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Gas Portfolio Trader

  • Eneco - Rotterdam
  • Energy Trading
  • 3-5 years, 1-3 years
  • €88.000 - €125.000
  • 36 - 40 hours
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  • Result-oriented, converting Power market opportunities into euro’s  

  • A challenging position within an ambitious and innovative organization

  • You work on exciting analytical challenges in the dynamic energy Gas market

Why choose Eneco?

Eneco is fully committed to sustainability. Eneco has developed a progressive sustainability plan, our One Planet Plan. And mission; Sustainable energy for everyone. Eneco wants to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius to prevent serious effects on humans and nature and to take responsibility for future generations. It's a race against time. Are you also eager to commit to a sustainable future? Then we are looking for your help! 

What you’ll do

As a European Natural Gas Portfolio Trader, you will be responsible for managing the company’s gas positions across various European hubs, optimizing the commercial value of the portfolio through active trading and risk management. You will operate in short- and mid-term markets, including spot, prompt, and forward timeframes, ensuring that supply, demand, and storage assets are optimally balanced and monetized. Your decisions will directly impact the PnL of the portfolio trading book, and you will work in close coordination with portfolio managers, originators, and risk teams to manage exposures in a volatile and dynamic market environment. 

Is this about you?

You will work together as one team in Portfolio Trading but also have individual responsibilities to contribute to our goals. You will be creating an environment in where you exchange insights and opinions with colleagues. 

In addition, you bring the following with you: 

  • University degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a quantitative discipline.
  • 2–5 years of trading experience in European gas.
  • Knowledge of European gas hubs (TTF, NBP, etc.), trading instruments, and market structures.  
  • Experience with gas logistics, storage, transportation, and balancing regimes.
  • Strong numerical and analytical skills; ability to interpret large data sets in a trading context.
  • High stress tolerance, decisive, and comfortable taking responsibility in time-critical situations.
  • Experience with Python, SQL, or trading support tools is a strong advantage.
  • A proactive, results-oriented and entrepreneurial personality;
  • A winner's mentality where you show resilience and perseverance to achieve successes.
  • Good communication skills.
  • Team player with eye for cooperation with the Portfolio Management team.
  • You are already resident in the Netherlands 

You’ll be responsible for

Market Trading & Optimization 

  • Trade across European natural gas hubs (e.g., TTF, NBP, PEG, THE, ZTP) in spot, prompt, and forward markets to optimize the portfolio's value

  • Manage open positions actively within delegated risk limits, balancing hedging needs with market opportunities 

  • Execute physical and financial trades (e.g., OTC, exchange-based) in line with commercial strategy and asset constraints 

  • Execute hedging strategies to mitigate market and volumetric risk of generation and consumption positions 

  • Manage open positions in alignment with internal risk limits, market outlook, and asset flexibility

  • Take opportunistic asset backed positions where appropriate, within defined mandate

Market Monitoring & Analysis 

  • Monitor real-time market fundamentals including weather, LNG flows, pipeline outages, storage levels, and geopolitical risks

  • Use quantitative tools and market intelligence to identify arbitrage opportunities (e.g., time spreads, hub spreads, cross-commodity)

  • Contribute to market views and trade ideas for internal discussions and strategy alignment

  • Feed trading insights back into portfolio management team

Asset Baked Trading 

  • Translate the embedded optionality of assets into commercial trading decisions

  • Collaborate with the Portfolio Manager to optimize gas storages against market signals

  • Manage and trade gas flexibility contracts as part of the portfolio

Collaboration & Systems 

  • Work closely with analysts, meteorologists, portfolio managers, and quants to enhance trading strategies

  • Support improvements to tools, models, and trading infrastructure (e.g., algorithms, ETRM systems) 

  • Contribute to shaping a data-driven, fast-paced trading culture

This is where you’ll work

As a Gas Power Trader, you will work within the Portfolio Trading Team for Eneco right next to Rotterdam-Alexander station. A complex, dynamic environment where ever-moving markets, ever-changing positions, new technologies, and the law of inhibiting head start create a challenging field of tension. 

The Trading Team is part of horizontal chain Trading and Origination (T&O). Valie Chain (VC) T&O is the international trading division of Eneco. With a diverse team of colleagues who are motivated and highly educated employees, we work on an optimal market vision that supports Eneco's sustainability goals. VC T&O forms a dynamic and complex working environment that requires a lot of initiative and insight. We interact quickly with each other in an informal, transparent and collegial atmosphere.  

In a rapidly changing energy landscape, you and your team will shape the energy transition. A tough job, with challenging but achievable targets. We reward you for this with our good and modern terms of employment. 

What we have to offer

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Gross annual salary between €88.000 and €125.000

Including FlexBudget, 8% holiday allowance, and depending on your role a bonus or collective profit sharing.
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FlexBudget

Including FlexBudget, 8% holiday allowance, and depending on your role a bonus or collective profit sharing. Have it paid out, use it to buy extra holiday days or save it up for something nice, it's up to you.
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Personal and professional growth

Eneco is fully committed to help you in your personal and professional development.
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Hybrid working: home, office or abroad

Work 40% at the office, 40% from home, and 20% flexibly. With manager approval, you may work abroad (within approved countries) up to 3 weeks/year, max 2 consecutively.

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Here's what you get from us
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Work that works for you and the climate

If you decide on a career at Eneco, you are choosing ambition, growth and opportunities. You will have all the space you want to improve yourself and do your job the way that suits you best, which includes having a good work-life balance. You can work to a flexible schedule and work partly from home if your role allows it.
That is how you can work on your own future and on the future of the world. After all, you and your 4,000 colleagues are committed to our mission: climate neutrality by 2035. We assist customers to accelerate their sustainability efforts, devise innovative solutions and seize opportunities with both hands. Are you ready?

The phases of our application procedure:

Application procedure, 1 applying, 2 introduction interview, 3 online assessment, 4 follo-up interview, 5 offer time and 6 congratulations with your new job

Want to know more about this job function?

For more information about the application procedure please send an email to [email protected]. 

Applying straight away? That is also possible! You can also apply via our recruitment system. Click on the 'apply' button and send us your CV with a motivation letter. You will receive a response as soon as possible.

Questions about the application procedure

Feel free to contact our recruiter:

Randolph MacKay

+31650203567

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