E4SMA team is expanding!

We look for skilled and enthusiasts professionals interested in energy/environmental strategies, energy transition, climate policies, technology innovation and systems resiliency. Details below.

Positions:

• Energy systems modeller
• Data scientist and analyst
• Economist – Macroeconomic modeller

1.   About E4SMA

E4SMA S.r.l. is a consulting company based in Italy (Torino). It provides services to Companies, Institutions and Government Agencies who are responsible of decision-making activities in the energy and environmental fields, by:

• Developing customized energy system models for informed energy systems planning decisions.
• Delivering quantitative and model-based analyses related to the energy transition, climate policies, technology innovation and systems resiliency.
• Providing technical assistance to entities interested in the strategic analysis of the energy system and the development of policy plans.
• Delivering capacity building and training.

E4SMA supports energy decision-makers at various geographic scale (from city-level to global), along the entire problem chain: from the definition and formalisation of the decision problem, the data collection, elaboration and organisation, the model development, the quantitative analysis, and the comparison of implications between alternative energy, emissions, and policy pathways.

2.   About the positions

E4SMA is looking for skilled and enthusiasts professionals interested in energy/environmental strategies, energy transition, climate policies, technology innovation and systems resiliency. Selected candidates will support the E4SMA team in the development of new energy models for the exploration of policy and technology-oriented scenario analysis.

3.   Key responsibilities

Based on the position, the candidate will collaborate with E4SMA team on:

• Data collection and elaboration.
• Model development and debugging.
• Policy and technology scenario analyses.
• Results elaboration and visualizations.
• Database maintenance and development.

4.   Qualifications

Energy systems modeller

The ideal candidate:

• Is familiar with the advanced approaches of energy systems modelling.
• Has a solid quantitative background in operational research, statistics, and mathematics, acquired during advanced postgraduate courses.
• Has experience with programming languages, e.g. GAMS, Phyton, R.
• Has knowledge of mitigation technologies.
• Has motivation for data collection, elaboration and analysis.
• Can operate in an international context with English as a working language.
• Has good writing skills.
• Can work independently.

Data scientist and analyst

The ideal candidate:

• Has a solid quantitative background in statistics and mathematics, acquired during advanced postgraduate courses.
• Has command of statistical packages, like R, Python, etc.
• Has experience with data acquisition, SQL database development and usage.
• Has expertise with data handling and visualization tools.
• Has motivation for data collection, elaboration and analysis.
• Can operate in an international context with English as a working language.
• Can work independently.

Economist – Macroeconomic modeller

The ideal candidate:

• Is familiar with the advanced approaches of macroeconomic modelling.
• Has a solid quantitative background in economics and operational research acquired during advanced postgraduate courses.
• Has experience with programming languages, e.g. GAMS
• Can operate in an international context with English as a working language.
• Has good writing skills.
• Can work independently.

5.   Conditions

Position: consultant

Remuneration: competitive fees

Duration: yearly with options for extension

Location: ideally based in Torino (Italy), but options for remote work

6.   How to apply

Applicants can submit their application (including a detailed curriculum vitae and a motivation letter) by email to e4sma@e4sma.com