Senior Transport Energy System Modeller / Analyst
Senior Transport Energy System Modeller / Analyst
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Overview
Role: Senior Transport Energy Systems Modeller / Analyst
Location: Athens Greece - Hybrid
Role ID: 2025-2969
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 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.
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 world-class researchers and modellers dedicated to addressing the most pressing economic and environmental challenges of our time.Our contributions are featured in IPCC reports published in top-tier scientific journals and frequently peer-reviewed at the highest level. At the same time we provide high-end evidence-based support to national and international organizations.
Role Purpose
In this position the successfulcandidate will perform quantitative research and actively participate in modelling activities related to the energy system models PRIMES and PRIMES-TREMOVE.
Key Responsibilities
- Review collect and process information from scientific technical and market sources performing quantitative assessments including structuring keep up-to-date and analysing large datasets relevant to energy economy and transport.
- Apply energy demand modelling of the transport sector while getting acquainted with the PRIMES modelling suite.
- Analyse model outputs linking trends impacts and causal relations to model mechanisms and communicate them in a clear and accurate manner.
- Operate maintain and further develop modules of our transport modelling tools in line with our standards and modelling protocols.
- Have a key role in understanding transport system operation and translate this into modelling mechanisms able to capture the impact of transport sustainability policies measures and interventions.
- Support and drive innovation in the development and enhancement of our transport modelling tools explore new concepts methodologies and approaches to improve the accuracy and effectiveness of our assessments.
Key Competencies and Experience
- Hold an MSc and/or PhD in engineering applied mathematics computational modelling operations research mathematical economics or physics.
- Proven experience in energy systems modelling mathematical programming optimization transport economics and related quantitative methods.
- Skilled in quantitative modelling with experience developing models and scenarios particularly related to transport systems or modes.
- Proficient in using analytical and modelling tools with programming knowledge in R Visual Basic Python Matlab C or preferably GAMS.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously consistently meeting deadlines and delivering high-quality results.
- Strong writing skills with experience in academic articles technical reports or policy reports in English (desirable).
- Advanced MS Office skills particularly in Excel.
- Fluent in verbal and written communication in English.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset with a collaborative attitude and eagerness to learn.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a project team to deliver high-quality work.
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. 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.
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.
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 pro-actively with all our employees and to ensure an inclusive culture we are a recognised as a disability confident employer.
Next steps
Please complete your application in English
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 viaif you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
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