Senior Energy Modelling Expert

IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute has a wide environmental profile. We combine applied research and development with close collaboration between industry and the public sphere. Our consultancy is evidence-based, and our research is characterized by interdisciplinary science and system thinking.

IVL was jointly founded in 1966 by the Swedish state and national business interests to carry out research on industrial air and water issues. Today we are an environmental agency concentrating on much more. Common to all of our assignments is the interaction between ecological, economic and social perspectives.

We employ over 300 engineers, behavioral scientists, chemists, marine biologists, biologists, political scientists, journalists, business developers and economists – to name only a few. We also possess exceptional specialist skills – a fourth of our employees have doctorates.

Our core values are credibility, foresight and a holistic perspective. Our vision is a sustainable society. We are pushing the transition to a sustainable society by taking science to society, turning environmental problems into opportunities and bending linear processes into a circular economy.

ARBETSBESKRIVNING
We are now looking for a new colleague who can strengthen our team of energy system modellers. We are mainly working with TIMES models but also other tools. This position will from the beginning support a new Nordic project where IVL is responsible for modelling the entire Nordic energy system and deliver scenarios to the Nordic Council of Ministers showing how the Nordic countries can become carbon neutral. The model setup is a combination of a TIMES model covering the Nordic countries and a Balmorel model covering the northern part of Europe incl. the Baltics.

You will be main responsible for updating and testing the TIMES-Nordic model and for running the many scenarios illustrating different pathways to carbon neutrality. We expect you to work independently and you will be given a large responsibility. At the same time, we are working as a team both internally at IVL, but also with our international partners.

Qualifications:
• PhD or similar in relevant topic
• Strong analytical skills
• Energy system analysis background
• Experience with building up TIMES models
• Experience with different energy system modelling tools
• Experience with scenario analysis at different scales
• Experience with Python or other programming languages
• Team worker
• Wants to make a difference

We expect that you have worked with energy system modelling for at least 4 years and that you have worked with energy systems models in a project context.



ÖVRIG INFORMATION
For further information about the position you are welcome to contact Kristina Lygnerud, tel. 010-7886927.

City: Göteborg, Stockholm or Malmö