About Us
Workbench Energy is a fast-growing software and services company specializing in electricity markets. We help large power users, distributed energy resources (think industrial-size batteries), and grid-connected generators optimize revenues, cost savings, and carbon impacts. Our software, tools, and experience are leading the enablement of Ontario’s modern power grid with distributed and sustainable resources.
About the Role
As an energy markets specialist, you are an accountable member of an energy management team responsible for helping customers interface with the IESO administered markets. You are responsible for utilizing WBE software platforms and tools for offer management and oversight of commercial activities for customers including electricity sales and purchases from strategy through settlement. The successful candidate should enjoy working independently in a high-paced, evolving environment and must be willing to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends. With the changing IESO-administered capacity and energy markets, candidates must be open to learning new things.
Responsibilities
Electricity Sales and Purchases
- Submission, management, cancellation, and amendment of market bids and offers in day-ahead and real-time IESO markets (both energy and ancillary markets)
- Support customers in their interaction and interface with the IESO including loads, generators, and energy storage market participants
- Support settlement estimates and verification of revenues and costs
Participate in industry events and networking opportunities as needed
Reporting and Administration
- Manage appropriate records of activities
- Assist in customer management of required reporting
- Participate in customer and team meetings reporting results, solutions, and updates
- Ongoing education and understanding of the evolving IESO-administered electricity market
Data Analysis and Collection
- Perform data analysis in support of market operations and settlements
- Settlement analysis of both IESO contract and market mechanisms
Assistance with other office and company duties
- As a member of a dynamic and entrepreneurial team, you will likely be involved in numerous elements of the business beyond your main duties and responsibilities listed here.
Desired Skills and Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree
- Minimum 2-5 years’ experience in electricity markets. Knowledge of the power sector is a benefit, including familiarity with electricity generation and/or energy storage. Experience working in a team is essential.
- Positive, self-motivated, and capable of working independently
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, both oral and written
- Detail-oriented, enjoy data analysis
- Technical proficiency with spreadsheets and databases
- Strong research and analytic capabilities
- Proven problem-solving capabilities
- Interested in becoming an expert in energy sector
- Team player! We are a small team, so fit is important.
Additional Details
- This role is for full-time 40 hours per week but does not follow typical office hours
- Successful candidate will be expected to perform approximately 8-hour shifts on weekdays and weekends between the hours of 6am and 9pm. Exact schedule will be coordinated with the successful candidate.
- This is a remote work role with the option of utilizing Workbench Energy’s downtown Toronto office as desired.
- Compensation is based on experience
