Principal Consultant - Energy Advisory (m/w/d)

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About the Opportunity

Within our Energy Advisory team we advise clients on the challenges and opportunities regarding decarbonisation/net zero issues specifically in relation to requirements for delivering the global energy transition. This includes decentralised, decarbonised generation and management, renewables and innovation in technologies and energy sources.

We are currently seeking an experienced technical specialist to help deliver continued growth in our services and add greater value to our client's requirements. The role will provide leadership and participation in project teams delivering our services and provide wider support enabling the growth and development of our team. A key element of this is being at the forefront of dynamic change, in terms of clean energy generation, management and distribution. You will be a pro-active individual who has . We are seeking strong project experience across the energy industry, including experiences in large industrial combustion systems, turbines and energy from waste plants - within public, industrial and commercial energy usage, energy savings, utility plant development and emission reductions to support our clients in developing decarbonisation strategies and business case assessment applying energy resources and demands.

Key Responsibilities

• Programme/Project Management and being accountable for key tasks and quality data outputs through project reviewer role.
• Engaging with a range of stakeholders at all levels.
• Maintaining knowledge of energy/carbon policy developments, energy markets and wider energy/sustainability issues.
• Key inputs in the development or review of engineering design through-out project life-cycle.
• Energy generation technology options appraisals and life cycle cost analysis. In particular with experience in large industrial combustion systems, turbines and energy from waste plants
• Energy management, asset reviews and audit surveys, energy demand modelling and preparing low carbon energy solutions that are either led by reconfiguring existing operations at sites or developing new strategies.

What You'll Need

• An engineering degree - likely to have a focus on energy (Chemical / Mechanical / Electrical Engineering, or equivalent process-related degree).
• Engineering experience, including time spent working on large thermal generation or energy from waste projects either in design and/or operation.
• Site based experience working on utility systems.
• Strong project management skills, including ability to develop clear work programmes and communicate requirements to other team members.
• Knowledge of current and anticipated environmental, carbon and energy policy and legislation and how this can apply to organisations and projects.

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