Short-Term Power Dispatcher

TotalEnergies Group; Luik; Remote; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

TotalEnergies in Liège seeks a Master’s graduate to join the Short-Term desk, balancing Belgium’s power portfolio and optimizing real-time assets such as BESS, CCGT, CHPs and hydro plants.

The role involves collaborating with Day-ahead and Intraday teams and acting as the interface with TSOs, traders and other energy players in a high-volatility environment. Fluency in French and English is required; Dutch is a plus.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a quantitative discipline is required.
• Passion for energy trading and willingness to learn market mechanisms.
• Strong analytical mindset to summarize large amounts of information.
• Fluent in French and English; Dutch is a plus.
• Proficient with Excel and VBA; Python is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Day-ahead and Intraday teams to balance and optimize Belgium power portfolio.
• Operate and optimize flexible assets in real-time (BESS, CCGT, CHPs, hydro).
• Serve as single point of contact with market players including TSO, traders, and data providers.
• Support projects to secure, optimize, or extend Short-Term activities.

Skills

Excel

VBA

Python

Languages: French, English

Education

Master's degree in a quantitative discipline

Tools

Python

Job description

TotalEnergies proactively works with its customers to support the implementation of their own energy transition strategies and brings to market an energy mix with an increasingly lower carbon intensity year after year. TotalEnergies is strongly increasing its worldwide position in the whole power value chain, and especially in fast growing sector of renewables and flexible generation assets. To maximize the full value of such Power assets on spot markets, TotalEnergies Gas & Power aims to be present at each step of the value chain: from trading on the curve up to Day Ahead optimization, Intraday and ancillary services. This optimization of Short-Term Power positions is based on a European framework with aggregation of generation (CCGT, Wind, Solar), flexibilities (DSR, Batteries, Hydro Plant), and power supply portfolio in order to maximize value creation for TotalEnergies company.

The job holder is part of a team located in Liège, while interacting with multiple teams spread across several European locations for trading control. The team will act in an uncertain energy commodity trading context with extreme market volatility due to a variety of factors including worldwide economics, energy resource development, political and legislative changes, climate change, and energy demand.

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Activities

• Collaborate with centralized Day-ahead and Intraday teams to ensure the balancing and optimization of TotalEnergies's power portfolio in Belgium;
• Operate and optimize flexible assets in real-time, including BESS, CCGT, CHPs and a hydro power plant;
• Serve as the single point of contact with various market players in the energy landscape, including the Transmission System Operator, traders, other energy suppliers, green electricity producers, operators of power assets, trading platforms, and data and services providers;
• Support projects to further secure, optimize, or extend the activities of the Short-Term desk.

Candidate Profile

• You have a master degree in a quantitative discipline (economics, engineering, mathematics, business administration, etc.);
• You are passionate about the energy sector and want to learn more about the energy trading;
• You can easily understand complex market mechanisms;
• You have an analytical mindset and can easily analyze and summarize a lot of information;
• You speak French and English, Dutch is a plus;
• You are skilled in Excel and VBA; experience in python is an asset;
• You are able to work in a stressed environment and manage priorities in a timely manner.

You will be based in Liège and work in shift during 50 % of your time (week days : 7 am - 3 pm and 2 pm - 10 pm, week-end : 9 am - 5 pm).

Joining TotalEnergies means committing to the energy transition and helping provide energy that is more affordable, more available, and more sustainable for as many people as possible. You will grow within an international multi-energy company where every talent matters. You will contribute to ambitious projects and deliver concrete solutions to today's energy challenges.

Throughout your career, you will benefit from a wide variety of assignments and tailored learning opportunities. You will fully develop your potential in an environment that fosters innovation and excellence. Join committed and collaborative teams where success is built together.

We place respect and employee well-being at the heart of our performance. That is why TotalEnergies values diversity and promotes equal opportunities for all.