[Hiring] Energy Consultant @City Science

Role Description

City Science is seeking a Consultant level candidate who can support delivery of our broad range of consulting commissions in our Energy & Environment Team. We are particularly interested in candidates with a technical background (e.g. physical sciences or engineering), or those with an economics/finance background but with experience of applying these skills to the energy and low-carbon sectors.

Key responsibilities include:

• Research, modelling, and analysis across a range of energy and net zero projects
• Data analysis (in Excel predominantly)
• Producing high quality reports and presentations for clients
• Supporting business development and the winning of new work, including preparing proposals, identifying new opportunities and promoting our business
• Providing quality assurance for projects and technical deliverables
• Build and maintain strong client relationships

Qualifications

• 2+ years of relevant work experience, or a PhD
• Degree qualified in a STEM subject, or degree qualified in economics/finance with experience of applying those skills to decarbonisation or sustainability projects and technologies
• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding across the energy and environment sectors
• Strong Excel skills and data visualisation capabilities
• Independent problem solving and ability to develop structured approaches
• Ability to efficiently produce high-quality reports and documents
• Ability to communicate technical outputs to a range of technical and non-technical stakeholders

Requirements

• A PhD, or Master’s degree in finance or a relevant technical discipline (desirable)
• Chartered status or working towards chartership (desirable)
• Completed project management qualifications (e.g. PRINCE2, APM) (desirable)
• Knowledge and experience of GIS and coding (e.g. Python) (desirable)
• Experience of working in a consultancy environment (desirable)
• Experience of one or more of: district heat networks, carbon accounting (particularly scope 3 emissions), energy system modelling, local area energy planning, or net zero financing (desirable)

Benefits

• The opportunity to work on a diverse range of projects across our consultancy business
• The opportunity for career progression
• Ongoing mentoring, training and support from senior professionals within the business (including towards professional chartership)
• Paid membership of one professional institution
• Flexible working arrangements
• 25 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays, and ability to buy a further 5 days
• Membership of our group pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity policy
• Eye care vouchers
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance programme