Shift Trading Manager

Job Description

An opportunity has arisen to recruit a Shift Trading Manager in the Trading Team (GB). The Shift Trading Manager will supervise the day-to-day operations of the trading desk, ensuring that trading activities are executed efficiently, accurately, and in compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements. This role provides immediate operational management to the trading team during shifts, manages workflow, monitors risk adherence, and acts as the first point of escalation for trading issues. The Shift Trading Manager will also support recruitment, onboarding, and performance management for the trading team under the direction of the Trading Manager (GB).

Key Responsibilities

• Overseeing daily trading desk operations, ensuring all transactions are executed with accuracy, compliance, and alignment to agreed strategies and risk frameworks.
• Directing the shift team in optimising portfolio dispatch across wholesale and balancing markets, with particular focus on managing elevated technical and market risk.
• Leading and developing the shift trading team by providing clear guidance, monitoring performance, and resolving operational challenges in real time.
• Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, trading guidelines, and internal processes during all trading shifts.
• Supporting recruitment by conducting initial candidate assessments, assisting with onboarding, and contributing to trader training and development.
• Monitoring and reporting on team performance against operational KPIs and shift objectives, highlighting key risks and opportunities.
• Acting as the first point of escalation for operational, market, or system issues and co-ordinating effective resolution under pressure.
• Maintaining proactive communication with the Trading Manager and Senior Traders, ensuring alignment on market strategy, shift performance and emerging risks.
• Supporting the development and production of reporting mechanisms and board packs.
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives to enhance trading processes, tools, and workflows.
• Fostering a culture of accountability, accuracy, and operational discipline within the trading team.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Background

• Solid understanding of short-term GB power and gas market operations, including intraday and day-ahead trading.
• Working knowledge of trading platforms, position management tools, and operational reporting systems.
• In depth understanding of regulatory requirements, compliance standards, and risk management frameworks within energy trading.
• Demonstrated track record in an energy trading environment, preferably with exposure to intraday or short-term markets.
• Experience leading, supervising or mentoring a trading or operations team.
• Practical involvement in delivering day-to-day trading activities and resolving operational challenges.
• Familiarity with recruiting and onboarding trading team members, including initial candidate screening.
• Exposure to pricing commercial contracts such as ancillary services.
• Experience with automation, algorithmic trading or BESS optimisation (desirable).

Behaviours

• Strong leadership and supervisory skills with the ability to manage and motivate shift-based trading teams.
• Decisive under pressure, with excellent judgment in time-sensitive, high-stakes situations.
• Clear communicator, able to relay strategy, provide feedback, and engage with senior stakeholders.
• High level of organisational skills to coordinate shift activities and ensure seamless market coverage.
• Proactive problem-solver, able to anticipate issues and implement effective solutions quickly.
• Resilient and adaptable, maintaining performance in a dynamic 24/7 market environment.

Qualifications

• Degree in a STEM, economics, mathematics, engineering, finance, or a related discipline (or equivalent industry experience).

About [Employer hidden] Ltd

EPUKI is the UK division of Energetický a průmyslový holding (EPH), one of Europe’s largest private energy groups with over 70 companies and around 15,000 colleagues across the energy value chain. Operating in key European markets, EPH manages €28.9bn in assets and delivers an EBITDA of €2.6bn.

In 2025, EPH announced a major joint venture with TotalEnergies dedicated to flexible power generation across the UK, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands and France. Once completed, this partnership will create one of Europe’s leading flexible generation platforms, strengthening energy security and supporting the continent’s transition to net zero. EPUKI’s UK and Irish flexible generation assets will form a core part of this new joint venture.

Established in 2015, EPUKI has grown rapidly through acquisitions and development, now operating a diverse portfolio of renewable and flexible power generation assets. Today, we are one of the largest independent power generators in the UK and Ireland, with revenues of c.£1.5bn and EBITDA of c.£300m. We are proud of our entrepreneurial culture and flat leadership structure, where individuals at every level can make a real impact.

Our mission is to enable the UK and Ireland’s low-carbon transition by providing reliable and flexible energy. To achieve this, we will:

• Develop, construct and acquire the right assets to support the transformation of the energy system.
• Invest in our people and our assets to meet the evolving needs of the sector.
• Continuously challenge ourselves to identify opportunities, build knowledge and innovate.

Our Hiring Process

Stage 1: Application

Stage 2: Hiring Manager Review

Stage 3: 30-Minute Screening Call

Stage 4: Panel Interview

Stage 5: Final Interview

Stage 6: Offer

Stage 7: Hired

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