Senior Intraday Shift Trader

Statkraft · Madrid, Madrid, Spain

  • Senior
  • Full-time
  • Posted 2026-09-16
  • Confirmed live on 25 September 2026

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Job Description
As a Senior Intraday Shift Trader for Spain, you will be part of Statkraft's growing 24/7 Energy Management team. Together with your colleagues, you will take responsibility for balancing renewable generation, dispatching flexible assets and optimising positions across Iberian short-term power markets.
Working closely with Origination, Portfolio Management, Algorithmic Trading and Energy Management teams across Europe, you will play a key role in scaling Statkraft's renewable and flexibility business in Spain. This role offers a unique opportunity to develop into a leading expert within one of Europe's most advanced short-term trading organisations. The role builds on Statkraft's growing short-term trading and flexibility optimisation activities in Spain.
In this role you will:

• Help establish robust shift routines, decision standards, handover practices and incident follow up processes for the new Madrid setup

• Act as a senior operational contributor during the ramp up phase and support knowledge transfer to future team members

• Bring practical insights from previous trading or dispatch environments to help professionalise and scale the Spanish setup

• Monitor and optimise renewable generation, battery storage and flexible asset portfolios in real time

• Execute trades and operational actions across Iberian short-term power markets

• Supervise and calibrate automated trading and optimisation algorithms

• Identify and capture value opportunities arising from forecast changes, market movements and system imbalances

• Act as a key operational interface towards internal stakeholders, asset operators and transmission system operators

• Ensure safe, reliable and compliant execution of trading and dispatch activities during your shift

• Contribute to incident handling, operational follow up and continuous improvement initiatives

• Work closely with quantitative analysts, developers and traders to improve models, tools and operational processes

• Support the development of new flexibility products, battery optimisation strategies and innovative trading solutions

• Help strengthen Statkraft's operational excellence culture through knowledge sharing, structured decision making and continuous learning

Qualifications
For the first phase of building our Madrid 24/7 setup, we are explicitly looking for experienced intraday or dispatch professionals who have already worked in a live trading or control room environment. This role is not primarily a graduate entry role. We need people who can contribute from day one, bring practical market knowledge, and help establish strong operational standards for a new team.

• At least 5 years of experience in short term power trading, intraday trading, dispatch operations, balancing, control room operations or energy management

• Practical experience in a live operational environment where decisions are made under time pressure

• Strong understanding of intraday market dynamics, forecast changes, imbalance exposure and renewable intermittency

• Experience with renewable generation, flexible assets, batteries or comparable asset portfolios

• Ability to combine commercial judgement with safe and reliable operational execution

• Confidence in supervising automated trading, dispatch or optimisation systems

• Strong analytical capabilities and a structured approach to problem solving

• High sense of ownership, discipline and responsibility in a 24/7 operational setup

• Excellent collaboration and communication skills

• Willingness to work in a 24/7 shift environment

• Fluent Spanish and English
It would be an advantage if you also have:

• Specific knowledge of Iberian power markets, OMIE or Red Eléctrica

• Experience with Python, SQL, data analytics or optimisation tools

• Experience in battery optimisation or flexibility trading

• Experience in improving operational procedures, shift handovers or incident follow up

• Experience mentoring less experienced traders or dispatchers

Additional Information
A career with Statkraft is a career filled with purpose – meaning that every employee is not just making a living, they are making a real difference to the planet, our communities, and the future. Together, we work on the front lines of changing the game for renewable energy. From hydrogen development to algorithmic trading and everything in between. We have 125 years of unrivalled expertise in creating the technologies that put ecosystems, communities and our environment first. With us, you’ll shape a career that is truly forward-facing with many amazing opportunities and offerings to match. This includes:

• Unlimited learning opportunities at various levels of the organisation including Linkedin Learning and inspiring leaderships programs

• The chance to grow your career alongside a truly global network of experts, leaders, specialists and graduates from different countries and backgrounds

• A work culture that puts emphasis on the indivi

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