Senior Energy Economist

Mott MacDonald

Position location: Madrid, Spain/ Seville,Spain
Recruiter contact: Maria Marchidan

We’re a global engineering, management, and development consultancy. 
Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities. 

A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs. 

We are proud to be a one of Glassdoor’s top employers to work for in the UK, as well as being recognised as a Top Inclusive Company in the UK.

Our values: Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, Excellence. 

About the business unit  

The Energy unit delivers services to clients globally across several sectors including hydropower, nuclear, waste, renewable generation and transmission & distribution networks. Together we provide integrated engineering and project management services across the project lifecycle – from concept and design to construction and operations, to decommissioning or repowering and life extension. Together with our clients, we’re helping to deliver the energy transition globally. 

Overview of the role

Join our economics team within the Energy business, where you will manage and contribute to projects involving a range of economic and financial issues on energy matters globally. Your responsibilities will include:

• Energy System Master Planning: From electricity generation to wider Integrated Resource Planning (IRP).
• Techno-Economic Analysis: Assessing energy supply, flexibility, and utilization options, including levelized cost analysis of energy systems and services.
• Hydrogen Economy and Decarbonization: Evaluating the techno-economics of hydrogen and decarbonization options.
• Energy Demand Forecasting: Using both top-down (econometric) and bottom-up approaches.
• Policy and Regulatory Analysis: Evaluating the impacts of energy policy and regulations on markets and techno-economics.
• Report Preparation and Presentation: Creating and presenting reports to clients.
• Tender Preparation: Responding to Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and Requests for Expressions of Interest (RFIs).
• The work will primarily involve quantitative analysis using spreadsheet models, complex models, and proprietary software, focusing on the electricity sector, especially generation and transmission, with some market and regulatory insights.

Candidate Specification

• A Master’s degree in economics or a related field with a quantitative emphasis, and experience in energy markets.
• High IT literacy and numeracy skills.
• Experience as a consultant, with overseas assignments being an advantage.
• Experience advising clients on large-scale power transactions.
• A strong track record in modeling and quantitative analysis, including electricity market/dispatch modeling, least cost expansion studies, demand forecasting, Monte Carlo simulation, statistical packages, optimization principles, Integrated Resource Planning (IRP), generation planning, and tariff analysis.
• Excellent report writing and public presentation skills.
• The ability to produce clear and logical written communication.
• Adaptability and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• An interest in contributing to business development, including writing proposals and making occasional pitches.

• A flexible approach to work, with the ability to prioritize and manage time effectively to meet deadlines and client needs.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion 

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Agile working 

Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• Holiday entitlement: 23 days + public holidays.  

• Life assurance: 2 x salary will be paid to your chosen benefactor in the event of your death whilst employed by Mott MacDonald 

• Professional membership subscription: 1 professional subscription which is relevant to your job/field of expertise can be claimed per year. 

Optional benefits (available via salary sacrifice) for the following: 

• Restaurant voucher: up to 11 € per working day.  

• Transport card: up to 1,500 € per year. This is intended for public transport and doesn’t include flights or petrol for private car 

• Day care voucher: up to 30% of salary.  

• Employee assistance programme: Our Global Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) is a confidential safe space for employees and their immediate dependants to gain access to professional services including counselling, family support services and financial and legal advice services 

• IT employee purchase programme: In partnership with our technology providers, we have exclusive offers on Microsoft, HP and Dell products  

• Company bonus: Mott MacDonald Group operates an incentive scheme for employees on standard terms and conditions with a minimum six month service at the end of the previous financial year. The scheme is non-contractual and targeted at exceptional contributors but includes a fixed element in which all eligible staff (grades A-E) share. Payments are normally made in March each year  

• Agile working: Our agile working guide empowers our employees to work smarter, giving more individual responsibility over how, when and where you work to meet your personal and professional commitments. Agreed in discussion with your line manager, agile working involves adapting your working approach on an ad hoc basis including flexible work times, and combining home and office-based working 

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