Intern Energy Systems (Clean Fuels, Industrial Decarbonisation, Circular Resources, Power Systems)
Overview:
Role: Intern Energy Systems (Clean Fuels, Industrial Decarbonisation, Circular Resources, Power Systems)Location: London or Glasgow - Hybrid
Role ID: 2025-2770
Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world.
Ricardo plc 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.
The Role
We are seeking an intern to join our Energy Infrastructure Transition team, providing a valuable opportunity to gain experience in engineering and consultancy within a dynamic and rapidly evolving sector. This role offers a stepping stone into your career, working alongside highly experienced professionals specialising in engineering, techno-economic analysis, and management consultancy.Our team focuses on power, clean fuels, waste, and industrial heat decarbonisation, covering strategy through to implementation and addressing both technical and economic aspects. With a growing portfolio of energy technology, policy, and strategy projects, we are committed to driving the transition to a sustainable future.
Please note this opportunity is only open to students currently enrolled at university.
Key Responsibilities- Support senior consultants in delivering projects to clients from day one.
- Conduct research and analysis to underpin consultancy work, developing strategic, technical, commercial, and regulatory expertise in the energy sector.
- Manage time across multiple projects, contributing to all phases, including data analysis, techno-economic modelling, and report development.
- Assist in preparing proposals to win new contracts.
- Ensure the quality and timely delivery of work, collaborating with consultants and teams to integrate contributions into wider project outputs.
- Receive professional development support to enhance skills and career progression.
- Green Hydrogen strategy for a region or organisation.
- Industrial process decarbonisation.
- Strategies for carbon capture and storage (including negative emissions).
- Heat decarbonisation solutions, including sizing for buildings and heat networks.
- Energy from waste project feasibility.
- Smart grid and power network innovation projects.
- Feasibility and implementation studies for renewable energy projects.
- Transport energy feasibility and implementation projects for road, rail, aviation, and marine sectors.
- Developing technical and economic energy sector regulatory frameworks in developing countries.
- Strong numeracy, analytical, and communication skills.
- Proactive, organised approach with a commitment to high-quality work.
- Pursuing a strong degree in engineering (process/chemical, electrical, energy systems, or similar) or economics, with an interest in energy infrastructure and sustainable transition.
- Proficient in MS Office tools, particularly Excel, including data manipulation and modelling.
- Passionate about energy sector transition, innovation, and sustainability, with an interest in the scope of the Energy Infrastructure Transition team.
- Effective communicator with excellent written and spoken English, including formal report writing, digital communication, and presentations.
- Ability to break down complex research questions, think creatively, and solve novel problems.
- Previous experience in the energy transition industry or consultancy.
- Fluency in additional languages, particularly Spanish, French, or Portuguese.
- Familiarity with software tools such as Python, Homer Pro, Helioscope, PV/Syst, DigSilent, PSS/E, PowerWorld, and/or PLEXOS.
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.
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.
Our core benefits include 25 days' annual leave, plus 8 flexible bank holidays, a competitive company pension scheme, life assurance and professional subscriptions reimbursement. We also offer a wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle.
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 and to ensure an inclusive culture, we are a recognised as a 'disability confident' employer.
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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