Analyst Consultant - Sustainable Transport

Salary: up to £/€ 32,000 depending on location and experience.

Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world. Ricardo, member of WSP, 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

We are looking for Analyst Consultants with a background in science, economics, or sustainability and an interest in sustainable transport to join our vibrant Sustainable Transport team within our Policy, Strategy and Economics (PSE) practice.

Key Responsibilities

• Support project delivery through data analysis, stakeholder engagement, literature reviews, and report writing.
• Work on multiple exciting projects, managing your time and contributions effectively.
• Collaborate with senior colleagues to provide actionable solutions for climate-focused policy, strategy, and economics challenges.
• Gain valuable skills in research, modelling, economic analysis, and client-facing communication.

Key Competencies & Experience

• An MSc degree (or near completion) in Science, Engineering, Economics or related fields. A background in transport, climate and environmental policy and technologies would be particularly desirable.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to synthesize data to support evidence-based solutions.
• Excellent communication skills—both written and verbal. You can simplify technical concepts for diverse audiences.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel and Word are key).
• A collaborative mindset—you’re a team player who thrives in diverse, multidisciplinary teams.
• Fluency in English (Spanish required for roles in Madrid; other languages are a plus).

Visas and Sponsorships

In light of recent updates to UK Government immigration salary thresholds, Ricardo is currently unable to offer sponsorship for post-study work or Skilled Worker visas as part of our early career programmes. While this means we are unable to support visa applications under the current criteria, we remain committed to reviewing our approach in line with any future changes to immigration policy. We value the diverse talent that international graduates bring and will continue to monitor developments closely.

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. We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on. Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.

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 to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential.

Benefits

We want you to know how much you are valued. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. You will receive a range of benefits which include support for your physical and mental health. Our core benefits include 25 days’ annual leave, plus 8 flexible bank holidays, a competitive company pension scheme, life assurance and professional subscriptions reimbursement. We also offer a wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle.

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro-actively with all our employees and to ensure an inclusive culture, we are recognised as a 'disability confident' employer.

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 depending on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date. Ricardo is a Disability confident employer; please advise the recruitment team via recruit@ricardo.com if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.