You will work in our multidisciplinary Sustainable Energy Team, focusing on implementation and management of Sustainable Energy Projects, primarily in the area of generation planning, energy modelling, and demand forecasting and capacity building.
Project locations around the globe, services to be performed at headquarters in Bad Homburg, Germany, or in any branch office worldwide as follows: Côte d’Ivoire, Georgia, Nigeria, Romania, Serbia, U.A.E, Uganda.
Your main tasks will be:
Management of project implementation processes including monitoring and budget and indicator controlling, operations and administration.
Support in the elaboration of technical proposals.
Support in ongoing projects with technical expertise.
A BACKGROUND THAT CONVINCES US
University degree in engineering, mathematics, physics, and/or economics, proven knowledge and experience of sustainable energy topics is an additional asset.
Minimum three – five years of international experience in generation planning, energy modelling and demand forecasting. Experience using energy modelling tools like Plexos, PSR, Antares, PyPSA, WASP or similar.
Experience in any programming language, preferably in Python
Experience in data analysis and statistical modelling in R is considered as an asset
Ideally, knowledge of one of the project cooperation approaches (Capacity Works, Logical Framework Matrix, results-based monitoring, outcome mapping, etc.)
Commercial awareness and good communication skills with a high degree of flexibility
Fluency in English is obligatory, additional French and/or Russian language skills are to be considered an added value
Experience in the energy sector, especially in TSO, is a valuable advantage
The ideal candidate is straightforward, really motivated and interested in learning more about the technical aspects of the energy sector.
Beside your technical skills, you are communicative, responsible, ready to travel abroad if required, and an advanced user of MS Office and MS Teams. You like to look for innovative solutions, to learn new technologies and to take up challenges.
AN ENVIRONMENT THAT MOTIVATES YOU
Varying responsibilities and diverse tasks in an interdisciplinary working environment;
Pleasant working atmosphere in an internationally oriented engineering consulting company;
Short communication and decision-making paths;
Based in our Bad Homburg office with the possibility of mobile working;
Family-friendly policies and flexible working hours;
Fringe benefits: Free RMV JobTicket (travel card for employees), Job bike leasing, Subsidy for lunch, to mention a few.
Your career is more than a job. As a member of our global team, you will be involved in projects that impact the future for communities around the world. You will be empowered in a dynamic and diverse environment that maximizes your skills and encourages new ideas. We feel ourselves accountable for learning from experience and it’s our mix of integrity and ambition to contribute to a better tomorrow that makes us such a special place to work.
Implementing diverse projects in transition and developing countries and thus contributing to a „better tomorrow“ is our business. We, GOPA Consulting Group, are one of the leading consulting companies in the field of International Cooperation. For more than 50 years we are successfully implementing projects on behalf of national and international institutions, as for example the GIZ, KfW and EU. Topics are manifold and range, among others, from the improvement of education for the young, over measures of climate change adaptation to projects in health and infrastructure.
