Overview

Role: Senior / Principal Consultant – Clean Energy Infrastructure

Locations: UK Flexible / New Delhi, India

Role ID: 2025-2887

Ricardo plc is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company with over 100 years of engineering excellence and about 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries. The Energy Infrastructure Transition Practice carries out projects to help clients transition their energy infrastructure towards a future-proofed, net-zero future.

Responsibilities

Project Delivery and Management

• Contribute to developing and delivering a growing portfolio of clean energy infrastructure projects.
• Deliver time-sensitive technical analysis for a mix of private organisations, industry bodies, and public sector clients; work within teams to achieve client satisfaction, timely delivery, strong project financial performance, and high-quality technical outputs.
• Lead project management tasks for projects in the Clean Energy Infrastructure field, including mobilisation, governance, reporting, client liaison, and quality assurance.
• Contribute to wider energy infrastructure transition projects with support from expert consultants.
• Lead the development of technical proposals within the energy sector with ad hoc support across the wider team.

Client Relationships & Thought Leadership

• Identify and pursue new business opportunities and maintain strong client relationships and networks.
• Support key account management to grow client relationships.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of sector technology developments, trends, challenges, and regulations.
• Provide thought leadership on energy infrastructure transition topics, including presenting at industry events where possible.

Additional/Special Features

• Some domestic and/or international travel may be required for project meetings, sector conferences, etc.

Essential Skills and Qualifications

• Degree level or higher in electrical engineering, renewable energy, energy transition (supported by technical/infrastructure experience), sustainable infrastructure, or power systems.
• Demonstrable expertise in technical delivery in the renewables and/or power sector, with interest in energy infrastructure or project implementation.
• Experience in consultancy or demonstrable relevant delivery of consultancy projects.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to work with a multidisciplinary team across geographies.
• Confidence presenting to varying audiences, including senior client representatives.
• Excellent time management with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
• Fluency in English and strong reporting writing skills.

Desirable

• Experience managing complex consultancy or implementation projects.
• Experience building projects and securing new work via proactive engagement or bidding for tenders.
• Industry contacts to support opportunities and build client relationships.
• Familiarity with technical analysis methods and tools including Cost Benefit Analysis, quantitative scenarios, and modelling.
• Experience with renewable energy systems or smart port technologies is highly desirable.
• Fluency in other languages (particularly Spanish or other European languages) is a bonus but not essential.

Working Here

We value diverse thinkers and doers and support flexible working arrangements. Our culture emphasises inclusion, wellbeing, and enabling you to bring your passion and expertise to projects that help communities become safer and more sustainable.

Next Steps

After applying, a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Timelines vary with application volume, and we may begin reviewing before the closing date. If you require adjustments to support you through recruitment, please contact recruit@ricardo.com. Ricardo is a Disability confident employer.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer with a commitment to diversity, equality, and inclusion.