Market Specialist

If you have experience of working in the energy markets with a strong commercial aptitude, we have the perfect role for you! Come and join EDF as a Market Specialist!

The Opportunity

EDF Wholesale Market Services (WMS) is a core business line within the EDF UK Customers Business that is at the centre of helping Britain achieve Net Zero. It provides industry leading wholesale market services to EDF’s supply and generation business units and to third party energy asset owners. The team operates in a broad and diverse range of market segments including residential & business supply, nuclear, renewable & thermal generation, and storage & flexible energy.

We are looking for a talented Market Specialist to support and coach the Shift Trading & Market Analysis teams, helping them to upskill and deliver against their targets.

Pay, benefits and culture

Alongside a salary from £66,000 (DOE) and a market-leading pension scheme, we offer a range of flexible benefits to support our people across all aspects of their lives.

Your rewards package includes a choice of benefits, such as electric vehicle leasing, enhanced parental leave, health insurance, discounts, and employee pricing.

Flexible working means you can work from home (if you wish) and we’ll provide a suite of IT equipment to ensure that you can work remotely comfortably and effectively. The team travel to our London & Gloucester offices as and when required.

At EDF, everyone’s welcome. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone has a voice and where you feel confident being yourself. We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility. 

We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application, making adjustments as you need. 

We’ll value the difference you bring and offer opportunities for you to thrive and succeed.

What you’ll be doing

As the Market Specialist you will act as a subject matter expert and point of contact within Short Term Trading for new and emerging market services, to determine whether they could provide value-adding opportunities for WMS.

You will work to identify improvements to the capability of the Short-Term Trading team, acting as an advocate for the team in improvement projects with delivery partners across the wider business. You’ll collaborate and act as the main point of contact with multiple teams such as Commercial Delivery and Technology.

You’ll provide direction for the requirements and coordination of project delivery priorities, supporting WMS to be recognised as a market leader in the optimisation of flexibility services such as Gas Peakers and Batteries.

Who you are

We are looking for somebody with a strong understanding and in-depth knowledge of the energy industry to offer leadership and direction where necessary. You’ll have a good commercial aptitude with the ability to collaborate with a variety of stakeholders whilst challenging the status quo in a positive manner to benefit EDF.

You will be driven to motivate the Trading Team and demonstrate the ability to communicate complex ideas in a simple manner ensuring our wider audiences understand priorities to create an inclusive environment.

If this sounds like you then we’d love to hear from you!

Closing date for applications: 1st July 2024

Location: Flexible/Hybrid

Join us and together we can help Britain achieve Net Zero.