Role: Power Utility Regulatory & Planning Expert (Principal/Associate Director Level)

Location: Spain, Italy, UAE, North America or UK Hybrid 

Role ID:  2024-2471

Level: Principal Consultant / Associate Director 

Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world 

Are you ready to take your expertise in renewable energy to the next level and join a team dedicated to shaping a greener future? 

We are looking for an experienced Regulatory & Planning Expert to join our Sustainable Energy Systems (SES) team. As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to make a profound impact, driving the transition towards a cleaner and greener world. 

Your role will be to provide invaluable guidance and strategic advice to existing and new clients in navigating the complex world of energy regulation, markets, renewable energy and hydrogen. You will be a trusted advisor, supporting regulators, developers, investors, and energy users in making informed decisions that align with their sustainability goals.  

As a Power Regulatory & Planning Expert your main responsibilities will be: 

• Managing regulation, cost-benefit analysis and strategy projects: As a senior member of the power consultancy, you will play a key role in managing, directing or overseeing projects that not only meet client expectations but also contribute to the overall growth of the company. You will be prepared to travel to project sites globally when required, ensuring a hands-on approach and a comprehensive understanding of project requirements. 
• Growing our regulation, cost-benefit analysis and strategy portfolio: Using your own track record to focus on expanding our public and private sector portfolios, with an emphasis on Northern Europe, Southern Europe, Middle East or North America (depending on your location). This includes ensuring client satisfaction, participating in strategic decision-making, and overseeing business development activities. 

• Developing skills within the team: You will be proactive in developing the technical and commercial skills of more junior members of our team. 

We encourage you to apply for this role if you have the following key competencies and significant and demonstrable experience:  

Must have 
 

• Significant experience working at a leading consultancy, energy utility, financial institution, or similar. 

• University and master’s degree in energy economics / economic regulation, electrical or mechanical engineering, or similar. 

• Demonstrated working knowledge of power markets, energy policy framework and technical regulations

• Understanding of the complete energy ecosystem from generation, transmission, distribution and associated infrastructure with the ability to help conceptualise overall solution for the prospective clients. 

• Experience and expertise with financial and/or economic analysis of renewable power and/or hydrogen projects. 

• Familiarity with power regulation frameworks (including power pricing & rate setting) and power market design topics

• Successful track record in project management and leading teams. 

• Demonstrated experience in client-facing positions. 

• Proven experience in business development and pipeline growth. 

• Ability to communicate with all sorts of clients and convey complex technical problems to technical and non-technical audiences. 

• Excellent written communication skills
• Native or professional-level competence in English  

Desirable but not essential

• Understanding and experience with energy system modelling and use of least-cost planning and least-cost dispatch tools (such as PLEXOS)
• Advance analytical and quantitative skills, with an aptitude for complex quantitative analysis, statistics and use of large data sets. 
• Experience with multilateral banks and IFIs. 
• Demonstrated prior experience working on renewable energy development projects with a solid experience or skill sets to define concept to commissioning requirements 

• Experience of renewable power resource assessment, identification of optimum mix (solar, wind, BESS, Hydro etc.), with the ability to define overall system configuration best suited for deployment considering comprehensive techno-economic evaluation

Working here

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.

We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on.  Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.

Work life balance 

We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that is 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.

Benefits

We want you to know how much you are valued. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. You will receive a range of benefits which include support for your physical and mental health. 

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 to ensure an inclusive culture, we are a recognised as a 'disability confident' employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, creed, gender identity. sexual orientation, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, marital or parental status (IL only), height, weight, national origin, citizenship status, age, domestic violence victim status, arrest record or conviction record (MI only), genetic information, military or veteran status or disability, or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or municipal law. VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

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@ricardo.com if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.