Power Strategy Consultant / Senior Consultant

Ricardo

  • Madrid
  • Permanente
  • Tiempo completo
  • Hace 20 días
Overview:Role: Power Strategy Consultant / Senior ConsultantLocation: London, Glasgow, Madrid - HybridRole ID: 2025-2682Level: Consultant / Senior ConsultantOur vision is to create a safe and sustainable worldRicardo 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.Role PurposeAre you ready to take your expertise in renewable energy to the next level and join a team dedicated to shaping a greener future?We are looking for an experienced Power Strategy specialist to join our Energy team. As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to make a profound impact, driving the transition towards a cleaner and greener world.Your role will be to provide guidance and strategic advice to existing and new clients in navigating the complex world of power regulation, markets, renewable energy and grid interconnection. You will be a trusted adviser, supporting regulators, developers, investors, and power users in making informed decisions that align with their sustainability goals.As a Power Strategy Consultant / Senior Consultant you will be involved on projects such as:
  • Produce cost-benefit analysis for clean power infrastructure on behalf of asset owners / investors
  • Support regulators in designing and/or reforming power market platforms
  • Help develop corporate strategies and integrated resource plans for power utilities
  • Assess and advise on diversification of investment portfolio for renewable IPPs and articulate procurement strategy
We encourage you to apply for this role if you have the following key competencies and significant and demonstrable experience:Essential
  • University and master’s degree in energy economics / economic regulation, electrical or mechanical engineering, or similar.
  • Demonstrated working knowledge of power markets, energy policy framework and technical regulations.
  • Understanding of the complete energy ecosystem from generation, transmission, distribution and associated infrastructure with the ability to help conceptualise overall solution for prospective clients.
  • Familiarity with power regulation frameworks and power market design topics.
  • Understanding and experience with energy system modelling and use of least-cost planning and least-cost dispatch tools (such as PLEXOS)
  • Advance analytical and quantitative skills, with an aptitude for complex quantitative analysis, statistics and use of large data sets.
  • Excellent written communication skills.
  • Native or professional-level competence in English .
Desirable
  • Experience and expertise with financial and/or economic analysis of renewable power and/or hydrogen projects.
  • Successful track record in project management and leading teams.
  • Experience with public and private sector customers.
  • Experience of renewable power resource assessment, identification of optimum mix (solar, wind, BESS, Hydro etc.), with the ability to define overall system configuration best suited for deployment considering comprehensive techno-economic evaluation
Working hereYou 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 balanceWe 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.BenefitsWe 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.Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion statementWe 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 stepsOnce 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 if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process#LI-KW1 #LI-Hybrid

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