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Power Trader

Storm4
Houston, TX, United States
$120K-$150K a year
Full-time

Role : PowerTrader - ERCOT

Industry : Energy Storage / Energy Trading

Location : Hybrid - Houston, Texas

Salary : $120,000-$150,000 + Bonus

This is an amazing opportunity for a RT Trader to join a national leader in energy trading and development. You will be responsible for daily trading and dispatching of its battery energy storage systems (BESS) in power markets, with a focus in ERCOT.

Key Responsibilities :

  • Real-Time Asset Management : Execute trading and scheduling decisions to ensure state of charge availability, meeting energy and ancillary service obligations while adhering to ISO protocols, NERC standards, and risk policy.
  • AI Schedule Evaluation : Utilize proprietary AI dispatch schedules to inform real-time operational decisions.
  • Market Operations Insight : Leverage deep knowledge of ISO / ERCOT market operations to guide BESS trading and bidding strategies.

Work with the trading team to optimize battery storage operations in real-time.

  • Field Operations Coordination : Maintain real-time communication with Field Operations staff regarding asset availability, manage outages, and coordinate with Scheduling Entities and ISOs as needed.
  • 24 / 7 Operations Schedule : Work within a rotating real-time operations schedule, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
  • System Monitoring : Use third-party modules and ISO reports to monitor real-time system conditions, outages, and constraints affecting nodal energy prices.
  • Asset Support : Assist in asset onboarding, planning, and reporting. Act as a liaison with clients and business partners, manage asset parameters, plan outages, and monitor asset performance.

Requirements :

  • Experience : At least two years in a real-time power trading role such as control room operations, power trading, generation scheduling, or asset management.
  • ISO Knowledge : Preferable experience with one or more ISOs e.g., ERCOT, CAISO, WECC, SPP, MISO, PJM, IESO, NYISO, ISONE etc. (ERCOT Preferred)
  • Certifications : NERC certification and familiarity with energy storage technologies are strongly preferred.
  • Education : Degrees in finance, economics, mathematics, electrical theory, power distribution, power generation, or a related field.

Sounds like you? Please click on the Easy Apply’ button. You can also send your resume directly to oscar.hayes@storm4.com or message me directly!

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