Specialist Capacity & Congestion Management (80-100%) - limited to 12 months

About the job

Electricity powers our lives. And we move electricity. Every day, we commit ourselves to ensuring grid-side supply security in Switzerland. On behalf of Switzerland and in cooperation with international partners, our employees ensure a powerful and reliable electricity grid.

For our Capacity & Congestion Management team in Aarau, we are looking for an outstanding individual with the determination to make a central contribution to the future Swiss electricity supply. We look forward to your application as:

Specialist Capacity & Congestion Management (80-100%) - limited to 12 months - 1639

Ensure electricity for Switzerland

In this exciting and demanding role, you will be part of an internationally active team driving the further development of congestion management. Your contribution is crucial: you help ensure stable grid operation while optimally utilising the existing grid infrastructure for the national and international electricity market.

You work on solutions that function today and shape the electricity market of tomorrow.

You will take on the following tasks:

Support projects for the further development of the national and international electricity market

Develop and implement a concept to adjust Switzerland's import and export capacity in the intraday time frame

Continuous optimisation of processes and applications in the area of capacity calculation

Support the further development and maintenance of existing operational tools and applications

Close coordination with operational operations to ensure efficient and practical implementation

Analyse market, grid and operational data to identify potential improvements

This is how you make a difference

For this role, we are looking for a motivated and structured individual who enjoys thinking analytically, takes responsibility and likes to work independently on new topics. You move confidently in a complex, technical and international environment and keep an overview even with demanding issues.

You enjoy working in a team, are hands-on and bring the necessary perseverance and enthusiasm to achieve something together. You bring the following:

Master's degree or equivalent education in a scientific, economic or engineering field

Professional experience in electrical energy systems or the energy industry or in the transmission system operator environment is an advantage

Knowledge in the area of load flow-based grid studies is an advantage

Excellent user knowledge of the MS Office suite, especially for the presentation and transfer of information

Programming skills in Python, MATLAB and VBA or willingness to acquire these independently

User knowledge in the area of AI

Excellent English skills, both spoken and written

How we inspire you

We offer varied and exciting tasks in a company unique to Switzerland. In addition, you benefit from the following perks:

Flexible working hours (42 hours per week) including home office options (up to 40%)

25-30 days of annual leave plus company holidays between Christmas and New Year

State-of-the-art working environment in close proximity to Aarau station

Progressive social benefits and an attractive pension fund

Financial and/or time support for internal or external further training

About us

The Capacity & Congestion Management team consists of experienced engineers and market experts from various nations. We lead the strategic developments in the Swiss electricity market and congestion management.

We develop and implement operational procedures and market rules, thereby creating the conditions to use the Swiss transmission grid as efficiently and safely as possible. For this, we maintain close contact and exchange with Swissgrid grid operations, Swissgrid IT and regulatory authorities. A large part of our activities takes place in an international environment.

If you want to combine energy supply, technology and international cooperation, you are in the right place with us.