Energy Systems Analyst Consultant

Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world. Ricardo plc is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Every day, we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.

The role involves joining our Energy Infrastructure Transition team, which comprises a group of highly experienced professionals specialising in engineering, techno-economic, and management consultancy services for the energy sector, with particular emphasis on the power, clean fuels, waste and industrial decarbonisation sectors.

Key responsibilities:

• Support senior consultants in delivering projects to our clients.
• Develop understanding of the energy sector, including strategic, technical, commercial and regulatory aspects.
• Contribute to research and analysis that underpins our consultancy work.
• Manage time across several projects, contributing in all phases from researching and analysing information and data to supporting the preparation of proposals to win new contracts.
• Ensure quality and delivery of your work while liaising with other consultants and teams.

Examples of projects include:

• Network reliability and connection studies.
• Smart grid/network innovation projects.
• Feasibility and implementation studies for renewable energy projects.
• Developing technical and economic power sector regulatory frameworks in developing countries.
• Green Hydrogen strategy for a region or organisation.
• Industrial process decarbonisation.
• Strategies for carbon capture and storage (including negative emissions).
• Heat decarbonisation solution identification including sizing for buildings and heat networks.
• Energy from waste project feasibility.
• Review and optimisation of local and regional waste strategy.
• Transport energy feasibility and implementation projects for the road, rail, aviation and marine sectors.

Skills and experience:

• A strong degree in Engineering, preferably electrical, power systems, process/chemical, energy decarbonisation, or economic subjects.
• Excellent understanding of one or more of power systems, renewable energy, clean fuels, industrial processes, heat decarbonisation and waste and resource management.
• Passionate about energy sector transition, innovation and sustainability.
• Familiar with Excel, including data manipulation and modelling.
• Able to effectively communicate and interact with colleagues and clients.
• The ability to breakdown complex research questions, think creatively and solve novel problems.
• Fluency in English.

Desirable:

• Previous work, internship or project experience in the energy transition industry or consultancy.
• Fluency in other languages, particularly Spanish, French or Portuguese.
• Some experience using Python, Homer Pro, Helioscope, PV/Syst, DigSilent, PSS/E, Powerworld, and/or PLEXOS.

Working here:

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place and encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on.

Work life balance:

We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that is working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core of our culture, allowing employees to flourish and achieve their full potential.

Benefits:

Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect how much you are valued, including support for your physical and mental health.

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion statement:

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, believing in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours. We value diversity, recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment.

Next steps:

Once you have submitted your application, a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role.