About This Role
This role focuses on engineering advisory and technical leadership within the Manila Energy Team, supporting grid expansion, resilience, and decarbonisation across the Philippines and the wider Asia-Pacific region. The Energy Consultant will provide specialist input to complex energy projects, support sound decision-making, and contribute to project delivery through targeted technical oversight. The position is for a Renewable Energy Engineer on Advisory projects, supporting opportunities from early client engagement through proposal development, technical positioning, and mobilisation of delivery teams.
Responsibilities
- Act primarily as a Renewable Energy Engineer on Advisory projects
- Support the conversion of opportunities from early client engagement through proposal development, technical positioning, and mobilisation of delivery teams
- Focus on complex, high value, or strategically important assignments
- Collaborate closely with renewable energy developers, utilities, regulators, and financiers, as well as Arup
- Define solution strategies and shape scopes
- Ensure Arup
- Provide technical authority and thought leadership in Advisory
- Mentor staff
- Proactively identify opportunities to cross-sell Arup
- Deliver technical advisory services across the renewable energy project lifecycle, with general knowledge of permitting, pre-development, and FID-related requirements
- Prepare and review Independent Engineer / OE Engineer reports, technical opinions, and bankability assessments
- Undertake technical due diligence (TDD) for lenders, investors, and project sponsors, encompassing review of design, technology, construction, cost estimates, schedules, and identifying project risks
Requirements
- Bachelor
- Strong technical background across different renewable energy technologies and technical advisory services
- Strong understanding of renewable energy systems, project lifecycle, and grid integration
- Solid understanding of construction, commissioning, and operations practices
- Demonstrated ability to provide technical strategy rather than purely task-based delivery
- Experience contributing to proposals, technical strategies, and client presentations
- Familiarity with international projects and multi-stakeholder environments
- Willingness to travel for site visits and client meetings as required
- Membership, or eligibility for membership, of relevant professional institutions
- Sound understanding of applicable grid codes, standards, regulatory requirements, environmental approvals, and OH&S obligations
- Demonstrate confidence and credibility when engaging senior clients and stakeholders
