Maritime Consultant

RICARDO ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consulting firm in the United Kingdom seeks a candidate for a role focused on maritime decarbonisation projects. The ideal applicant will have a degree in a relevant discipline and experience in policy consultancy, along with strong analytical and communication skills. This position offers flexibility in work arrangements and emphasizes diversity and inclusion within the workplace.

Benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Support for physical and mental health

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in policy consultancy/advisory (public or private sector).
• Understanding of maritime sector operations and sustainability challenges.
• Knowledge of European climate transport policies.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of maritime decarbonisation projects.
• Contribute to policy design and evaluation.
• Assist in developing technical proposals.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Teamwork

Time management

Fluency in English

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline

Job description

Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world.

Ricardo, member of WSP, is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading‑edge and innovative cross‑sector sustainable products and solutions. Every day, we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.

The Role

You’ll play a key part in offering independent and impartial evidence to policymakers and advising maritime stakeholders on their strategies to decarbonise. You’ll deliver this technical capability across the full product life cycle and in multiple international markets that few others are able to match. We are particularly interested in candidates with a technical background (e.g. naval architecture or marine engineering) who can apply their practical understanding of vessels, propulsion, and alternative fuels to support both policy projects and wider maritime decarbonisation assignments. You’ll join a team helping clients to assess, design and implement the most effective strategies, policies and solutions to make their maritime transport systems more efficient, sustainable and resilient.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of maritime decarbonisation projects for private, public, and industry clients.
• Contribute to projects involving: policy design and evaluation, techno‑economic analysis, scenario modelling and assessment of economic and social impacts.
• Assist in developing technical proposals (mainly maritime, with wider team support as needed).
• Keep up to date with maritime technology developments, trends, regulations, and challenges.

Key Competencies & Experience

• Degree (Bachelor’s or higher) in a relevant discipline (e.g. engineering, maritime studies, economics, political science, sustainability).
• Experience in policy consultancy/advisory (public or private sector).
• Understanding of maritime sector operations, commercial context, and sustainability challenges.
• Knowledge of European climate transport policies (e.g. Fit for 55).
• Familiarity with maritime policies (IMO, EU, regional frameworks).
• Strong analytical skills and ability to synthesise data from multiple sources.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with ability to explain technical topics clearly.
• Team player with experience collaborating across multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong time management, able to balance multiple projects and deadlines.
• Fluency in English and excellent report‑writing skills.

Desirable Competencies and Experience

• Experience developing/assessing maritime decarbonisation policies and strategies.
• Ability to leverage sector contacts to create opportunities and build relationships.
• Strong knowledge of economic analysis and policy evaluation methods.
• Understanding of vessel design, operations, energy efficiency, and alternative fuels.
• Knowledge of technical measures, carbon pricing, and MRV processes.
• Fluency in additional languages (esp. Europe, Latin America, South East Asia).
• Strong numerical, modelling, and coding skills.

Working here

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place. We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on. Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.

Work life balance

We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that is working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential.

Benefits

We want you to know how much you are valued. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. You will receive a range of benefits which include support for your physical and mental health.

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we’ll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach as explained here. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro‑actively with all our employees and to ensure an inclusive culture, we are recognised as a "disability confident" employer.

Next steps

Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.

Ricardo is a Disability confident employer please advise the recruitment team via [e-mail] if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.