Energy System Analyst

SAFEGE Energy provides consulting services, advising private developers, public energy authorities and International Financing Institutions around the globe on the whole life cycle of their energy sector investments, projects and programs.

To support the expansion of SAFEGE Energy and to bring the highest standard of consulting services to our clients, we are looking for a new colleague.

Ready to act Right Now, for Tomorrow?

Under the leadership of a project manager or senior expert, you will be involved in multiple energy system consulting assignments. You will work on a multitude of technical topics, with a wide variety of clients and in multiple geographical regions.

Some examples of our work include:

• Development of Energy Policy, Strategies and Planning Documents;
• Generation, Transmission and Distribution Master Plan Development;
• Variable Renewable Energy Integration Studies;
• Power System Climate Vulnerability Studies;
• Technico-Economic Feasibility of Grid and Renewable Assets.

You will be more particularly in charge of providing energy system advisory services

• Develop and provide technical expertise to our clients in reaching their energy access targets
• Collect and structure data/information from various sources
• Model energy systems in specialized tools and perform dedicated simulations
• Produce convincing analyses and prepare visualizations, presentations and reports of study results, with a specific focus on technico-economic and electrification planning studies.

Qualifications - Do you tick all the boxes ?

We are looking for talented and motivated people to help us plan for the energy challenges of today and tomorrow.

• You have a master’s degree in Renewable Energy, Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• You have minimum 2 years of experience in the energy sector
• You are passionate about energy systems planning and eager to develop and share your knowledge in this field
• You are willing to travel internationally, including emerging and developing countries (data collection, presentation of results, provide training)
• You speak and write English and French fluently
• You demonstrate strong advisory skills: analytical mindset to identify client issues, creativity to lay out a set of assumptions to build adapted solutions, capacity to translate results of simulations into relevant advice and concrete actions
• You can work independently, while having a strong team spirit
• Affinity with and willingness to master relevant tools/Software, such as for example: QGIS, PVSyst, Plexos, DIgSILENT PowerFactory, PSS/E, Python or Matlab

Experience with one of the following is an advantage:

• Rural electrification or distribution system planning
• Renewable resource assessments (solar, wind, hydro, biomass) and site selection;
• Utility scale or off-grid RE project design and development;
• Long-term energy planning studies
• Power system simulations (static and dynamic)