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). We work closely with our award-winning research, software and product development team who produce innovative and uniquely insightful digital tools, like Cadence and our decarbonisation tool, to successfully deliver our projects.
OUR ENERGY STRATEGY WORK
We are increasingly partnering with local authorities and other stakeholders in the delivery of complex energy planning commissions across the England, Wales and Scotland. This includes:
Local Area Energy Plans (LAEP) & Local Heat & Energy Efficiency Strategies (LHEES)
District Heat Networks
Renewable & Low Carbon Energy Assessments
Hydrogen Strategies
Bespoke research (such as our work for the Climate Change Committee)
Location: Remote first, flexible working arrangements, with all UK based locations considered. Our flexible office collaboration spaces, for those wishing to use them, are in London, Exeter and Bristol.
Term: Permanent, Full Time. Reduced hours may be considered, please state in your application.
Grade: Principal
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 Principal Energy Consultant, with specialist experience energy system modelling, ideally whole system modelling for projects such as Local Area Energy Plans (LAEPs) and/or DFES.
The ideal candidate will possess a deep energy systems expertise combined with 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 get 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. They will be provided the opportunity to attend, present and represent City Science at key industry wide energy and decarbonisation-focused national conferences.
Key responsibilities will include:
Project management (delivering projects in the relevant technical area to high quality standards, on time and within budget)
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.
Strategic direction on modelling methodologies, including embedding industry-wide best practice
Responsible for producing high-quality technical reports and presentations
Conducting advanced data analysis
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
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