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Wholesale Energy-Power(NEW) Real-Time Trader Job #1756ws
Wholesale Energy-Natural Gas Risk Analyst Job #1744ws
Wholesale Energy-Power/Natural Gas Front Office Sr Quantitative Analyst Job #1747ws
Retail Energy-Electricity Product Control Analyst Job #1746ws
Retail Energy Junior Structurer Job #1731ws
Retail Energy Sr Regulatory/Compliance Specialist Job #1752ws
Wind/Solar Asset Manager, Canada Job #1742ws
Solar(NEW) Director, Transmission Job #1748ws
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Summary of Current Openings
Director, Power Transmission, Texas—Job 1748ws
Experienced energy professional to lead the transmission interconnection process of utility-scale solar power projects. Responsibilities include leading and coordinating the interconnection process by liaising with the different ISOs, NERC regions, utilities, distribution companies and engineering companies to successfully accomplish the projects’ interconnection to the grid.
Location: Attractive community inTexas, not in theHoustonarea
Reports to SVP – EPC & Operations.
Specific Responsibilities:
Lead transmission interconnection process of utility-scale PV solar power projects.
Develop preliminary site layouts, one-line diagrams and select equipment to file interconnection applications.
Work closely with project developers and engineers to identify optimal locations to interconnect solar PV projects. Locate least-cost alternative sites and sites with greatest economic opportunities from an interconnection perspective.
Serve as the primary point of contact between company, utilities, distribution companies, ISOs and NERC regions.
Job content: Power, Transmission, Interconnects, Solar
Director, Power Transmission--JO 1748ws
Real-Time Power Trader-Northeast—Job 1756ws
While the power trading business continues to struggle, the smart players still have ways to make money by carefully trading the physical business. This firm is one such player and is seeking to grow. The management team has many years of experience in successful proprietary trading, and so this is a good spot for the aspiring trader to learn and grow.
The current position does not allow for significant proprietary bets, but does allow one to get on board and become a member of a very competent team and showcase one’s talent. In addition, since one will schedule in most pools, it will allow one to learn other, active markets.
Position/Duties: Real-Time Trader
The position is responsible for short-term energy purchases, sales and management of physical assets (i.e. generation, load and transmission).
Requires knowledge of energy trading markets and trading practices.
Will be scheduling in most pools: PJM, MISO, CAISO, NEISO, ERCOT, NYISO & IESO.
Will be required to work on the typical shifts associated with real-time trading.
Requirements:
Position may require a bachelor's degree and requires 2-5 years of experience in the industry or in a related field.
Job content: Power, Real-time trading, PJM,MISO,CAISO,ISO-NE
Real-Time Power Trader-Northeast—Job 1756ws
Front-Office Sr. Quantitative Analyst-Northeast—Job 1747ws
The number of full-service wholesale trading shops has shrunk, and will not grow again for a year or so. But this particular firm has been successful for a number of years in the power and fuels market, and continues to do well, even in this environment.
It’s an excellent opportunity for an energy professional to move to a stable firm, move up in pay and responsibility or move to the front office
Work closely with marketers, traders, risk managers and quantitative analysts to analyze complex market structures, develop viable strategies and create new products to hedge the portfolio and to supply third party customer needs.
Directly participate with marketers on external customer calls in order to understand and address customer needs with transaction structures.
Develop and direct the statistical and mathematical analysis of complex problems that include option value determination, marketing strategy development and new product design.
Develop complex computer models and provide high-level statistical analysis.
Required: BS with strong analytical capabilities, programming in MATLAB, 3+ years of experience. Advanced degree desirable.
Job content: Power, Natural Gas, Quantitative Analysis, Trading, Structuring, Model Development, MATLAB
Front-Office Quantitative Analyst-JO 1747ws
Product Control Analyst-Electricity, New York Metro Area—Job 1746ws
Background:
The client is one of the largest players in deregulated retail energy markets, and has some of the US’s largest buyers among its clients. Backed by the assets of a major corporation, the marketing group continues to expand.
It is located in the metro New York area, with easy travel to a wide variety of commutable communities that offer a wide choice of housing and schools.
General Duties:
Perform middle office product controls functions supporting the Energy Marketing Electricity business, including sophisticated P&L and position analysis through in depth knowledge of market drivers (e.g., position changes, price volatility and forward curves).
