Managing Consultant - Energy & Climate

Green Transition services concern the achievement of net zero emissions targets and low carbon transition in Europe and Asia. We provide decision-makers with evidence on impacts, advice on how policies are working and analysis of the likely effects of proposed policies. Our work is ‘subject matter heavy’, involving in-house experts including energy and environmental engineers, natural scientists, finance specialists, geographers, economists and related disciplines. Our services include: energy and climate programme management; evidence base and grant administration; support to clean energy investment funds; technical and cost/benefit analysis services; energy and climate policy dialogue; international technical cooperation, monitoring and evaluation services; energy efficiency auditing, and support for climate communications, including citizen engagement and climate diplomacy. We are active in energy efficiency, industrial decarbonisation, low carbon technology deployment, renewable energy, sustainable finance, climate resilience and biodiversity. Our clients include national governments, the European Commission, development banks and the private sector, across our locations, which are UK, Belgium, India, Nepal, China and Canada. For example, we are currently working on:

• Communication programmes for energy-related products.
• Ecodesign and labelling regulations for a wide range of energy-related products for European clients.
• Technical and economic analysis to underpin decarbonisation, energy efficiency and renewable incentives and policy initiatives.
• Implementing grant support programmes for small to large scale industrial decarbonisation and energy efficiency projects and studies.
• Implementing financial mechanisms to deploy innovative renewable energy and low carbon technologies at large scale
• Sustainability programmes in industry and commerce.
• Technical and economic analysis to underpin energy efficiency incentives.

We would like to add a Managing Consultant to the Green Transition “Products” team, to contribute and expand all aspects of our work and lead our service offerings on life cycle assessments for products, including the circular economy. This recruitment is for an engineer and/or environmental economist with >8 years’ post-graduate experience.

Responsibilities

To work as part of a multi-national, collaborative team of energy and climate consultants, engineers and economists, often taking leadership roles to:

• Win, manage and deliver energy and climate technical assistance contracts, predominantly for public sector clients, taking a lead in product life cycle assessments and the circular economy.
• Manage energy and climate projects which feature high degrees of research (primary and secondary), analysis, policy, technical assistance, and modelling and impact assessments.
• Manage project teams and subcontractors, taking responsibility for meeting client needs within quality, time and cost constraints.
• Build and maintain relationships with key clients.
• Promote the company at client meetings, events, networking groups and through social media channels by providing thought leadership content on pertinent topics.
• Maintain appropriate records / uphold quality assurance integrity.
• Support business development activities.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (mechanical, electrical, chemical), environmental economics or related discipline
• Fluency in spoken and written English
• Expertise in product Life Cycle Analysis, and the circular economy
• Experience winning and successfully delivering energy and climate consulting projects for public sector clients
• Extensive project and proposal management experience
• Proven experience of professional report writing
• Knowledge of the applicable UK/EU energy and climate policy framework
• Strong qualitative and quantitative analysis capability
• Proven capability for processing, managing and presenting data.
• Proven high degree of determination to meet customers’ needs
• At least 8 years’ professional experience.

Preferred

• Masters’ degree in engineering or related discipline
• Application of product life cycle analysis work to solve client needs
• Ability to lead and work within multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary consulting teams spread across several countries and time zones.
• Line management experience in a professional consulting environment
• High proficiency in Excel, VBA and relevant online tools to optimise operational processes.

Working at ICF

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