Civil Service Jobs – Technical Specialist – Energy

Job Description:

These are positions for energy technology experts within the UK Government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) central energy engineering team. The Technical Energy Specialists team in BEIS is a small team of about 12 people dedicated to ensuring that the department’s policy is evidenced by the best energy engineering principles. The team sits within the Science and Innovation for Climate and Energy Directorate, but work with all the other policy units in BEIS, and frequently with other Government departments, to give engineering advice on decarbonisation policy . All members of the team are specialists either with a relevant PhD or working towards completing their PhD in a relevant energy engineering field.

Job Responsibilities:

• You will develop maintain state of the art knowledge on your area of expertise within the team and Directorate.
• You will ensure that BEIS policy is informed by good engineering practice and the latest technology approaches.
• You will undertake technical evaluation of applications to the various energy innovation grant funding competitions run by the Department, and work with other grant awarding agencies.
• You will develop public consultations, reports and ministerial submissions concerning the optimum engineering route to achieving the Net Zero target by 2050, by supporting our three policy aims of decarbonisation of energy, security of energy supply and affordability of energy for consumers.
• You will apply your specialist skills for the cost effective decarbonisation of UK energy, industry and the domestic environment.

Job Requirements:

• You will be an engineer with an interest in meeting the UK’s decarbonisation target. The position would also suit candidates who wish to get a wider exposure to different types of engineering as the roles will be very varied and cut across normal engineering disciplines.
• You will be a PhD qualified engineer, or studying at PhD level, with an interest in energy engineering. Chartered Engineering status through an approved professional body would be an advantage.
• You will have a ‘pick up and run with it’ mentality and be prepared to learn new skills as required in order to keep up with latest technology advances.
• As you will be writing submissions and reports explaining technical constraints, you will have excellent writing skills.
• There will be the requirement to visit relevant industry sites and to be involved with various research work undertaken by BEIS with industry partners & consultancies, so your knowledge of R&D project management techniques will be important.

Job Details:

Company: Civil Service

Vacancy Type: Full Time

Job Location: Edinburgh, GB

Application Deadline: N/A

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