Intern - Trader Weather & Energy 

📍 Location: La Garenne-Colombes, France

About ENGIE and Supply & Energy Management

ENGIE, a global leader in low-carbon energy and services, relies on its Global Business Unit Supply & Energy Management (GBU S&EM) to provide reliable, sustainable, and affordable energy to all its customers. This strategic unit optimizes the Group’s and clients’ production assets and designs tailored energy solutions for our 200,000 professional clients and 15 million consumers.

The Global Business Unit Supply & Energy Management leverages ENGIE’s assets to deliver secure and sustainable energy to its B2B and B2C customers. It uses its expertise in energy management to provide decarbonized electricity 24/7.

Joining Supply & Energy Management means becoming part of a team of over 10,000 passionate experts spread across 20 countries, all united by a shared mission: shaping a greener and more efficient energy future. Together, we push the boundaries of innovation to deliver decarbonized energy 24/7. Join us and be part of those shaping the energy of tomorrow!

Context

The Weather & Energy Solutions (WES) is a dedicated trading desk responsible for managing weather risks across the ENGIE Group’s BUs and supporting the development of S&EM’s commercial activities related to weather derivatives.

In addition to its strategic position as the Group’s sole trading interface with weather markets, WES contributes to improving ENGIE’s financial performance through its weather risk outsourcing activities. This role is increasingly critical in a global business model that is becoming more sensitive to weather volatility, particularly with the growth of renewable energy production.

Your Mission

Within WES, the role of the Weather & Energy Trader is to:

• Provide our clients with a deep knowledge of their weather risks by analyzing, representing and quantifying their risks structure.
• Assist and advise our clients in defining, designing and implementing various strategies to reduce their weather risks.
• Structure and trade weather hedges on behalf of our clients, in collaboration with capacity providers and traders.
• Monitor and explain to our clients the performance of the weather hedges and offer continuous improvement of their coverage throughout the covered period.
• Develop and improve our modeling and pricing IT tools.
• Contribute to develop and improve our risk methodological corpus: working with Market Risk to improve temperature autocorrelation model and enhance the Risk Framework.
• Explore new hedging strategies and onboard new capacity providers.
• Participate in transversal projects and expert groups aiming to drive a consistent transformation of the weather risk management activities within the Group.
• Comply with GEMS internal procedures and compliance policies.
• Work in a Front Office role within a dynamic trading floor environment and in close collaboration with internal stakeholders.

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for a professional combining quantitative expertise, trading exposure and client-facing capabilities. The successful candidate will be comfortable working in a Front Office environment, capable of managing weather risk topics from analysis and modelling through to structuring and execution, while interacting with a wide range of stakeholders.

Hard Skills

Must Have

• Proficient in Object-Oriented Programming.
• Proficient in Python 3+ (Numpy, Pandas, Sklearn, Seaborn) and Excel VBA.
• Remarkable experience using Jupyter Notebook, Pycharm and GitHub.
• Familiar with using APIs.

Good to Have

• Hybrid role: someone with structuring, quantitative and client-facing abilities.
• Ability to manage complex transversal projects with multiple stakeholders.
• In-depth understanding of the trading and portfolio & risk management business.
• High level of numeracy, strong analytical and quantitative skills, combined with a hands-on approach.

Soft Skills

Must Have

• Willing to work in a front position with direct impact on group's and BU's P&L.
• Highly resilient.
• Result-oriented practical thinker.
• Rigorous and accurate.
• Dynamic and flexible team worker.

Good to Have

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to build a strong network.
• Determined to succeed.
• Creative and able to act as a true initiative-taking entrepreneur.

Education & Experience

• Master’s degree in Financial Mathematics or Engineering.
• Previous experience in sales, portfolio management, trading, finance, or related fields is preferred.

Languages

• French: Fluent.
• English: Fluent.

Why Join Us?

• Join a unique team at the intersection of weather risk management, quantitative analysis and energy trading.
• Take on a strategic role supporting ENGIE’s performance and energy transition ambitions.
• Work in a Front Office environment with direct exposure to business impact and decision-making.
• Collaborate with experts from trading, risk, structuring and quantitative teams.
• Contribute to innovative projects shaping weather risk management across the Group.

Diversity & Inclusion

If you meet these requirements, then you are the talent we are looking for. Don’t wait – apply now with your CV.

At ENGIE S&EM, we are committed to fostering a gender-neutral and inclusive environment where everyone’s potential can thrive.

All our positions are open to people with disabilities. If you need any reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please inform your recruiter — we will be happy to support you.

About ENGIE

ENGIE is a global leader in low-carbon energy and services, committed to accelerating the transition towards a carbon-neutral world. Our purpose (“raison d’être”) is clear: act to reduce energy consumption and develop cleaner, more sustainable solutions that balance economic performance with a positive impact on people and the planet.

We rely on our core businesses — gas, power, renewable energy, and services — to deliver competitive, tailored solutions to our customers worldwide.

With 96,000 employees and a strong network of partners and stakeholders, ENGIE is more than a company: we are a community of Imaginative Builders, working every day to create harmonious, sustainable progress.