Lead Energy Modelling Consultant

Cornwall Insight Australia is a leader in research, analysis, consulting, and training in the energy markets. We are seeking a
- **Lead Energy Modelling Consultant **to join our team in Australia.
We are pre-eminent providers of research, analysis, consulting and training to businesses and stakeholders across the Australian, Great British, and Irish energy markets, recognised by the Financial Times as a leading management consultancy for 2019, 2020, and 2021 in the Energy, Utilities & Environment Sector. We offer an agile way of working and putting our people at the very heart of everything we do.

**The Position**:

We offer you an exciting opportunity to contribute to building and shaping an exciting new business in Australia within a passionate, diverse, young, and driven team. We offer a flexible, fast paced and extremely collegiate environment where we are focus on results, quality, and trust.

**The Location**:

Our head office is based in Melbourne, which is considered a great place to live and recently titled Australia’s cultural capital. There is also the option to work remotely from other capital cities in Australia as part of our commitment to flexible working. We currently have personnel in Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne.

Key Responsibilities
- The
- ** Lead Energy Modelling Consultant **will lead our energy market modelling in Australia. You will work alongside other senior consultants and the Managing Director working on the creation and delivery of forecast models, ground-breaking analytics and research, training, subscriptions, and consultancy projects.
- You will be required to support new and existing modelling and consulting projects, collaborating with delivering high quality, on budget, and on time projects.
- You will also support with identifying new opportunities, upsell products and services, as well as with the development of new and exciting products.
- You may be seconded to existing and new clients to support the delivery of modelling consultancy work.
- You will be working with a diverse range of clients, topics, and issues at the forefront of the energy market. Knowledge gained will be shared with colleagues across the business to ensure insights are deployed across the company’s service delivery team.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise
- You have curiosity, passion and interest in the energy industry and a desire to learn more.
- You have at least 8 years of modelling experience and at least 6 years of strong analytical, research and model development experience.
- You have at least two years of consultancy experience
- You have worked for an energy generation company, preferably with renewable asset, for at least 4 years.
- Exposure in the Australian Energy Market NEM or WEM is highly regarded
- Demonstrable experience managing modelling and analytics projects.
- Bachelor’s and master’s degree in Electrical Engineering desirable
- Knowledge of Economic Operation of Power Systems, Statistical Design, and Advance Mathematical Methods.
- You have highly developed verbal and written communication skills, excellent presentation capabilities, and proven problem-solving ability which will enable in identifying and clearly presenting solutions and opportunities available in the market to our clients.
- Comfortable managing several modelling workstreams simultaneously, and to re-prioritize to meet deadlines.
- Can work under pressure, professional maturity and mental strength
- Advanced mathematical modelling skills in **PLEXOS**:

- Experience in running very large market dispatch models.
- Advanced data analytics experience on SQL, and Python, C#, VBA, R, SQL.
- People person with interest on developing relationships, empathy and support business development

**Benefits**:

- Cornwall Insight is a great place to continue your career, and we are dedicated to helping you grow and develop. You will enjoy interesting and challenging projects, working with the very best talent in our industry. We offer a flexible and agile way of working. We offer great benefits and competitive pay. This is a full-time permanent role, Monday to Friday, based in Melbourne Australia or from any capital city in Australia. Other benefits include:

- Company bonus scheme
- Private medical insurance
- Life insurance
- Perkbox
- 25 days holidays
- Annual wellbeing day

About Cornwall Insight
- Cornwall Insight is the pre-eminent provider of research, analysis, consulting and training to businesses and stakeholders in the Great British, Irish and Australian energy markets. We leverage a combination of analytical capability, a detailed appreciation of regulation codes and policy frameworks, and a practical understanding of how markets function.**Department**

Australia

**Employment Type**

Full Time

**Location**

Melbourne

**Workplace type**

Hybrid