Duty Trader - SEAu Trading
What’s the role?
The Duty Trader is responsible for managing daily operations as part of the Shell Energy Australia integrated portfolio of gas, electricity, and financial products. Working within the Shell Energy Spot Trading team, you will build an in-depth understanding of gas trading and power generation assets and create value through portfolio optimization, maintenance planning, and by integrating new business. In fulfilling these requirements, you will liaise with counterparties, partners and service providers to ensure timely and accurate decision making.
The team is required to operate within strict regulatory and compliance standards, contractual agreements, pre-defined risk limits, and Shell standards and internal guidelines. In this role you will work with other team members as part of a duty trader roster which provides coverage 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
What you'll be doing
On any day the role can be varied and could involve:
Manage long term gas contract scheduling and optimization
Negotiating terms of gas sales and purchases with customers
Scheduling power station dispatch into the National Electricity Market (NEM) and Wholesale Electricity Market (WEM)
Analyse gas and power market data to better inform strategy
Interpret gas sales and purchase contracts for their operational obligations
Collating data for internal compliance and regulatory submissions
Analytics and data management to improve daily processes and ways of working
Interact with customers, partners, service providers and pipeline operators to ensure timely and accurate scheduling activities (East & West Coast)
Interact with the Wallumbilla Gas Supply Hub and the regulated markets on the East Coast including Short Term Trading Market (STTM) and Declared Wholesale Gas Market (DWGM).
Engage with the broader spot team around strategy and planning, market events, and items for escalation.
Presenting to broader Supply and Trading team on market events and portfolio planning
You will thrive in:
Managing the physical scheduling and dispatch of the SEAu gas and power portfolios in a safe and timely manner and in accordance with regulatory and contractual obligations.
Identifying, developing and executing opportunities to optimise the portfolios to create incremental value to the organisation in the short-term space.
Operating as a well-rounded and high performing team with grounding in all aspects of physical gas and power trading operations, analysis, contract management, negotiation and risk management.
Maintaining desktop applications and IT processes to ensure timely and accurate data management to support a growing business and evolving market landscape.
Acting as an interface between long-term power and gas origination, business development and retail teams to integrate new business into the existing portfolio.
Building negotiation and influencing skills to meet business objectives and to ensure effective communication across a range of internal and external stakeholders.
What you bring
To succeed in this role, you will:
Have a focus on compliance and maintain high standard of integrity
Be a strong collaborator and be comfortable in engaging both internally and externally in a professional, courteous and purposeful manner
Have a high attention to detail with the ability to prioritise and deliver to a high level of accuracy including in situations where time is limited.
Be numerate with an analytical mindset and be comfortable in solving complex problems
Have the ability to communicate clearly and accurately at all levels; Be comfortable working in a close team environment that requires individuals to take on a high level of accountability
Have a commercial mindset with the ability to identify, assess and execute commercial opportunities
Be a driven self starter who can operate autonomously and deliver to set targets; Be able to demonstrate resilience under pressure and the ability to deliver under tight time frames.
Be prepared to work on a shift roster in the Brisbane office that can require availability at all hours of the day
Tertiary qualification in STEM, business or related field
APPLICATION PERIOD WILL RUN UNTIL AUGUST 22.
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What we offer
You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.
Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.
Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance-related salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.
Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.
Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and
international teams.
Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.
Note: We are keen to support flexible working arrangements, subject to local regulations and legislative frameworks. If this is of interest to you, please describe in your application the type of flexible working arrangements for which you would like to be considered (e.g., part-time, job share).
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Shell in Australia
Shell has operated in Australia since 1901. From operating Australia’s first oil refinery, which was central to meeting Australia’s fuel needs, to fuelling the first Qantas commercial flight in the 1920s, to playing a foundation role in building some of Australia’s largest and most innovative natural resource developments.
Throughout this 124-year relationship the needs of our customers and the nation have changed and we have continued transforming our portfolio to meet these needs. Today, we are a leading natural gas producer and are playing our part in the transition to a low-carbon future by investing in the power sector, renewable energy sources and carbon abatement activities.
Shell has a significant Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) business in Australia that makes a valuable contribution to today’s energy supply. This integrated gas portfolio includes our two Shell-operated gas production and liquefaction businesses, Shell QGC in Queensland and Prelude Floating LNG offshore in Western Australia, and our joint venture interests in Gorgon and North West Shelf in Western Australia and Arrow Energy in Queensland.
Today, Shell’s portfolio in Australia also includes zero- and low-carbon energy businesses such as commercial and industrial retailer, Shell Energy carbon farming specialist, Select Carbon the 120MW Gangarri solar development; residential energy retailer, Powershop Australia a 49% stake in WestWind Australia a 50% share of Kondinin Energy and several grid-scale Battery Energy Storage Solutions projects. High quality Shell branded fuels and lubricants are available right across Australia, through an exclusive brand license arrangement with Viva Energy.