Energy Trading Operations Placement Programme 2027

RWE Supply & Trading; Swindon; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Company pension

Employee share scheme

25 days annual leave

Volunteer days

Enhanced maternity scheme

Private healthcare

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Modern trading floor

Diversity networks

Flexible benefits

Job summary

RWE Supply & Trading invites penultimate year students to join a year-long Industrial Placement at our UK Swindon HQ. You will explore Back Office, Commercial Asset Optimisation, New Business Partners, Risk Governance, Risk Surveillance and Analytics, and Trading Risk, gaining hands-on experience with trading desks and AI-enabled tools.

You’ll collaborate with industry experts, develop modelling and coding skills, and contribute to real business projects that drive value across renewables, gas,

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills with fluent English.
• IT proficiency including AI-enabled productivity tools.
• Ability to work collaboratively with a curious, problem-solving mindset.
• Motivation to take on new challenges, individually or in a team.
• Commercial aptitude and entrepreneurial spirit.
• Analytical mindset with quick learning ability.
• Desire to develop skills within a supportive team.

Responsibilities

• Back Office: support trade confirmations, settlement, and post-trade activities.
• Commercial Asset Optimisation: build and test models for gas and power market strategies.
• New Business Partners: assist in new markets and product implementations; support AI-driven process improvements.
• Risk Governance: provide transparency and guidance on risk framework and limit management.
• Risk Surveillance and Analytics: analyse trading activity and monitor potential market conduct risks.
• Trading Risk: gain exposure to P&L analysis and trading strategies, informing senior stakeholders.

Skills

Communication skills

AI tools

Collaboration

Independent working

Commercial aptitude

Analytical mindset

Adaptability

Education

Penultimate year student in analytical/technical/business subject

Tools

AI productivity tools

Job description

From here, choose a whole world of experience

Looking to gain experience at a leading European energy trading house with real growth potential? Want to work alongside industry experts, building experience and skills that will help you flourish in your early career? Then one of our year-long Industrial Placements could be just what you are looking for.

Join us at the UK headquarters of RWE Supply & Trading (RWEST) in Swindon where we currently have opportunities in the following area:

Choose Back Office

• Join this integral part of our business, which ensures the smooth execution and settlement of our energy portfolio including Renewable Energy, Gas, Freight, LNG, Biomass and Chrome ore.
• We manage trade confirmations and documentation, and handle all aspects of post trade activities such as trade reconciliations, regulatory reporting and compliance, collateral management and meter data management of our entire asset portfolio.

Choose Commercial Asset Optimisation

• Work in the department responsible for optimising the commercial performance of RWE’s UK generation and renewable assets.
• Build and test algorithms and mathematical models for the gas and power market, combining modelling, coding, and analysis to turn ideas into trading strategies that deliver real value to the business.

Choose New Business Partners Team

• Be part of RWEST’s global growth activities in new markets with new products implementation for the Commercial Desks, interacting across the whole organisation and supporting the team on new business requests.
• You will also help with enhancing and monitoring our own processes using AI and other automation tools.
• You will also spend time supporting the Commercial Asset Optimisation desk with their position optimisation.

Choose Risk Governance

• Provide transparency on the state of risk to the RWEST Board and Management via Enterprise Risk Report, Stress Test Report etc. to help the Board to manage their risk appetite.
• Gate check on RWEST’s limit framework and limit management process whilst being the interface providing guidance, coordination and ad hoc analysis for the desk facing market risk teams and other functions across RWEST.

Choose Risk Surveillance and Analytics

• Gain exposure to RWEST's trading activities and learn how trading decisions, strategies and controls come together in practice.
• Analyse trading activity, investigate potential market conduct risks, support the oversight of algorithmic trading strategies, and communicate key insights to senior stakeholders.
• Through analysis, project work and business-wide collaboration, you can drive improvements and make a meaningful impact.

Choose Trading Risk

• Gain a front-row view of how trading desks make decisions, manage market exposure, and drive performance across a diverse range of commodities.
• The role offers exposure to Profit & Loss analysis, trading strategies and key risk drivers, while translating complex market movements into clear insights for senior stakeholders and supporting independent advice up to Board level.

Job requirements and experiences

Passionate about the energy industry? Want to learn and grow alongside experienced industry experts? Looking to explore new markets with a commercial business that is growing on a global scale? Then you could be just the person we’re looking for.

We’re looking for students who are in the penultimate year of a highly analytical, numerical or business-focused subject (such as Maths, Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, Business or Economics) and who are ideally on course to achieve a 2:1 or higher. What you must have is:

• Excellent communication skills with fluent English.
• IT proficiency including the ability to use AI-enabled productivity tools.
• A desire to work collaboratively with a curious approach, challenging yourself to find new solutions.
• Motivated to take on new challenges, whether operating independently or in a team.
• Commercial aptitude and entrepreneurial skills.
• Analytical mind and the ability to learn quickly.
• Enthusiasm and drive to develop your skillset and seek out development opportunities within a supportive team.

From here, you’ll have a community of support

At RWEST we have an energy to be inclusive and believe diversity drives success. Reaching your full potential means being able to bring your whole self to work and being respected for the different opinions, strengths and experiences you bring.

Our industrial placement programme has been designed to give you the chance to gain highly valuable work experience and skills – and potentially secure yourself a place on one of our graduate programmes. From day one, you’ll be making a real contribution to your team. A current placement student will be allocated as a Buddy to all new joiners, enhancing the on-boarding process and overlapping your start date to ensure seamless support as you begin your journey.

To help you get the most out of your placement, we provide lots of support and development opportunities, including in-house courses and on-the-job training with everything you need to make the placement a success. Alongside the day-job, you’ll be provided with comprehensive behavioural skills training with our expert partner, Cappfinity. This will enable you to harness your strengths from day one and identify new ways to utilise the key Skills That Build Skills. This includes interactive sessions where you can learn from our facilitators and your own peers, and self-led elements to support your application of learning back in your day-to-day role.

Your benefits

We’ll do everything we can to help you fulfil your potential with us. We offer a wide variety of initiatives to support you in and out of work, including:

• Competitive salary plus annual discretionary bonus.
• Company pension.
• Discounted employee share scheme.
• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays; you can also buy up to an additional 5 days leave per year.
• Two paid annual volunteer days to be used with a charity or initiative of your choice.
• An enhanced maternity scheme and family friendly policies.
• Free on-site healthcare plus access to AXA Private Healthcare Scheme.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) providing you with immediate and confidential help for any work, health, or life matters.
• Access to a modern office and trading floor with state-of-the‑art IT.
• Open and diverse company culture with various clubs and societies - join any of our employee networks for social interaction (including Diversity Ambassador Programme).
• Flexible benefits, including discounts at shops.

About the Company

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We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of gender, disability, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, age, sexual orientation, and identity. # inclusionmatters

As an inclusive employer, we want to support you to perform at your best at each stage of our recruitment process and can make adjustments to ensure this. If you’d like to request any adjustments or know how we can support you better, please contact us confidentially at [e-mail].

RWE Supply & Trading is our connection to the world’s energy markets. Headquartered in Essen, Germany, the company operates one of Europe’s largest and most advanced energy trading floors. A diverse team of over 2,300 professionals from around 90 countries trades electricity, gas, commodities, and CO2 emission allowances. With precise market analysis and a strong customer focus, we create innovative energy supply solutions and tailored risk management concepts for industrial clients.

We also ensure the commercial optimisation of RWE’s power plant portfolio and market the electricity generated by RWE. In addition, legally independent RWE gas storage companies operate in Germany, contributing to a secure energy supply.