Associate Energy Market Trader (Portland, OR) #114190

POWER YOUR GREATNESS

PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability inclusion & belonging.

General Purpose

Negotiates sales and purchases of wholesale power, financial instruments, and emissions credits consistent with the strategic direction of the Company. Identifies sales/purchase opportunities and aggressively negotiates energy sales and purchases with other utilities/organizations and/or financial institutions. Develop professional relationships with wholesale power marketers, traders, brokers, utilities, and the financial community to enhance the Company’s ability to profitably grow the wholesale power business.

Responsibilities

• Purchase and sell wholesale electric power, and transmission as directed.
• Identify and initiate sales and purchase opportunities within limits.
• Monitor system operation of energy transfers and wheeling.
• Work within PacifiCorp's system, WECC system, CAISO scheduling and congestion management procedures, standard transmission tariff rules and regulations.
• Work within the Company policies, practices, procedures, applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
• Develop relationships with other utilities, marketers and transmission providers in order to enhance PacifiCorp's ability to reliably and profitably serve our customer base.
  Work with other groups within Commercial and Trading.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Marketing or a related field; or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Understanding of market conditions.
• Knowledge of company policies, procedures, and practices, and applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. 
• Proficient with the use of personal computers and automated tools to support trading activity.
• Communication and interpersonal skills to develop industry contacts and establish relationships.
• Knowledge of trading practices.
• Position work hours are non-standard.

Preferences

• Three years of experience in trading commodities. 
• Experience in electric or gas utility system operations, power marketing or power scheduling.
• Knowledge of power plants, market hubs, and interchange points between companies.  
• Selling skills in order to identify, negotiate, and close on sales and purchase opportunities. 

Additional Information

Req Id: 114190 
Company Code: PACIFICORP
Primary Location: PORTLAND     
Department: Power Supply 
Schedule: FT 
Personnel Subarea: Exempt
Hiring Range: $90,200 - $116,800  
This position is eligible for an annual discretionary performance incentive bonus of up to 30.00% of salary.

  
Benefits: Health care, retirement, paid time off, tuition assistance, paid short-term and long-term disability, paid bereavement leave. For more information, please visit: https://careers.pacificorp.com/content/New-Benefits-Page/?locale=en_US 

Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without an accommodation.

PacifiCorp is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status (except as required by law), gender (including gender identity and expression), sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran or military status, familial or parental status, marital status or any other category protected by applicable local, state or U.S. federal law.
Unless otherwise required by law, all offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check and drug screening including for marijuana. While marijuana is legal in several states, including Oregon, a positive test for positions in Oregon may disqualify a candidate. The company complies with the laws of Washington and California and only obtains and considers positive tests for marijuana in safety-sensitive positions or those covered by U.S. Department of Transportation regulations.