Base Location: Perth or Glasgow
Salary: £42,600 - £64,000 depending on skills and experience + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.
Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time
The role
The Thermal Commercial Team is responsible for managing the commercial and contractual positions across SSE’s flexible generation fleet. This role offers the opportunity to work across the full spectrum of wholesale energy markets — combining pricing, strategy, regulation, and commercial decision-making.
You’ll play a key role in analysing both short-term market dynamics and long-term structural trends, translating these into actionable insight that supports commercial strategy and asset performance. This is a highly analytical position with direct exposure to market movements, risk management, and the evolving energy landscape.
Some of our other main accountabilities will include;
- Developing and maintaining analytical tools, reports, and dashboards to provide insight into market opportunities, pricing trends, and risk positions across UK & Ireland power markets.
- Delivering analysis that supports both short-term commercial decisions and long-term strategic positioning of the Thermal portfolio.
- Monitoring and assessing market design and regulatory developments, clearly articulating their commercial impact and implications for the business.
- Support and, where required, lead the commercial aspects of fuel logistics for the Thermal fleet.
- Contributing to the management of PPA contracts and JV relationships, providing analytical and commercial support
- Providing data-driven recommendations to inform hedging strategies and approaches, supporting delivery of SSE Thermal P&L (~£400m/year)
- Supporting capacity market prequalification processes across GB and Ireland, ensuring commercial considerations are fully reflected.
- Working across multiple data sources and stakeholder inputs to ensure the business remains ahead of key risks and opportunities.
To be successful in this role, we'd love you to have;
- A strong understanding of energy or commodity markets, including key drivers and pricing dynamics
- Advanced analytical capability, with experience working with large datasets to generate clear, actionable insights
- The ability to interpret and assess complex commercial positions or proposals
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate analysis into clear insight for a range of stakeholders
- An awareness of regulatory frameworks and industry developments and their impact on commercial opportunities would be beneficial
About SSE
SSE’s purpose is to provide energy needed today while building a better world of energy for tomorrow. We do this by developing, building, operating and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses needed in the energy transition. Our Transforming for Growth investment plan sees us investing £33bn in critical electricity infrastructure across the five years to 2030.
SSE Thermal keep the lights on for millions of people while pioneering low-carbon technologies. From ground-breaking carbon capture and storage projects to plans for what might be the world's first hydrogen-fired power station, we're transforming how we generate energy.
Flexible benefits to fit your life
Enjoy discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships. Wellbeing benefits like a free online GP and 24/7 counselling service. Interest-free loans on tech and transport season tickets, or a new bike with our Cycle to Work scheme. As well as generous family entitlements such as maternity and adoption pay, and paternity leave.
Work with an equal opportunity employer
SSE will make any reasonable adjustments you need to ensure that your application and experience with us is positive. Please contact pamela.hendry@sse.com to discuss how we can support you.
We're dedicated to fostering an open and inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We create equal opportunities for everyone to succeed and especially welcome applications from those who may not be well represented in our workforce or industry.
Ready to apply?
Start your online application using the Apply Now box on this page. We only accept applications made online. We'll be in touch after the closing date to let you know if we'll be taking your application further. If you're offered a role with SSE, you'll need to complete a criminality check and a credit check before you start work.
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