Main Purpose:
The Power Plant Optimization Engineer would support the ongoing operations and future development of Trafigura's North American Power assets. The Power Plant Optimization Engineer would support the Power Trading team to evaluate operational activities, propose and plan debottlenecks and beneficial projects, and support Due Diligence and M+A exercises around new Power asset acquisitions.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities, Key Responsibilities:

• Economic analysis - the ability to evaluate economic analysis of existing Power plants and provide Technical and Economic updates to Trafigura Power desk and Trafigura management
• Ensure existing Power plant economic drives are being followed on a daily/weekly/months basis
• Understand and manage Power plant reporting KPI's and be able to challenge Power plant operations
• Single point of accountability between Trafigura's Commercial team and Trafigura's third party Power plant operations
• Participate in daily and weekly operations meetings with Trafigura's third party operators
• Review monthly reconciliation produced by third party operators
• Assess new business opportunities related to Power assets in conjunction with Commercial team

Experience

• Engineering degree
• 5+ years of experience in Power plant Techno/Economic roles.

Knowledge

• Safety oriented.
• Adaptable to changing priorities and capable of working efficiently under pressure.
• Capable of interfacing with all different levels of the organization.
• Problem solving, analytical skills
• Power plant operations and economics
• Knowledge of Power plant design
• Knowledge of Power contracts preferable

Skills

• Previous Power Plant experience
• Effective oral and written communication.
• Ability to summarize Technical issues to a non-Technical customer base

Key Relationships and Department Overview:

Internal - Houston Commercial team, Houston Management

External - Third party operators, Third party consultants.