Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world

Ricardo plc is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. 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.

Clean Energy & Environmental Solutions (CE&ES), 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.

Our Digital Modelling practice is one of seven practices within CE&ES, and is responsible for complex quantitative modelling across Europe and the world, with clients such as the European Commission, OECD, World Bank, National Governments, and private clients as well as a number of EU-funded research projects. We are looking at expanding our Economic Analysis team, and this position will play a key role in enabling this growth.

The Senior Researcher/Consultant is expected to also work with one of the team’s main tools, namely the GEM-E3 model which is a large scale sophisticated economic model designed to evaluate the effects of external shocks on the economy. The model has been employed in the last 30 years by international institutions (OECD, World Bank, European Commission, NGFS, IPCC) for the assessment of transition and physical climate risks. It is frequently peer-reviewed and its results are published in top ranked scientific journals and included in latest IPCC reports.

The role

We are looking for a Researcher/ Consultant in Climate and Energy economics to join our team of experienced researchers/modellers and engage with us in providing state-of-the-art insights with our large-scale economic tools. We look for a motivated and experienced researcher to further develop and apply our Computable General Equilibrium model and to participate in multiple research and consultancy projects for clients such as the European Commission, the World Bank, the OECD but also to contribute to peer-reviewed publications and research to be included in IPCC reports and more.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform quantitative research to support various activities of the Economic Analysis team and the GEM-E3 model application/development.
  
• To produce high quality, technically accurate analysis, assessment, reports, designs, or other documents in support of client projects within timescales and budgetary.  requirements.
• Collect, structure, keep up-to-date and analyze large datasets with relevance for energy, economy and transport.
• To develop new tools/techniques to meet the needs of clients, identifying best practice from other markets or countries as required, and teaching new skills to others as  appropriate.
• Apply the model in various research projects to provide support to national and international climate policy, international organizations, governments and feeding into the  IPCC processes.
• Support senior researchers and consultants in delivering projects to clients.
• Conduct research and analysis to underpin project work.
• To conduct thorough research concerning the subject matter assigned by the relevant Unit Director, depending on business needs.
• To collect and organise the findings into graphs, diagrams or whatever else is required for project execution.
• Maintain a proactive, organized approach and ensure high-quality work.
• Pursue professional development opportunities to enhance skills and career growth.
  

Key competencies and experience

• Degree or higher in Engineering, Economics, Applied Mathematics, or a relevant field.
• Post-degree experience in developing quantitative tools and models in the field of energy and/or environmental economics.
• Proven programming skills in GAMS and/or Python/R is a plus.
• Proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel and Word.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, collaborative attitude, and eagerness to learn.

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.