Country

Switzerland

City

GENEVE

Workplace location

GENEVE-WTC1(CHE)

Employer company

Total Energies Gas & Power Ltd

Domain

Sales

Type of contract

Regular position

Experience

Minimum 10 years

Context & Environment

Within Total Energies Trading & Shipping division, the Assets Trading Desk is a key growth component of the European Power Trading activity.

Asset Trading is one of several trading desks, working in close coordination with other power, gas and structured trading teams.

Activities are conducted from Geneva and cover a broad range of energy markets including Power, Gas, Emissions and related products, within an integrated trading environment.

The desk mission is to optimize a growing portfolio of flexible generation assets and procurement contracts across multiple European markets, in coordination with internal stakeholders and asset owners. This is achieved through active participation in power, gas and emissions markets, with the objective of maximizing value and supporting the development of the Company’s energy activities.

You will be part of a small, high-performing team, responsible for developing and implementing optimization strategies across short- and long-term horizons, in close interaction with Operations, Origination and other trading desks.

The portfolio is diversified and expanding, covering multiple geographies and contractual structures, and is evolving in scale and complexity, requiring increasingly advanced optimisation and trading approaches.

Activities

Market expertise

• Develop an in-depth understanding of European power markets, including market design, price formation, generation stack dynamics andacross market segments
• Maintain strong awareness of gas and emissions markets and their interactions with power
• Monitor capacity mechanisms and ancillary services where relevant
• Formulate and express market views to generate value beyond intrinsic asset optimisation, including discretionary positioning

Asset expertise

• Build a detailed technical understanding of the asset portfolio
• Determineoptimaldispatch strategies considering operational constraints,costsand market conditions

Modelling & tools

• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of analytical and modelling tools
• Support the digitalisation of workflows and real-time risk management capabilities
• Work closely with Research, Digital and IT teams

Trading strategy & execution

• Define and implement trading and hedging strategies aligned with market conditions and asset constraints
• Execute trades across power,gasand emissions markets within defined mandates
• Contribute to portfolio balancing, riskmanagementand overall trading performance

Commercial & cross-functional interaction

• Work with Origination and project teams to support new agreements and portfolio growth
• Liaise with Operations and asset owners on short-term optimisation and dispatch decisions
• Interact withdiversefunctions (Finance, Middle Office, Back Office, IT, Research) asrequired

Compliance

• Ensure full compliance with internal policies and external regulations, including REMIT

Accountabilities

• Operate within the Company’s trading governance and risk framework
• Contribute to the performance of the desk, with both collective responsibility and individual impact
• Ensure adherence to HSE rules, Code of Conductand applicable regulations

You will operate in a highly dynamic and volatile market environment, shaped by evolving energy flows, regulatory developments and the energy transition.

This role offers exposure to a diversified and growing portfolio of flexible generation assets, requiring close interaction between trading, operations and commercial teams.

Candidate Profile

• Degree in Engineering,Financeor equivalent
• 7+ years’ experience in European power trading
• Strong knowledge and practical experience of:
• Asset-backed trading and optimisation
• Power market organisation across several European countries
• Power market fundamentals, including generation stack dynamics
• Physical and financial trading instruments
• Risk management and trading regulations
• Demonstrated ability to develop trading views and translate them into measurable performance
• Strong affinity with quantitative tools and modelling approaches (e.g. dispatch models, optionality)
• Passionate aboutanalyticsand attention to detail
• Ability to work autonomously and take initiative in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communicationand interpersonal skills
• Fluent in English;additional European languages (for instance Italian and/or Dutch) are a plus

We are committed to meet the energy needs of a growing population and we are committed to the energy transition. The volatility of the energy trading markets requires excellence in risk management and a culture of innovation. We are fully embracing the digital revolution.

Our people flourish in an environment that promotes expertise, entrepreneurship spirit, agility and a purpose-driven culture, generating boundless opportunities to learn, grow and achieve collaborative success.

Reinforcing the competencies of our people is a key pillar of our culture: we train our people to ensure their development and we pledge to encourage safety in all our actions.We look for passion, ambition and open-mindedness. While we evolve in a demanding industry that requests to be always on the edge, we cultivate a friendly workplace where our people feel good, where team spirit and respect guide our daily routine, where the diversity of our people and their skills create a nourishing experience for all of us.

Additional Information Total Energies values diversity, promotes individual growth and offers equal opportunity careers.

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Become one of the drivers of energy transition with **Total Energies Trading & Shipping.**Total Energies is a broad energy company that produces and markets energies on a global scale: oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases, renewables and electricity. Our 105,000 employees are committed to energy that is ever more affordable, clean, reliable and accessible to as many people as possible. Active in more than 130 countries, Total Energies puts sustainable development in all its dimensions at the heart of its projects and operations to contribute to the well-being of people

Total Energies Gas and Power (TGP) is the trading arm of Total Energies in the field of low carbon energies. As such, it operates in fast-evolving market dynamics influenced by internal and external factors that require constant adaptation and evolution.

The Trading division in Geneva is responsible for optimising the purchase & sales portfolios of gas, electricity, CO2 emissions, dry bulk, and LNG in all recognised markets worldwide, in compliance with the Company trading guidelines.In such context, TGP helps to ensure growth and profitability to a key segment of the business in order to reach the objective of Carbon Neutrality by 2050.