Power Engineer

Overview

Role: Power Engineer (Principal/Associate Director Level)

Location: UK Flexible,

Job ID: 2023-1946

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.

We are currently looking for an experienced electrical or power engineer at Principal Consultant or Associate Director level to join our Sustainable Energy Systems team.

The team
Our team comprises a group of highly experienced professionals specialising in techno-economic, engineering and management consultancy services for the energy sector, with particular emphasis on the power sector. We cover power generation and transmission planning, electricity tariff and affordability studies, renewable energy integration, regulation, policy, and “smart grid” innovation projects. We are a committed team of like-minded professionals with a growing portfolio of energy technology, policy and strategy projects.

About you
The successful candidate must be an experienced consultant with a track record in grid connection and network innovation projects. Taking responsibility for delivering to the highest standards whether as project manager or technical expert.

We need an excellent communicator who can explain complex ideas. Must be confident in front of clients and ensure your reports are clear and easy to read. You will work collaboratively with a wide range of experts from across the company and in partner organisations. You will be able to travel to sites in the UK and overseas when required.

Willing to mentor junior members of the team and we will help you develop in both technical and professional areas.

Examples of projects you will be working on include:

• Network reliability studies
• Smart grid / network innovation projects
• Grid connection studies for renewable energy projects
• Grid code review and drafting in the UK and overseas

Skills and experience

The position would suit applicants:

• With a strong degree in power engineering or electrical engineering
• With significant experience in network innovation and grid connection projects
• Passionate about renewable energy, energy system innovation and sustainability
• Numerate and comfortable building models in Excel
• With experience writing proposals and winning public and private sector energy consultancy projects
• With the ability to manage complex projects to a successful conclusion
• With strong communication skills with examples of your writing for different audiences
• With the ability to breakdown complex research questions, think creatively and solve novel problems

Fluency in English is essential, fluency in French, Spanish, or Portuguese is desirable.

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.