Power Market Analyst, Management Consulting

Shape the numbers behind Europes energy transition

Germanys power market is being rebuilt in real time: a battery storage boom growing hours of negative prices redispatch pressures and the design of a national capacity mechanism are changing how every asset on the system earns its money. Our clients from utilities and investors to developers and governments need quantitative answers before they commit capital. That is what our market modelling team in Berlin delivers.

As an Analyst or Consultant in our market reporting analysis and modelling practice you will work with BID3 AFRYs in-house European power market model and build the analyses behind investment decisions asset valuations and policy advice across the German and European markets.

What you will do - your main tasks

• Model the German and European power markets with BID3 and self-built tools translating scenarios into price forecasts dispatch results and revenue projections
• Assess flexibility technologies and their trading strategies: batteries gas turbines and other flexible assets including revenue stacking across day-ahead intraday and balancing markets
• Turn model results into client-ready insight: reports presentations and contributions to proposals with early client exposure and growing responsibility
• Track German and European market and policy developments (capacity mechanism design renewables build-out grid and redispatch negative prices) and feed them into our data assumptions and methods
• Improve our modelling toolkit: methods data pipelines and analytical tools used across the practice

What you bring - your profile

• A strong quantitative degree (energy economics economics engineering physics mathematics or similar) either fresh from university or with up to about two years of relevant experience
• Solid analytical and programming skills; you are comfortable in Python and Excel and ideally have touched optimisation or dispatch modelling in studies a thesis or a first job
• A demonstrable interest in power markets for example through coursework a thesis an internship or personal projects; hands-on experience with a market model is a plus not a prerequisite as we will train you on BID3
• Professional level of German and English language written and spoken is essential 
• Curiosity precision and the ability to explain quantitative results to non-modellers

What you get - our offer

• Build up strong modelling competences by training on BID 3
• A structured competence development path in market modelling 
• A dedicated experienced consultant as your mentor with continuous direct feedback and a career path you shape yourself
• Early exposure to clients across the European energy industry and a fast-growing professional network
• Work at the centre of the topics defining the German market right now: flexibility storage capacity market design and the economics of the energy transition
• Hybrid working from our Berlin office as part of an international modelling practice within AFRY a European leader in engineering design and advisory services

Sound like you

Send us your CV and a short note on why power markets interest you. No cover letter essay needed; a thesis project or piece of analysis you are proud of says more. 

Additional Information :

At AFRY we engineer change in everything we do. Change happens when brave ideas come together. When we collaborate innovate technology and embrace challenging points of view. Thats how were making future. We are actively looking for qualified candidates to join our inclusive and diverse teams across the globe. Join us in accelerating the transition towards a sustainable future.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time