P3P3 — Mid-Level Professional
Energy Production & Distribution Energy Trader
Buys and sells energy commodities in wholesale markets to optimize a company’s financial position.
What this level means
Fully competent professional; works independently on standard projects
- Scope
- Features or a sub-system end-to-end
- Autonomy
- Works independently on standard work; reviewed on the non-standard
- Complexity
- Diverse problems; adapts existing approaches
- Impact
- Project / team outcomes
- Decision rights
- Owns implementation decisions for own scope
- Leadership
- Mentors juniors informally
- Typical experience
- 3–5 yrs
What you'd do
- Execute trading strategies in electricity markets.
- Maximize profit from generation assets.
- Participate in financial trading to hedge risk.
- Monitor market conditions and analyze data.
- Execute trades
- Analyze market data
- Hedge financial risks
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Market strategy execution
- Risk hedging
- Data-driven decision making
- Financial analysis
- Commodity trading
- Energy market dynamics
- Risk management techniques
- Financial instruments
- Data analysis tools
- Trading strategies
- Market Analysis
- Risk Management
- Financial Hedging
- Data analysis
- Strategic Trading
What good looks like
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, or engineering.
- 3-7+ years of experience in energy markets or trading.
- Programming skills (Python, R).
Common titles
Power Generation IIIPower Generation 3Mid-Level Power GenerationGrid Planning IIIGrid Planning 3Mid-Level Grid PlanningEnergy Trading IIIEnergy Trading 3Mid-Level Energy TradingEnergy Production & Distribution Energy Trader
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
O*NET / SOC: 13-0000 — Business & Financial Operations Occupations (inferred)