Senior Energy Consultant - Modelling Expert

Senior Energy Consultant - Modelling Expert, Bristol

Client:

City Science

Location:

Bristol, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Consulting

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

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Job Views:

6

Posted:

11.03.2025

Expiry Date:

25.04.2025

Job Description:

City Science is an SME founded in 2015 with a core mission of delivering decarbonisation. We help organisations who are committed to decarbonisation achieve meaningful and quantifiable carbon reductions quickly and efficiently. We work collaboratively across our business to provide integrated solutions to our clients. Our range of clients is extensive and includes forward-thinking local authorities such as Oxfordshire County Council, devolved governments such as the Welsh Government, and national government departments like the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ).

OUR ENERGY STRATEGY WORK

We are increasingly partnering with local authorities and other stakeholders in the delivery of complex energy planning commissions across England, Wales, and Scotland. This includes:

1. Local Area Energy Plans (LAEP) & Local Heat & Energy Efficiency Strategies (LHEES)
2. District Heat Networks
3. Renewable & Low Carbon Energy Assessments
4. Bespoke research (such as our work for the Climate Change Committee)

Location: Remote first, flexible working arrangements, with all UK based locations considered.

Term: Permanent, Full Time. Reduced hours may be considered, please state in your application.

Grade: Senior

Closing: Friday 28th February 2025. We reserve the right to close this position early if a suitable candidate is found before the closing date, therefore early application is recommended.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are seeking a Senior Energy Consultant, with specialist experience in energy system modelling, ideally whole system modelling for projects such as Local Area Energy Plans (LAEPs) and/or DFES.

The ideal candidate will possess deep energy systems expertise combined with a high level of modelling skills and proficiency. You will have skills across a variety of modelling languages and platforms (e.g. Excel, Python) and have experience in building complex models in a commercial environment. It is expected that you will be capable of leading a team of modellers to achieve high-quality outputs whilst keeping the team on time and on budget.

We want someone who is passionate about developing appropriate, value-added models to help local areas and the grid decarbonise.

The ideal candidate will be comfortable with client management, able to identify what value the modelling brings to clients and able to communicate modelling outputs to non-technical stakeholders.

They will be involved in delivering a range of other net zero projects such as heat decarbonisation, heat network feasibility, and renewable energy assessments. The successful candidate will take an active leadership role in projects, delivering technical insights to clients through an open, trusted, and consultative approach.

They will support the continued growth of our business, through delivering upon our team’s wider commercial targets; such as through identifying future opportunities and delivering high-quality tender responses.

Key responsibilities will include:

1. Project management (delivering projects in the relevant technical area to high-quality standards, on time and within budget)
2. Ownership of projects from end to end: developing customer requirements, developing and agreeing costed research plans, ensuring data acquisition, investigating raw data, delivering robust analysis, building tests, and completing reports.
3. Strategic direction on modelling methodologies, including embedding industry-wide best practice
4. Responsible for producing high-quality technical reports and presentations
5. Conducting advanced data analysis
6. Supporting the growth of our energy and net zero client offering and portfolio of projects, both supporting and leading the delivery of tenders as appropriate
7. Experience in a consultancy environment, with experience in developing complex energy system models
8. Proven track record in managing and directing successful delivery of complex energy projects and programmes as Project Manager or Technical Lead
9. Deep technical knowledge and understanding across energy systems
10. Ability to lead independently and effectively delegate to remote teams and review project tasks
11. Ability to communicate modelling outputs to a range of stakeholders, technical and non-technical
12. Degree in a technical or scientific field
13. Experience with Local Area Energy Planning (LAEP)
14. Experience with Local Heat & Energy Efficiency Strategies (LHEES)
15. Experience with District Heat Networks
16. Advanced python and GIS
17. Experience in software version control, Git
18. Experience with database management and languages (SQL)
19. Masters or PhD in a highly technical field

Benefits:

1. Remote first with flexible working arrangements
2. Opportunity for career progression
3. Opportunity to work on a diverse range of projects across the consultancy business
4. Paid membership of a maximum of two institutions
5. 25 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and annual leave buy and sell policy
6. Enhanced Maternity and Paternity policy
7. Membership of our group pension scheme
8. CycleScheme
9. Group Life Assurance
10. Employee Assistance Program

Unfortunately, City Science does not hold a license to sponsor visas. Therefore, we are unfortunately not able to process any applications that require sponsorship.