Gas Operator

**Your main responsibilities**
- Nominate Western European natural gas positions in a timely and accurate manner
- Check positions with trading counterparts, Transmission and Storage System Operators
- Book gas capacities for gas transportation, supply and storages
- Integrate and operate new products (storages, VPPs, swing options...)
- Improve nomination and optimization processes via automation and collaboration with IT and Analysis
- Monitor market rules and provide traders and originators with constructive feedback of operational conditions and opportunities
- Support expansion of Alpiq gas activities with ad-hoc analysis on a project basis
- Contribute to balancing and optimizing Alpiq spot gas positions during and outside of normal business hours
- Perform piquet duty (on-call 24/7 from Monday to Sunday and weekend shift) according to a shift schedule

**Your profile**
- Degree in computer science, engineering, economics or business (min. bachelor level)
- Previous experience in the energy trading sector is of advantage but not a prerequisite
- Demonstrated computer skills (Visual Basic, Python, SQL highly desirable)
- Excellent team player willing to interact with people within and outside of Alpiq
- Ability to work in an accurate way while under pressure and to respect strict deadlines
- Good communication skills, fluency in English, other language(s) highly desirable

**Your benefits**
- Generous annual leave incl. bridge days and free working days between Christmas and New Year
- Opportunity of 5 days flexible leave
- Very good social benefits and excellent pension fund contributions, optional additional savings contribution (tax free)
- Financial contribution to daycare center costs and voluntary family allowance
- Free barista coffee and fruit
- Various flexible work models
- Financial and/or time support for further education
- Complete benefits overview

**What is also important to us**:
**Diversity and inclusion**

**Data protection and process**
- Moritz Nauer