Economic Modeler - Climate and Energy

Role: Economic Modeler Climate and Energy

Location: Athens Greece Madrid Spain Prague Czechia

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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 3000 employees in more than 20 countries we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leadingedge and innovative crosssector 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.

About Us

Our Digital Modelling Practice is a cornerstone of our Climate Energy & Environmental Services (CE&ES) division delivering complex quantitative modeling and impactful economic insights across Europe and the world. We are a team of worldclass researchers and modellers dedicated to addressing the most pressing economic and environmental challenges of our time. At the heart of our work lies the GEME3 modela sophisticated Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model used by global institutions such as the OECD World Bank European Commission and others to assess the economic impacts of climate and energy policies and the cost of climate change. Our contributions are featured in IPCC reports published in toptier scientific journals and frequently peerreviewed at the highest level. At the same time we provide highend evidencebased support to national and international organizations.

The Role

We are looking for a highly skilled Quantitative Modeller to support with model development and scenariobased analysis. The role involves policy impact assessments for the EU and nonEU low carbon transition pathways economic modelling data analysis and research to assess macroeconomic distributional and regional implications of climate and energy policies and climate impacts. Other topics of interest include competitiveness investment strategies fiscal balances and trade dynamics.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and apply economic models (e.g. CGE models like GEME3.
• Conduct modelbased assessments supporting EUfunded research climate policies and IPCC processes.
• Review and synthesize scientific technical and market reports to inform assessments.
• Develop and apply energy system modelling tools using GAMS R and/or Python.
• Collect structure maintain and analyse large datasets relevant to energy economy and environment.
• Draft technical reports and project specifications.
• Monitor EU climate energy and transport policies and their economic impacts.
• Collaborate with other team members to deliver highquality research.
• Manage EUfunded research and consultancy projects efficiently

Key Competencies and Experience

• MSc or higher in Engineering Economics Applied Mathematics Physics or a related field.
• Relevant experience or a PhD with applicable experience.
• Strong background in climate/environmental economics including energy decarbonization and mitigation pathways.
• Experience in energy or economic systems modelling and climate policy assessment.
• Proven programming skills in GAMS and/or Python/R.
• Strong analytical and problemsolving skills with a proactive and collaborative approach.
• Proficiency in MS Office particularly Excel and Word.
• Excellent written and spoken English (Spanish is optional with courses available).

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 thats working from home being in the office or as a hybrid worker. Were 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 persons potential and well 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 proactively 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 if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.

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