Job content: P&L Analysis, Electricity, Risk Analysis, Derivatives
Product Control--Power—Job 1746ws(more details)
Risk Analyst-Natural Gas, Houston, TX—Job 1744ws
Background:
Client is a well-financed and conservative master limited partnership which has been tremendously successful in several energy areas. It continues to grow, and has a new gas storage group which it is growing in a deliberate way, both in terms of storage capacity as well as low-risk trading around these types of assets.
The position offers a competitive base salary, an annual incentive bonus and a powerful long-term incentive program involving phantom stock.
The best thing about the position is the native growth of the firm which has provided multiple career opportunities to others in the past, and to the incumbent of this position.
Location: Houston, TX
General Duties:
The Risk Analyst will be part of a group whose primary function is ensuring that hedging activities conducted by commercial groups adhere to the company’s risk policies. This will include such activities as daily broker statement balancing, contract confirmations and settlement activities for derivatives.
However, the initial duties will include creating risk reports, using formats from an earlier risk system and linking the new reports to the Allegro ETRM system. This is expected to be challenging and requires a good understanding of risk and natural gas products, including transactions involved in gas storage operation.
Education, Experience and Personal Attributes
Client is focusing on experience in the range of 2-4 years, with significant capability in risk analysis and risk management.
Bachelor degree or equivalent natural gas industry experience
Experience with an Energy Risk/Trading Management (ETRM) system, with Allegro the ideal
background
Practical understanding of risk controls, trade book modeling, structures, theories, principles, and
practices within the natural gas industry
Job content: Risk Analysis, Risk Management, Natural Gas, Natural Gas Storage, Derivatives
Risk Analyst-Natural Gas—Job 1744ws(more details)
Energy Deal Analyst-Retail Power—JO 1738ws
This Los Angeles-based energy consulting firm serves a wide array of real-estate management firms across the US and is growing quickly.
It is involved in everything from energy procurement to smart metering for its clients, who look to this firm for sophisticated analysis and recommendations.
The position that we’re recruiting for is a broad-ranging one, but it serves as the analytical resource for the the main business development officer of the firm. As such, the incumbent will be involved in a number of highly visible transactions, and be responsible for the number crunching.
As a sales support function, the duties can vary widely—it all depends upon client needs. It could mean unraveling a knotty energy billing problem, looking at the local utility’s tariff structure to see if the client is getting appropriate pricing, calculating energy consumption over the year for a large, multi-location client, or preparing a request for proposal (RFP) for a client.
The quantitative issues can involve a deep dive into the pricing proposals from an energy vendor to understand how competitive the price is compared to the market today or in months to come. Or, it could mean calculating hedges for a client’s energy purchases and discussing those hedges with the client.
In this role, the position resembles closely that of a structurer on an energy desk.
Qualifications:
Candidates will be required to have an understanding of the energy markets as it relates to commercial usage.
Technically, candidates must have experience with energy transactions with embedded derivatives or have sufficient training or derivatives background to adapt to the energy business.
For example, someone from the equity markets who knows options and risk management may be able to transfer that knowhow to energy.
So, quantitative skills are important, provided that they don’t overbalance commercial instincts.
Candidates must be clever with regard to Excel usage and deal with large and somewhat complicated spreadsheet.
Prior experience in reviewing contracts or RFP’s would be helpful.
Finally, candidates should be comfortable balancing multiple priorities and project and responding intelligently to client requests.
In terms of experience, we are currently thinking a total of 1-3 years of relevant experience would be appropriate.
Individual must have a BS/BA and ideally would have some formal training in risk management and derivatives.
Job content: Retail Energy, Power, Analytics, Structuring, Sales Support
Energy Deal Analyst-Retail Power—Job 1738ws(more details)
Junior Structurer-Retail Power and Natural Gas—JO 1731ws
The client is one of the earliest player in deregulated retail energy markets, and has some of the US’s largest buyers among its clients. Part of a global trading company, it prides itself on the sophistication of its structuring activities.
Position is located in Southern California and reports to a Manager, Structuring
Duties:
The incumbent will perform multiple job functions as it relates to pricing and analysis of retail/wholesale power and gas deal structures.
Structures, negotiates and prices complex risk management solutions and energy products for customers.
Will work closely with Sales personnel and clients to analyze and design the best structure.
Provides guidance and assistance to other desk personnel in research, data analysis, derivative structuring, pricing and execution of transactions..
Determines, develops and understands hedging strategies, and risk and return relationships within a portfolio context.
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate for this position would be someone familiar with the retail or wholesale power/natural gas markets, and who is comfortable in dealing with sales people and clients.
But, the client is willing to look at talented people who have worked in financial services or other types of businesses that are fast-paced and use derivatives.
