Energy Trading & AI Analytics Specialist

Carbon3.ai; England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Era4 is seeking a Power Trading, Energy Analytics & Optimisation Specialist to drive short-term and forward power trading, imbalance management, and asset optimisation across a diverse portfolio. You will build pricing, forecasting, and AI-enabled analytics models while ensuring governance and value creation.

You will forecast market conditions, validate data for finance, and collaborate with energy teams and asset units to optimise commercial outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience in an energy or commodities trading environment.
• Experience trading power import/export positions.
• Strong understanding of short-term trading, imbalance management, and optimisation.
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret large data sets.
• Ability to communicate complex information to senior and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with flexible assets or generation portfolios.
• Programming or advanced analytics skills (Python, SQL, VBA).
• Interest in applying AI and machine learning to trading and analytics.

Responsibilities

• Execute short-term trading and imbalance management strategies.
• Forecast forward power prices and support import/export trading decisions.
• Optimise flexible assets across OTC, balancing, and ancillary services markets.
• Monitor market conditions and adjust positions to manage risk and maximise value.
• Analyse market data to support trading and optimisation.
• Validate operational data to support the finance team.
• Develop and maintain pricing, forecasting, and asset optimisation models.
• Contribute to the use of AI as a decision-support tool for forecasting and analytics.
• Produce clear reporting on trading performance, imbalance costs, and optimisation outcomes.
• Provide insight to senior leadership and the wider business.
• Act as a key interface between the Energy team and operational asset teams.
• Ensure compliance with trading governance and regulatory requirements.
• Support contract review and negotiation for power and energy agreements.
• Assess charging structures and tariffs to optimise commercial outcomes.
• Support wider business activities including forward strategy, systems, and data.
• Contribute to knowledge sharing and development within the team.

Skills

Power trading analytics

Analytics & data interpretation

Python/SQL/VBA

Stakeholder communication

AI/ML interest

Tools

Python

SQL

VBA

Job description

Era4 is seeking a Power Trading, Energy Analytics & Optimisation Specialist to drive short-term and forward power trading, imbalance management, and asset optimisation across a diverse portfolio. You will build pricing, forecasting, and AI-enabled analytics models while ensuring governance and value creation.

You will forecast market conditions, validate data for finance, and collaborate with energy teams and asset units to optimise commercial outcomes.