Energy Analyst - Bioenergy

Overview

Role: Energy Analyst – Bioenergy

Location: Athens, Madrid, Berlin.

Role ID: 2023-1886

Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world

Ricardo plc is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company, listed on the London Stock Exchange. 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.

Energy & Environment, one of Ricardo plc’s five operating business units, is a leader in sustainability consultancy, solving complex environmental challenges through industry-leading analysis, advice and data. With more than 40 years of heritage in addressing air quality, environmental and sustainability issues, our customers value us for our deep understanding and breadth of services covering the entire value chain from evidence, policy & strategy to implementation.

Role purpose

Do you have solid technical skills and a strong interest in European and international energy and environmental policy, with a special focus on bioenergy?

We are looking for self-driven, motivated modellers to join our EU offices, Athens, Madrid, or Berlin and work alongside our energy system modelling team on high-standing consulting projects for international organisations, national governments, and the private sector.

Key responsibilities

In this position you will perform quantitative research in order to support various activities of the energy system models PRIMES. More specifically, you will:

• Collect, structure, keep up-to-date and analyze large datasets with relevance for bioenergy.
• Operate, maintain, and further develop the PRIMES Biomass supply model.
• Perform quantitative research to support various activities of the energy system models PRIMES.
• Review and summarize scientific, technical and market reports into inputs necessary for quantitative assessments.
• Lead and/or contribute to technical and policy analysis reports and engage with different stakeholders.

Key competencies and experience

• Hold a BSc and/or MSc or PhD degree in engineering, economics, applied mathematics or physics or other relevant disciplines.
• Have proven experience of research and/or work experience on energy systems analysis, operations research, mathematical programming and optimization modelling.
• Demonstrate the ability to use analytical and modelling tools, preferably GAMS or Python or R for data analysis and modelling.
• Demonstrate writing skills by having authored or co-authored academic articles, technical and/or policy reports in English.
• Demonstrate 2 years or more of research and/or professional experience on the topic of bioenergy in at least one of the following areas: biomass supply systems for bioenergy (including land use), biomass conversion technologies, end-uses of bioenergy.
• Have expertise in application of quantitative research methods on bioenergy supply (e.g., life cycle assessment, energy systems modelling, process/material flow analysis)
• Have affinity with bioenergy-related EU policy (e.g., sustainability criteria in Renewable Energy Directive).
• Have an analytical and problem-solving mindset, collaborative attitude and be eager to learn.
• Be an excellent user of MS Office with particular emphasis on MS Excel and MS Word.
• Be proficient in English (verbal and written).

Working here

Ricardo is an exciting and rewarding place to work and you have the opportunity to make a difference. You will work with teams of talented, dedicated, and supportive individuals. Alongside having a fantastic opportunity to develop your career with us through our broad range of projects, mentoring opportunities and a personalised approach to your learning and development. We are always keen to hear from people who have driven, ambition and a flair for innovative thinking.

Wellbeing and work life balance

We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that's 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. Our People are important to us, and we take pride in our wellbeing programmes and policies that support individuals including flexible working, carers policy, mental health first aiders and readily available support through our extensive Employee Assistance programme.

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 ensure a culture of inclusivity, 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.ee@ricardo.com if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.