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Oregon's energy sector spans Portland-based utilities like Portland General Electric and Pacific Power, renewable energy developers concentrated in the Columbia River Gorge wind corridor, and clean energy firms expanding across the Willamette Valley. Engineers, grid analysts, and energy systems specialists with H-1B visa sponsorship needs will find active hiring across the state's evolving power and renewables industries.
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Trader, Real Time
Department: Asset Mngt - Trading
Reports to: Director - Real-Time Trading
Location: In Office, Portland OR
The base salary range for this position is dependent upon experience and location, ranging from:
- $87,600 - $109,500
What We Offer:
- Competitive benefits and growth opportunities
- Generous performance‑based bonuses
- 12% 401(k) match
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Professional development and clear career‑advancement pathways
Job Summary
The role of the Real Time Trader is to perform real-time energy trading and marketing, negotiate wholesale sales and purchases in the hourly markets, coordinate generation operations with dispatch personnel, coordinate transmission reservations, negotiate transmission purchases, schedule energy flow by issuing digital E-tags. Traders are responsible to record deals in a timely manner, maintain a physical position through trading software, communicate with forecasting and reliability dispatch as well as maintain a general level of awareness around the company’s generation assets. Develop professional relationships with power marketers and traders.
Key Responsibilities
- Negotiate transactions to financially optimize corporate assets including renewable and thermal generation.
- Capture of market arbitrage opportunities utilizing transmission to link markets across the United States.
- Capture of real-time arbitrage opportunities and manage day-ahead and real-time transactions.
- Provide market pricing for day ahead to real-time transactions.
- Create NERC E-tags, purchase transmission via OASIS and capture transactions accurately in Avangrid's energy management system.
- Facilitate training of other real time traders.
- Provide generation and transmission schedules to ISO#s, control areas and transmission providers.
- Manage unit bids/offers in the Northeastern and Midwestern ISO's to optimize the portfolio.
- Manage asset and proprietary risk through Day-Ahead transactions.
- Trade physical power across the eastern US to maximize profitability.
- Purchase transmission as needed to execute physical trades.
- Schedule and tagging of physical transactions.
- Trade intra-day financial power OTC in the Northeastern and Midwestern ISO's.
- Provide insight into the short term market and operations to other traders.
- Provide insight into additional market areas as PPM's portfolio expands.
- Represent Avangrid Renewables professionally with a diverse group of customers and market participants.
- Interact with plant personnel, traders, and system operators.
- Adhere to effective internal business and industry controls.
Required Qualifications
- BA/BS degree in mathematics, business, finance, economics, or engineering or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Solid understanding of generation & transmission operations.
- Quick learning curve with the ability to receive, process, and transact on information.
- Ability to self-motivate and create opportunities.
- Experience preferred with any of the following markets: WECC, CAISO, and Southwest, ERCOT, MISO, PJM, NYISO, with proven ability to understand market conditions and to identify sales/purchase opportunities.
- PC proficiency and experience with automated tools to support trading activity.
- Understanding of financial modeling, risk assessment, commodity management, electricity and natural gas trading and hedging practices.
- Ability to independently function in fast paced deadline dependent environment.
- Must be performance driven, self-motivated and proactive with demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work rotating shifts of 12 hours which includes night shifts, weekends and holidays.
- Strong Excel experience.
- Familiarity with LIM or other price data warehouse.
- Ability to create NERC tags without templates.
- Familiarity with virtual transactions.
- Ability to model intra-day and next day pricing and load to devise strategies.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with MISO, ERCOT, IMO, and HQ.
- Experience trading at different points within California.
- Strong knowledge of the California ISO.
- Experience managing physical assets within the WSCC.
- Ability to navigate and succeed in a highly matrixed reporting structure, preferably at an international company.
- Self-starter with demonstrated performance leading initiatives and building consensus at all levels of a matrixed global organization.
- Ability to work effectively in an environment where consensus between diverse work streams is often required before projects can proceed.
- Maintains effectiveness during procedural/organizational changes and when dealing with varying personality styles and tasks.
- Effectively provides and receives information orally in individual and group situations.
- Written expression is clear, concise, and conveys the desired message.
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Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country.
At Avangrid we provide fair and equal employment and advancement opportunities for all employees and candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.
If you are an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran who is unable to use our online tool to search for or to apply for jobs, you may request a reasonable accommodation by contacting our People and Organization department at careers@avangrid.com.
Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Power.
Avangrid employees may also be assigned a NERC Reliability Standards compliance role supporting Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and/or Operations and Planning (O&P) responsibilities. This is applicable to employees that will work in electric transmission, operations, and cyber security business areas in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate business areas. NERC Reliability Standards compliance roles and responsibilities may include additional access protections, training, audit engagement, and required evidence retention, and will be communicated by the employee’s management.
Job Posting End Date:
August-3-2026
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Search Energy Jobs in OregonEnergy H-1B Sponsorship Jobs in Oregon: Frequently Asked Questions
Which energy companies in Oregon sponsor H-1B visas?
Portland General Electric and PacifiCorp (Pacific Power) are among the established Oregon utilities with documented H-1B visa sponsorship histories. Renewable energy developers operating in the Columbia River Gorge wind corridor and solar project developers active in the Willamette Valley have also filed H-1B petitions. Smaller clean energy startups and grid technology firms in Portland have sponsored H-1B workers in engineering and data roles as well.
Which cities in Oregon have the most energy H-1B sponsorship jobs?
Portland concentrates the largest share of energy H-1B roles, housing utility headquarters, clean energy startups, and grid technology companies. The Hood River and The Dalles area in the Columbia River Gorge sees activity tied to wind energy development and operations. Bend and Corvallis have smaller but growing clean energy employer presences, particularly in solar and energy efficiency-focused firms.
What types of energy roles typically qualify for H-1B sponsorship in Oregon?
Roles that consistently qualify are those requiring a specific bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant technical field. In Oregon's energy sector, this includes power systems engineers, electrical engineers, grid reliability analysts, renewable energy project engineers, environmental engineers, and energy data scientists. Positions requiring expertise in wind or solar resource assessment and transmission planning also commonly meet the H-1B specialty occupation standard.
How do I find energy H-1B sponsorship jobs in Oregon?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for international job seekers and filters energy jobs in Oregon by H-1B sponsorship, saving you from manually researching each employer's visa policies. You can browse roles across utilities, renewables developers, and clean energy firms active in the state. Because Migrate Mate focuses on verified sponsoring employers, it narrows the search to companies that have a documented history of filing H-1B petitions in the energy sector.
Are there any Oregon-specific considerations for H-1B sponsorship in the energy industry?
Oregon's accelerating clean energy transition, driven by state renewable portfolio standards targeting 100% clean electricity by 2040, is expanding technical hiring at utilities and project developers. This creates more specialty occupation roles that can support H-1B petitions. However, project-based work common in construction-phase energy roles can complicate sponsorship if the position lacks the permanency and degree-specific requirements USCIS expects for H-1B qualification.
What is the prevailing wage for H-1B energy jobs in Oregon?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.