Technical Expert – Bioenergy and Residential Energy

3 weeks ago

Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Ricardo Full time

Our vision is to create

a safe and sustainable world

At Ricardo, we offer an environment where your expertise will thrive, your creativity will flourish, and your contributions will directly impact industries that drive progress and positive change.

We are currently looking for an experienced Consultant to join our Greenhouse Gas and Air Quality Modelling and Inventories team. This is a specialist role and is best suited to an individual with a minimum of 5 years of relevant consultancy or industry experience.

This role involves contributing to all phases of a consultancy project - from supporting the preparation of proposals to win new work, through researching and analysing information and data, building emission and projection models, to delivering compelling, engaging outputs, and contributing to reports that are delivered to clients.

Key Responsibilities

Working on a variety of projects including the UK National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory and modelling and inventories projects in the UK and Internationally. Providing ad hoc support and advice to Governments and private sector customers. Developing and improving Inventory models, methods and assumptions, and activity data. Stakeholder engagement, with the AQ modelling community, industry, academia and public sector. Projections and scenario development to support customer policy makers. Development of new emission factors.

Key Competencies and Experience

Expert knowledge of the bioenergy and/or domestic energy and heating sector in the context of air pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions Understanding of domestic heating and biomass-related legislation, policy drivers and regulation Knowledge of residential and small-scale solid fuel combustion, residential combustion, technologies and appliances Knowledge of renewables and emissions from the industrial sector would be an advantage Understanding or experience of Net Zero technologies applied in the sector. Experience with emission measurements and estimating emissions from bioenergy and/or domestic combustion Modelling of air quality pollutants Network of contacts within air quality, climate change, or the bioenergy sector. Strong communication and client presentation skills. High attention to detail with an appreciation of QA/QC processes. Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent qualification in a science/mathematics related subject. Strong problem-solving and numeracy skills. Track record of task ownership and completion. Proficiency in common software like Microsoft Office.

Desirable

Experience in emission inventory methods (e.g., IPCC, EMEP/EEA guidelines) and their application in various inventories and projections. Experience in data processing and statistical analysis. Familiarity with Python or R languages or relational database server technologies like PostgreSQL.

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. 

Our core benefits include 25 days' annual leave, plus 8 flexible bank holidays, a competitive company pension scheme, life assurance and professional subscriptions reimbursement. We also offer a wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle.

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.

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