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Energy & Climate Change Modeller

Bruxelles, Belgium

Climact is an independent energy & climate consulting company, advising both private and public organisations, supporting the world towards a net zero carbon society.

Its Public Sector Business unit provides long term (prospective) advice on the understanding, implications and trade-offs of the energy and climate transition (for Public sector, NGOs, Foundations, and industrial federations).

A key distinctiveness of CLIMACT is the use of inhouse and external models and data to support the advice. We develop sophisticated, user-friendly and open-source models on the energy and climate systems at the global, national, regional and local levels – and use our findings to improve energy and climate policy.

Illustrative projects include supporting federation of NGOs, or federations of industries to design a net zero vision.

See examples of

our work at www.climact.com and https://www.linkedin.com/company/climact/
the main tools supporting our work : Pathways Explorer, EUCityCalc, PyPSA

Job description

The junior consultant will be part of a team of experienced modellers and consultants working on Prospective studies, with the following responsibilities:

Becoming a recognized modeler and consultant within the team. Contribute to the suite of Climact’s models, in interface with the consultants, and the technical team (who provides the programming environment and the tools).
Improving and refining the model calculation workflows, from the raw data to the client results. Constructing messages and providing advice, interpreting the models results to best answer the clients questions and needs
Gaining expertise in the long-term modelling of one sector (e.g., buildings, transport, industry, supply, land use..) while understanding the sector interactions.
High exposure to Python environment is expected. Good programming skills are an asset.
Supporting the design of energy & climate change scenarios, for a wide variety of geographies (EU and its member states, China, India, etc.).

We are looking for candidates who have the following strengths

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills is key.
Communication skills to interact with the consultants and technical team, to co-construct and refine the energy models.
Engineering degree. Mathematics or physics are also possible
0 to 5 years of relevant experience in the energy transition, or in a sector which consumes of produces energy is a strong asset.
0 to 5 years of relevant experience in modelling is a strong asset.
0 to 5 years of relevant experience in programming (especially Python) is an asset.
Strong drive to contribute to the climate change challenge through energy models.
Potential and ambition to evolve, either along a consultant track, either along an expert and modeler track.
Strong sense of creativity and autonomy.
Ability to work in a team
Good communication skills (EN & FR & NL).

What We Offer

We are committed to providing equal opportunities in employment and diversity of our workforce. Our recruiting process includes discussions and potential analytics, programming & consulting cases interviews