Energy Systems Analyst Consultant – Power Engineer

Start Date: Jan/Feb 2026

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 a Power / Electrical Engineer analyst consultant (suitable for new graduates, Masters or PhDs and those at the start of their career, looking to change to a purpose‑driven career, or returning from a break) to join our Energy Infrastructure Transition team. This role will provide a stepping stone into your engineering and consultancy career in an exciting and rapidly changing sector.

The team 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. We cover strategy to implementation and technical and economics aspects. We are a committed team of like‑minded professionals with a growing portfolio of energy technology, policy and strategy projects.

Key Responsibilities

From day one, you will be part of a team supporting senior consultants in delivering projects to our clients. Successful applicants will have strong numeracy, analytical and communication skills together with a proactive, organised approach and a pride in the quality of their work. Over time you will be expected to develop your understanding of the energy sector – including strategic, technical, commercial and regulatory aspects.

You will contribute to research and analysis that underpins our consultancy work. You will manage your time across several projects, contributing in all phases – from researching and analysing information and data, through providing key contributions to the development of techno‑economic models, to contributing to reports and presentations that are delivered to clients, and/or supporting the preparation of proposals to win new contracts. You will be responsible for the quality and delivery of your work and will liaise with other consultants and teams to incorporate your contribution into wider project outputs.

Examples of projects you will be working on include:

• Network reliability and connection studies.
• Smart grid / network innovation projects.
• Feasibility and implementation studies for renewable energy projects.
• Clean energy infrastructure transition including for large energy users and complex sites.
• Developing technical and economic energy sector regulatory frameworks in developing countries.

Key Competencies and Experience

• A strong degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering or equivalent.
• Excellent understanding of power systems and renewable energy topics.
• 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, with excellent written and spoken communications, including formal report writing, digital communication, and spoken communication skills in English.
• The ability to breakdown complex research questions, think creatively and solve novel problems.
• Fluency in English.

Desirable

• Previous work, internship or course project experience working in the energy transition industry, or working in 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.

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.

Whilst 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 as explained here. 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 a 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 dependent 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.