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Asset optimisation specialist

POSTED ON 4/23/2025 AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/15/2025
Danske Commodities Hjemmearbejdsplads in Aarhus, Full Time

Are you eager to create value for major asset owners and energy producers? Interested in energy trading and playing a key role in the energy transition? If so, this role could be your ideal fit!

The job

Here’s what the job entails

In this role, your primary responsibilities will be to cover the operational shift as well as optimise and support our flexible asset portfolio, such as CHPs , batteries and renewables assets. You will act as the link between all our customers’ assets and the power market, continuously being in dialogue with asset operators and making optimisation decisions that create value for the owners.

Concretely, your responsibilities include:

  • covering the 24/7 shift for the flexible assets portfolio. This includes monitoring external communication, system surveillance, asset performance, market opportunities and ad-hoc problem solving. The team covers three shifts on a rotation of 07:00-15:00, 15:00-22:00 and 22:00-07:00. The latter is covered via an on-call shift.
  • covering the shift from 07:00-15:00 as part of the shift rotation and covering evening and on-call shifts when needed.
  • assisting our team with market research to helping define product requirements for our flexibility services and solutions.
  • planning and executing online webinars to provide market insights to our customers.
  • assisting the team on projects and carry out ad-hoc analyses
The team

Meet the team

As our new optimisation specialist, you will join the Flexible Asset Management team in which we develop Danske Commodities’ flexible asset business. Our core task is to optimise Danske Commodities’ portfolio of flexible assets – finding the perfect balance between internal development opportunities and our customers’ expectations. The team is currently on a growth journey, with a growing number of customers, services and geographical presence. As such, we are looking for a new colleague to take part in managing the operations and trading of our flexibility portfolio.

We are a team of 10 specialists within asset optimisation and asset-backed trading. We are a dedicated and motivated team that always seeks to maximise value for both Danske Commodities and the asset owners.

You will have the opportunity to enter the energy trading industry and take charge of operating our flexible assets portfolio. Your role will be crucial in maximising the value of our customers’ flexibility while ensuring that all products and processes function seamlessly

Mikkel Lyhne Uhrenholt
Senior Portfolio Manager
Your qualifications

But enough about us… over to you!

As you will be working with critical power grid systems and data that require great attention to detail, we are looking for someone who is well-structured, precise and ready to make a difference. Also, as the team covers a wide range of tasks and we always support each other in getting the job done, we imagine that you take a positive view – no job too big, no job too small.

We also imagine that you:

  • have a relevant educational background, for example within Engineering, Finance, Economics or similar
  • are motivated by delivering great customer service and products
  • are fluent in Danish and English

We offer

We’ll take good care of you

At Danske Commodities, we take great care of our people. Joining us means you’ll get a lot of great perks – including social events, cultural experiences, tasty food and benefits to better your health, your life and your future.

Here are some of the benefits we offer our employees:


Fuel Fridays
a monthly Friday off with pay, except for July and December, to fuel your energy


Vast development opportunities
with the help of your own individual development plan, access to our DC University with 50 courses as well as remote courses through Harvard Learning

Global career prospects as part of the Equinor group with 20,000 colleagues across the world

10% paid pension as well as a beneficial health care and insurance package

Great parental leave conditions including 26 weeks of paid maternity leave, 16 weeks of paid paternity/co-parent leave, paid pension while on leave and the opportunity to join ‘Inspired Beyond Babies’

Paid children’s sick days 10 annual paid absence days in relation to child sickness, to be used whenever needed

Extra days off five to be exact, every year – adding to the standard five weeks off each year

Senior days if you’re over 55years old

Compensation for working night and weekend shifts

Bonus scheme

Share savings meaning you have the opportunity to participate in our parent company Equinor’s attractive share savings programme

Paid at home internet and equipment including a mobile phone with paid subscription and IT equipment for when working from home

100 yearly social and professional eventsincluding DC Sports and DC Talks events, gatherings in our book club, bicycle club, student network, wine club, CS:GO team and more

Various free tickets to family-friendly and cultural attractions

Discounts at hotels, restaurants, sports clubs and more

Organic food including a light breakfast, lunch buffet and snacks throughout the day

An office in the heart of Aarhus right next to the central train station

…. and much more

The process

Recruitment process and relocation

You can read more about our recruitment process here. Please note that if you are an international candidate, we will reimburse travel expenses in connection with potential interviews and support you with the relocation process.

About us

What we’re about

We're a tech-driven energy trading company present in 40 markets across five continents. Our 600 people are driven by a need to constantly better things. If you are too, we could very well be the right place for you. You'll join a collective of thinkers and doers. Aspiring chefs, runners, parents, beekeepers, gamers – the list goes on. We're highly specialised experts within our fields. But it’s actually our diversity of ideas we’re most proud of, which is why we continuously work on strengthening an inclusive culture where diverse teams thrive.


Our organisation is flat with an open-door policy. We expect you to care. About your work. About your own and your colleagues’ collective successes. And about the difference we make at Danske Commodities. Together with our parent company Equinor, we have the vision and strength to accelerate the energy transition and make an impact. Like no other.

In summer 2025, we'll be moving to our brand-new headquarters in Aarhus. Our future home, Akson, will be located in Sydhavnskvarteret – a vibrant district where business meets culture. On top of being in this urban oasis, we’ll enjoy state-of-the-art facilities – including our own barista coffee shop, modern fitness facilities and breathtaking views that will make every day at the office even sweeter. We can't wait.


Vacancy
Asset optimisation specialist
Location
Aarhus, Denmark
Jobtype
Full-time
Deadline
09.05.2025. We will be screening candidates on an ongoing basis.
We will be screening candidates
on an ongoing basis.

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