Senior Energy Consultant

Role Overview

Senior Energy Consultant at GHD, a leading multidisciplinary professional services company with over 14,000 professionals globally. The role is based in the Middle East and focuses on delivering energy sector expertise across the region.

Company Overview

GHD is a multidisciplinary professional services company delivering engineering, design, and advisory solutions across water, energy, resources, environment, property and buildings, and transportation sectors. The Energy team operates across the Middle East, addressing rapid evolution in regional energy systems driven by strong demand growth, major infrastructure investment, increasing renewable energy deployment, and growing needs for storage, flexibility and digital solutions. The team supports utilities, governments, developers and major energy users throughout the lifecycle of their energy assets and systems.

Role Purpose

As a Senior Energy Consultant, you will lead and contribute to GHD's energy sector work across the Middle East, applying technical expertise in electricity networks, renewable energy, energy storage, system integration, energy strategy and technical advisory. The role combines technical delivery with project coordination, client engagement, proposal development and mentoring of junior professionals.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Delivery & Advisory

• Deliver feasibility and options studies, engineering assessments and technical advisory assignments from initial scoping through to final recommendations.
• Assess project requirements, technical configurations, technology options, operational constraints and interfaces with existing infrastructure.
• Undertake, review or coordinate relevant technical analyses, including power-system, grid-integration, energy-modelling and techno-economic studies.
• Review designs, calculations, specifications, equipment data and technical documentation for alignment with project requirements, applicable standards and good industry practice.
• Deliver technical due diligence and Owner's Engineer assignments by evaluating technical, delivery and operational risks and developing proportionate recommendations.

Network & Infrastructure Projects

• Support the planning, design and delivery of electricity network and substation projects, including option selection, design coordination, technical specifications, equipment interfaces, procurement and construction-stage input.
• Lead and contribute to multidisciplinary technical workstreams across electricity networks, renewable energy, energy storage, system integration, energy strategy and related infrastructure.

Business Development & Strategy

• Contribute to the business plan for Energy growth strategy in the Middle East with local leadership.
• Lead and contribute to business development activities and leading proposals to provide technical support to win and deliver projects.
• Prepare and review clear technical deliverables and support proposals, client development and other business development activities.

Project Management & Coordination

• Manage assigned scopes in accordance with agreed programme, budget, quality, governance and health and safety requirements, including serving in a project manager role for projects.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary inputs and engage confidently with clients, utilities, developers, contractors and other project stakeholders.

Stakeholder Management & Relationships

• Maintain external relationships with industry peers, OEMs, contractors, and clients.
• Engage confidently with clients, utilities, developers, contractors and other project stakeholders.

Leadership & Development

• Mentor junior professionals through technical review, coaching and knowledge sharing.
• Contribute to the consistent application and continuous improvement of technical tools, methods and delivery standards.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Energy or Power Engineering, or a related discipline. A relevant postgraduate qualification would be advantageous.
• Minimum of eight (8) years of relevant experience in consulting, utilities, project development, engineering, EPC, Owner's Engineer or technical advisory environments.
• Demonstrated technical depth in one or more areas such as electricity networks and substations, renewable energy, energy storage, grid connection, system integration, energy modelling, energy strategy, due diligence or project delivery, together with the ability to coordinate interfaces across disciplines.
• Chartered Engineer status, or progress towards an equivalent recognised professional accreditation, would be advantageous.
• Experience with Middle East utilities, regulatory frameworks or project-delivery environments would be highly regarded.

Skills & Competencies

• Ability to interpret complex technical information, identify material issues and develop clear, evidence-based recommendations.
• Good understanding of relevant international standards and engineering practices.
• Experience using, reviewing or directing work undertaken with relevant engineering, modelling or data-analysis tools, such as DIgSILENT PowerFactory, ETAP, PSS®E, PSCAD, PLEXOS, Python or similar platforms, as relevant to the candidate's technical specialism.
• Strong written, presentation and client-facing communication skills, with the ability to explain complex matters clearly and contribute to proposals and business development.
• Good interpersonal skills; relate well to colleagues, clients and business contacts, and influence them to achieve positive results.
• Strong record of delivering technical excellence.
• Proven experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams, managing concurrent assignments and exercising sound technical, commercial and professional judgement.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is required.

Additional Information

• Occasional regional or international travel may be required.
• Office-based, three days per week.
• Access to GHD's regional and global specialists across networks, renewables, energy storage, advisory and project delivery.
• Structured professional development, mentoring and opportunities to work towards professional accreditation.
• Inclusive environment that values collaboration, technical quality and continuous learning.
• Opportunity to lead significant energy and infrastructure projects across the Middle East, working directly with utilities, governments, developers, investors and major energy users.
• Platform to strengthen technical leadership, project management and client relationship capabilities.
• Opportunity to shape GHD's regional Energy capability.