or similar is highly desirable

Even if you don’t meet these criteria 100%, we still want to hear from you!

About the role

To put it simply, as an Energy Trader, your primary responsibility is to conduct day-to-day operations relating to energy contract trading to manage Hydro Tasmania’s risk exposure to electricity, environmental products and other commodities as required. In this role, you will work collaboratively with the spot market trading and portfolio optimisation teams to inform and transact within the contract strategy.

As an Energy Trader at Hydro Tasmania, you will…

✓ Identify market opportunities, considering the cost/risk and benefit ✓ Evaluate market analysis and intelligence as required to inform decision making regarding trading activity ✓ Closely monitor trading positions, risk limits and prepare reporting as required ✓ Completion of timely, ad-hoc market analysis as required ✓ Positively and actively collaborate across the Contract Trading team as well as the broader Commercial team to achieve shared goals

This role is preferably based in Hobart, Tas. More information can be found on the attached Position Description: PD - Commercial - Energy Trader (2).pdf

Haven’t convinced you yet?

In addition to a competitive remuneration package, this role offers the unique advantage of being directly involved in contributing to key customer-focussed system enhancements for Hydro Tasmania. We value flexibility and understand this means different things to different people, so we are open to discussing what this looks like for you. We offer a range of employee perks and often have something for everyone, including generous parental leave, electricity discounts and un-debited sick leave. At Hydro Tasmania we also strongly support career development opportunities, and while this can look different for everyone as well, we will work with you to support the pathways at Hydro Tasmania you want to explore!

As an endorsed employer for women, we have benefits and policies on our Work180 page – check it out here: www.work180.com/en-au/for-women/employer/hydro-tasmania

Let’s get applying!

Attach your resume and a cover letter outlining what skills and experience you can bring to this role as well as tell us a bit about who you are to help us get to know you before 9am Monday the 3rd March 2025! We will be running an agile recruitment process and will engage with suitable candidates as soon we have reviewed their applications.

Recruitment agencies: we respectfully ask that no agency resumes be presented at this stage.