TotalEnergies · 1 day ago
Senior Power Trader
Houston, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
15+ years expTotalEnergies is focused on developing and operating renewable power generation in the US. The Senior Power Trader will be responsible for executing power trading strategies in wholesale markets and contributing to the financial trading P&L while ensuring compliance with company policies.
Clean EnergyEnergyRenewable EnergySustainabilityTransportationVenture Capital
Responsibilities
To work within the formalised delegated Trading Authority Limits
Abide by Compliance rules and directives
Contribute positively towards the financial trading P&L
Execute power trading strategy on wholesale (physical & financial) markets within trading execution limits under direction of N+1
Compliance with the Code of conduct and all policies and procedures of the Company and the Group
Develop and maintain a detailed understanding of the US Power markets on multiple ISO
Develop & maintain market models and analysis tools, including forward curves & market information reports
Input to power trading strategy, including identify new products & markets
Own the trading strategies of the desk, be able to communicate their rationale to management
Work closely with the operational team to ensure physical positions are managed and transferred to the operational team in a timely manner for scheduling
Support commercial efforts to offer and implement electricity purchase and sale and other power contracts to other group entities third parties
Maintain good internal working relationships with internal departments: risk control, finance, HR, compliance and legal
Maintain a good and up to date knowledge of financial market regulations in the markets we operate
Build and maintain good relationship with and knowledge of the main market stakeholders: other electricity consuming or producing TotalEnergies affiliates, external counterparties, brokers, exchanges, ISOs, etc
The Senior Power Trader will participate in the day to day speculative trading activity and work closely with Power Trading team members and Research to devise trading strategies to maximise P&L
Electricity Trading is a growing area for TGPNA. The Senior Power Trader will initially play an integral part of growing the activity in terms of identifying new opportunities in the various ISO markets
For the new activities the Senior Power Trader will establish the scope of work required for implementation, specifying systems, contributing towards establishing procedures and achieving internal authorisations to trade new markets
Qualification
Required
University educated with significant mathematical, economic or finance knowledge
Strong analytical capabilities and fundamental understanding of energy markets
15 year's relevant industry experience in an electricity, gas and renewable/emissions organisation
Experience in operations and risk management relating to wholesale energy trading
Fluent in English
Company
TotalEnergies
Have you ever thought of offering your skills and expertise to a multinational company? Give your best to better energy and make the commitment with TotalEnergies.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
TotalEnergies has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (2)
2024 (2)
2023 (1)
2022 (1)
2021 (2)
2020 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2023-05-30Acquired
2016-09-16Undisclosed
Leadership Team
Antoine Delafargue
Vice President, Distributed Generation
Benoit Savattier
M&A Director - Gas, Renewables and Power branch
Recent News
Business Standard India
2025-11-15
2025-10-14
2025-04-15
Company data provided by crunchbase