Senior Consultant / London

Are you passionate about offshore renewables? Do you want to have the ability to influence team direction and client strategy from the outset?

We are searching for a Senior Consultant – Renewables UK Division

The client are a global energy consultancy with origins in the Oil and Gas sector. With a long track record of delivering environmental and consenting support to offshore renewables projects, in recent years they have established a full suite of renewables capabilities with the creation of our Renewables Division, to offer a one-stop-shop for project and technology development activities.
They have recently set-up Renewables offices in Boston and Tokyo to complement our UK team offering, building our global capacity to support our rapidly growing client base. Members of our team enjoy working across these markets and the myriad of unique challenges these bring to successful project delivery.
Their remit covers fixed and floating offshore wind, wave, tidal and hydrogen/energy storage projects. They have been a pioneer for supporting the development of floating wind technology and bringing these innovative solutions to market.

Key information

• Senior Consultant level depending on experience
• Benefits package including market competitive salary, private medical insurance option, pension, life insurance, income protection plan
• Tailored training opportunities for your career aspirations, including Chartership support if applicable
• Position open for start in October 2022 or as notice periods allows
• Full time, although part time options and flexible working would be considered
• Permanent position
• Location: Most of the renewables division are based in either our London or Glasgow offices, but we are open to flexible working and remote working arrangements may be possible.

Job Requirements
The desired qualifications, experience and competencies for this role are summarised below:

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in a consultancy role.
• Experience with offshore wind, wave, tidal or hydrogen technologies and/or offshore renewables project development
• Relevant Engineering or Science degree, 2:1 and above
• Relevant PhD or Masters qualifications would be a bonus
• Chartered, or working towards Chartership with IMechE, ICE or another suitable organisation
• Competent user of MS Office tool suite. Python, Matlab or other coding experience would be desirable
• A sound knowledge base and passion for the renewables industry
• Strong consultancy skills, with experience in business development, project management, and client engagement alongside a track record of high quality technical project delivery
• Excellent decision maker with advanced strategic thinking skills
• Experience of participating in and/or coordinating multidisciplinary work scopes and teams
• Penchant for big picture thinking, problem solving and innovation
• Right to work in the UK, fluent English speaker

Role Description

We are looking for an experienced offshore renewables consultant who can provide technical leadership to our Project Development team within the Renewables division. The team consists of 10 engineers covering a wide range of technical specialisms and experience levels.
The Consultant would be expected to take a lead role in project delivery right across our portfolio of projects, providing direction to the project team on the delivery methodology, ensure client requirements are met and that deliverables are to a high quality. In addition, the consultant would be responsible for defining best practices, knowledge sharing activities, technical training, innovation ideas and internal tool development within the P&TD team.
We have a wide range of projects varying in size and topic, providing the opportunity for a highly varied workload. All of the team are also actively involved in business development activities associated with their technical specialisms and we are targeting continued growth of the team in terms of our technical capabilities.
Our team is strongly connected into the other renewables teams and divisions enabling us to offer comprehensive solutions to our clients’ problems, drawing on specialists from structures and subsea, field development, technical safety and risk, energy yield, cables and interconnectors, market insights and advisory among others.
Some typical work scopes that you would provide technical oversight on are:

• Constraints mapping and site selection across a range of geographies and utilising GIS mapping tools
• Preparation of project budgets, LCoE/cost modelling and cost comparisons
• Competition analysis and route to market studies
• Feasibility studies including technology suitability assessment, project concept definition, installation and O&M planning, risk assessment
• Technology review and market entry strategy
• Seabed leasing, grid connection, consenting and CfD/auction application advice
• Pre-FEED/FEED level design scopes