(Junior) Trader Environmental Commodities

At Vattenfall, we don’t just “do energy”, we exist to help our customers power their lives in ever climate smarter ways. If you are looking for interesting challenges and the opportunity to be part of this change, then join our diverse and talented team and make a difference.

Our Business Area (BA) Markets is looking for the right person to fill the position as

(Junior) Trader Environmental Commodities

for our office in Hamburg in the Nordic Power and Environmental Commodities department where we primarily trade Nordic Power, FX and a wide range of environmental commodities such as Emission Allowances (EUA), offsets (VERs) and Guarantees of Origin (GoO).

Your key responsibilities as (Junior) Trader Environmental Commodities:

• Provide market access to internal and external customers
• Manage a portfolio of environmental products
• Develop and execute own proprietary trading strategies
• Conduct technical analysis as well as mid to long term fundamental analysis identifying the key fundamental drivers and regime shifts (emissions balance, commodities, politics etc)
• Adhere to and further develop the company’s trading standards and best practices.
• Maintain effective communication within the organization and external counterparties (traders, brokers, exchanges, etc.)

Location  
Hamburg (preferred) but Stockholm can be discussed

• Strong academic background with a Master’s degree or higher in, e.g., business, economics, engineering, mathematics or physics
• Proven track record with a minimum of 2-5 years relevant experience in the energy market or/and in financial and or trading environment
• Sound risk management and strong Trading technical analysis experience.
• Experience with the EUA market is advantageous
• Decision-making and risk taking ability
• Strong and proven analytical and coding skills
• Strong team player and good communicator
• Fluency in English (both written and spoken); additional languages advantageous
• Result oriented, independent working method with high reliability and readiness to take on responsibility

We welcome your application in English, no later than February 20th, 2026. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website as we cannot guarantee that we will be able to process applications that are not made via our website. 

For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our Recruiter Jil Ungethüm via phone at +49 40 790221378. 

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation.

The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall. The screening will be performed by a third party, called DISA. In addition, a certificate of good conduct (i.e. criminal record certificate) is required for certain positions.

The trade union representatives in Sweden can be reached via Vattenfall´s switchboard +46 8 739 50 00. Sven-Gunnar Gremlin, Akademikerna and Anders Bohlin, Unionen.

Since Vattenfall is a part of the Swedish critical infrastructure, many of our services are security classed. If this position is security classed the final candidates might be subjected to a security vetting process, according to the Swedish legislation. 

We look forward to receiving your application! 

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 21.000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission.  

Right in the heart of Vattenfall, at Business Area (BA) Markets, you will find an inspiring international environment, with a culture of care and personal growth, enabling you to be who you are, having fun, building strong relationships and learning every day. Find out what our colleagues think about our culture: https://youtu.be/-9qGrDUCptA

We employ around 500 professionals who are active across Europe with offices in Sweden, Germany, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom to drive the energy transition together. Our role in Vattenfall is to maximize the value of the overall portfolio by optimizing and dispatching, hedging, and sourcing for Vattenfall's sales and generation volumes. We serve as Vattenfall’s single access to energy commodity markets and trade electricity, emissions, fuels, freight, and renewable certificates.  

Within Markets the Business Unit (BU) Trading is the energy trading hub of the Vattenfall Group. BU Trading is responsible for all trading activities around Vattenfall´s asset and customer flows to maximize value creation and improve sourcing costs. It provides market access services for the Vattenfall Group which means managing all hedging flows, from generation assets or customers, by Market Access. Next to handling our flow business, BU Trading also has a proprietary mandate. Our working environment is based on a collaborative approach, as we strongly believe that through teamwork, we can develop the most successful trading strategies.