Trading Operator – Energy Trading

About the role

TotalEnergies Trading (T&S) is the trading arm of TotalEnergies for crude oil, refined products, biofuels and paper derivatives, operating from Geneva, Houston, Singapore, Dubai, Athens and Paris. Its Trading Operations team in Geneva is looking for a Trading Operator to work closely with traders and counterparties on post-deal activities, from trade inception to completion. The role suits someone with less than 3 years of experience in a fast-paced, real-time environment.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate logistics for loading and discharging by sea and/or overland, avoiding and mitigating hazardous situations.
• Follow up vessels chartered by the company (spot, COA or T/C) and optimise rotations and loading plans.
• Nominate essential service providers such as independent inspectors, loss controllers and additive suppliers, and check the accuracy and consistency of their results.
• Manage storage and processing contracts (quantities, qualities, financial exposure, customs).
• Investigate operational problems, resolve them with stakeholders and mitigate costs and consequences.
• Obtain financial guarantees from counterparties, control or amend them before loading/unloading with the Credit department.
• Evaluate transaction costs and share operational data with a financial impact (prices, hedges, freight, currency).
• Check trading negotiations, formalise commercial contracts and verify their coherence and feasibility.
• Submit damage reports to insurers and follow claim files.
• Ensure compliance with REACH, customs, VAT and other regulations, and with vessel vetting procedures.
• Handle invoicing, payments and fund recovery, and manage equity lifting where applicable.

Required profile

• Master's degree (engineering, business school or equivalent) with a finance or business background, and initial experience multitasking in a fast-paced environment.
• Interest in the energy and trading business and willingness to learn.
• Good commercial instinct, solution-oriented attitude and team spirit.
• Rigorous, well organised, able to work under time pressure and proactive about improvement.
• Analytical skills and IT savviness.
• Fluent English and French; another language is a plus.