The maximum experience is probably 3-4 years out of undergraduate school. The minimum experience is 1 year---long enough for someone to understand how the corporate world works.
A good education is important. Should have a solid undergraduate degree with strong math, economics study at a minimum.
Communication skills should be very good—and candidates must be comfortable working in a team environment and being part of the sales process.
Software experience: Microsoft Office competence, especially advanced spreadsheet skills since that is the method for analyzing most problems.
Job content: Retail Energy, Power, Natural Gas, Structuring, Sales Support
Junior Structurer-Retail Power and Natural Gas—Job 1731ws(more details)
Asset Manager-Renewables, Canada—JO-1742ws
Rapidly growing renewable firm has a position in Canada for someone to manage multiple projects.
Client is seeking Canadian citizens or those authorized to work in Canada without visa issues.
Candidates should have 4-10 years experience. Targeted base salary is in the low six figures with 15% annual bonus.
Candidates should have some experience with generation assets. Renewables would be ideal, but thermal asset experience would be helpful
Candidates must be bilingual (french/english).
Based in either Toronto or Montreal, the incumbent will work directly for the company’s national VP, Generation, and will have responsibility for supporting the process of managing company and / or owner’s interest in one or more projects within the region, maximizing project profits and returns. Oversees project’s financial matters, budgets and contractual requirements.
A strong financial background, perhaps in project finance, would be very attractive to the client.
Some key duties:
Reviews all contract documents/agreements for assigned existing owned projects or third party contracts.
Oversee and coordinate with the O&M team, creating monthly reports for the Senior Management team regarding all company-owned projects or third party contracts within the region; create reports as needed for VP, Generation and/or Board of Directors.
Prepare operating budget projections, financial and production variance reports, and other ad hoc reports as required.
Works directly with the national VP, Generation and the local Development and O&M personnel during project development stages to: a) ensure Owner considerations are addressed; b) transition facilities from
Development’s Project Manager to Asset Management responsibility and c) carry out O&M integration and supervision of the facility activities.
Job content: Power, Asset Management, Renewables, Power Development, Financial Analysis, Utilities, Wind, Solar, Canada.
Asset Manager-Canada—Job 1742ws
Senior Compliance Specialist-Power and Natural Gas, Metro NY Area
Client Background:
The client is one of the largest players in deregulated retail energy markets, and has some of the US’s largest buyers among its clients. Backed by the assets of a major corporation, the marketing group continues to expand.
It is located in the metroNew Yorkarea, with easy travel to a wide variety of commutable communities that offer a wide choice of housing and schools.
Position: Senior Compliance Specialist
The position is part of a growing compliance effort that reports into the corporate risk function.
Client is targeting a minimum of 7 years experience in the energy trading/marketing business, with working knowledge of applicable regulatory bodies such as FERC, NERC, CFTC, FTC. FERC and NERC are the current major focus.
General Duties:
The incumbent will provide a day-to-day compliance function for the Retail Energy Marketing group as well as provide transparency on regulatory matters to corporate.
Qualifications:
5-7 years experience in the energy or commodity trading industry with specific experience in a compliance, regulatory or operations role.
Degree in economics, finance or related field required
Knowledge of physical energy markets, in particular natural gas and electricity required
Working knowledge of applicable regulatory bodies such as FERC, NERC, CFTC, FTC and associated regulations. ISOs/RTO knowledge a plus.
Job content: Retail Energy, Power, Natural Gas, Compliance, Regulatory, FERC, NERC
Senior Compliance Specialist-Power and Natural Gas—Job 1752ws
Ongoing Recruiting Activities
We constantly are recruiting and placing individuals with select backgrounds in most parts of the US including New York and Houston. We also are talking with clients about their needs as far as six months in advance.
If you are a serious professional in the functions shown below, we’d like to have the chance to discuss the trends in the business, and what are some of the next career steps possible.
Just send an email with contact information to resumes@rockwoodsearch.com and a short explanation about what you’re looking for, your background and the possible timing of your next move.
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Risk Management-Credit
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Power Pricing and Structuring
Power Asset Analysis and Optimization
Power Portfolio Analysis
Fundamental Analysis-Power
Power Transmission Planning and Analysis
Renewables
Project Management and Development
Power Asset Management
Wholesale Power and Fuels
Power Trading
Congestion Trading
Power Basis Trading
FTR Analysis & Trading
Front-office and Mid office Analytics
Energy Trading & Risk Management Systems (ETRM)
Retail Energy
Sales Representatives
Quantitative Analysts
Structuring Analysts
Power Operations
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