Optimization Engineer

Combined exposure to both power and oil/refining assets — e.g. a power engineer with early project delivery experience (outage support, capital project scoping, maintenance/reliability programs) who also has some downstream/refining exposure, or vice versa.

Early-career project engineering or project management experience on plant capital projects, even at modest scale.

Prior exposure to M&A processes, technical due diligence, or transaction support (in-house or via consulting).

HSEC due diligence experience or familiarity with HSEC risk assessment frameworks.

Experience working directly with trading or business development teams.

Approximately 3 years' experience as a process, plant, or project engineer within a power generation asset (fossil, nuclear, or renewables) or a refining/petrochemical facility — with direct exposure to plant operations, outage/turnaround support, or capital project execution.

Approximately 3 years' experience in LP-based optimization (e.g. Aspen PIMS/PIMS-AO, Honeywell RPMS/GRTMPS, Haverly GRTMPS, or equivalent) within a power, refining, or trading environment.

Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, or Power Engineering, or a related discipline.

Demonstrated ability to translate technical/engineering analysis into commercial value and decision-support material.

Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to interface confidently and credibly with third parties, including external counterparties, advisors, and acquisition targets.

Clear intent and aptitude to transition from a technical engineering career path toward a more commercial role.

Comfortable operating across both deep technical analysis and commercial/deal-oriented work.

Strong communicator, able to distill technical findings into clear commercial implications for non-technical stakeholders.

Confident and professional when representing Trafigura externally with third parties, advisors, and counterparties.

Self-motivated and able to manage competing priorities across asset optimization and deal-driven M&A timelines.

Genuine curiosity about how technical assets create commercial value, with ambition to grow into broader commercial responsibility over time.

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