Student Assistant in Energy Trading & PPA

Are you a committed and structured student looking to get hands-on experience in the energy trading space? Would you like to gain valuable and relevant job experience working with Power Purchase Agreements and Energy Data Management? Then you might be our new Student Assistant in Energy Trading & PPA.

Your new team
You will be part the Energy Trading & PPA team, which is responsible for green power sales to energy distributors and corporate off-takers. The team is based in Copenhagen and currently consists of 10 full-time employees split into three sub-teams: Origination, Power Market Analysis, and Risk Management. You will sit with the Risk Management team. European Energy is a dynamic work environment and there will be opportunities to get involved in many areas of the business.

How you will create impact
As a Student Assistant, you will play a key role in different task:

• You will assist the Energy Trading & PPA team with managing our ETRM (Energy Trading and Risk Management) system and automated reports.
• Help define and maintain price- and contract data in our ETRM system.
• Monitor the data quality coming in and out of the ETRM system.
• Develop and maintain (input to) revenue and exposure reports.
• Assist with reporting power sales for compliance purposes (REMIT/EMIR).
• Help with power market analysis to support PPA pricing and trading activities.
• Assist with ad hoc tasks.

What we look for
You are looking for a student currently studying a Bachelor or Master at university level or an equivalent institution within a technical or quantitative field, such as Computer Science, Economics or similar. Moreover, we imagine that:

• You can contribute significantly to solving technical problems.
• You have experience with one or more programming languages, such as Python, C# or Java.
• Some familiarity with data modelling and RESTful APIs will be highly beneficial.
• Experience with the Microsoft 365 suite, particularly Excel and Power BI.
• You are proficient in English, oral and written, and have good communication skills.
• You have a genuine interest in energy markets.
• You are friendly, curious, and eager to learn.

With us you get

• We offer you a chance to kick-start your career and get hands-on experience with energy trading and risk management systems.
• An independent role in our team, where you will be able to shape your own tasks according to your qualifications.
• You will get the possibility to apply your knowledge from your studies to real projects.
• Steep learning curve through problem-solving, end-to-end ownership of your work and opportunity to build a very strong problem-solving toolkit.
• Great level of flexibility to build a good balance between studies and exams.
• Opportunity to be part of our Next Generation Student Network, where our 100 students, interns, and trainees across the company meet for social and academic events.
• You will be part of a truly international environment. With more than 43 nationalities represented in our HQ office you will hear a lot of different languages when you walk down the hallway.
• You will have many opportunities to engage socially across the departments. We have a monthly Friday event, free gym in the basement, squash court, as well as sport events such as running club, football club, and mountain bike.

European Energy at a glance – The Power of Tomorrow, Today
European Energy is a Danish privately owned company founded in 2004. We operate all the way from development, construction, operation and selling of wind- and photovoltaic (PV) farms on land as well as offshore globally. Further, we work with development of the future energy solutions, e.g. Power-to-X and batteries. We have a solid collaboration with local stakeholders and want to involve all parts in the process.

We now have more than 860 employees with 43 nationalities represented in 22 countries. We all work for our common goal to be the most innovative company within the green transition and to create The Power of Tomorrow, Today.

Read more about our work here or follow us on LinkedIn

Background check: As a last step of the hiring process, a background check will be conducted on the final candidate. This is for safeguarding our operations and ensuring compliance with EU regulations for critical infrastructure. The check can include verification of identity, employment history, and criminal record.

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Location: Søborg HQ, Copenhagen

Hours: 15-20 hours per week with flexibility in exam periods

Reporting to: Gregor McDonald, Head of Energy Trading & PPA

Apply for the position: Please submit your application including a CV and motivational letter in English using the “Apply”-button to the right.

More information: Lykke Haven Nielsen, Student Assistant in Talent Acquisition; lni@europeanenergy.com

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Lokation: Søborg, Denmark