Power Transmission Expert – Regional Expert

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Clean Power – Regional Expert (Australia)

Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world.

Ricardo, member of WSP, is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 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.

Are you ready to take your expertise in renewable energy to the next level and join a team dedicated to shaping a greener future?

We are looking for an experienced Power Sector expert to join our Clean Power team. As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to make a profound impact, driving the transition towards a cleaner and greener world.

The successful candidate will play a key and leading role in growing our business in Australia with a focus on regulatory, markets and technical advisory to power utilities, AEMO, developers and investors of renewable energy, storage, and power network infrastructure.

In projects, your role will be to provide guidance and strategic advice to existing and new clients in navigating the complex world of power regulation, markets, renewable energy and grid interconnection. You will be a trusted adviser, supporting regulators, developers, investors, and power users in making informed decisions that align with their sustainability goals.

Key Competencies and Experience Required

- University and master’s degree in energy economics / economic regulation, electrical or mechanical engineering, or similar.

- Significant experience in lead generation and business development, with a strong track record establishing lasting relationships with private sector customers in the renewable and storage industry and with power utilities across Australia.

- Significant experience working for private sector customers in the renewable and storage industry and with power utilities in Australia.

- Technical expertise in providing regulatory/markets advisory to utilities and regulators and/or technical advisory services to developers/owners/investors of renewable and storage projects.

- Excellent working knowledge of power markets, energy policy framework and technical regulations.

- Understanding of the complete energy ecosystem from generation, transmission, distribution and associated infrastructure with the ability to help conceptualise overall solution for prospective clients.

- Familiarity with power regulation frameworks and power market design topics.

- Successful track record in project management and leading teams.

- Native or professional‑level competence in English.

Desirable but not Essential

- Hands‑on experience with grid connections advisory (e.g. to developers and/or system operators). Experience with transmission modelling software such as PSS/E or Digsilent would be an asset.

- Experience and expertise with financial and/or economic analysis of renewable power and/or hydrogen projects.

- International experience in power sector consultancy – demonstrable experience outside of as well as within Australia would be an asset.

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.

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 to ensure an inclusive culture, we are a recognised as a 'disability confident' employer.

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.

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 recruit@ricardo.com if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.

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