Manager – Technical Advisory - Thermal Generation and Gas Network Expert

Our Technical Advisory practice are looking for an experienced Manager to join the team. 

Our Energy and Resources team works across the energy value chain and supports many of the world's leading energy companies, infrastructure investors, private-equity funds, lenders, developers and government organisations. You will have the opportunity to work on transactions and projects across the UK, Europe and internationally. Our Market and Transactions unit is looking for an experienced Manager to join our Technical Advisory capability, working at the heart of the energy transition and supporting investors, developers, lenders, utilities and public-sector organisations on complex energy infrastructure decisions. Our Technical Advisory team combines engineering, transaction advisory and technical due diligence experience to help clients understand the technical risks, opportunities, capital and operating costs, performance and value of energy assets in the thermal generation sector. You will work closely with Baringa's market, commercial, market access and transaction advice teams, while bringing an independent and engineering-led perspective to investment and development decisions.

What you will be doing

The core of the role is leading the technical workstreams of buy-side, sell-side and lender technical due diligence, and technical advice, across gas-fired generation, CHP, bio-to-X, heat and gas network assets. You will typically:

• Lead technical due diligence and technical advisory assignments supporting M&A, project finance, refinancing and infrastructure investment, managing multidisciplinary teams, coordinating specialist inputs and coaching junior colleagues.
• Assess the technical feasibility, performance, condition, risks and opportunities associated with operating assets and development projects, undertaking or overseeing feasibility studies, technical option assessments and techno-economic analysis.
• Review engineering designs, technical specifications, EPC and O&M contracts, asset-management strategies, permits, warranties and other key project documentation.
• Assess CAPEX, OPEX, development and lifecycle costs, maintenance strategies, availability and performance assumptions underpinning investment cases.
• Review technology maturity, technology-provider capability, performance guarantees and project delivery strategies.
• Identify material technical risks and opportunities, translating engineering findings into clear implications for valuation, investment decisions, financing and business plans.
• Present technical findings, recommendations and risk assessments clearly to investment committees, lenders, developers and senior client stakeholders.
• Develop trusted relationships with infrastructure funds, private-equity investors, lenders, developers and energy companies.
• Support the development of Baringa's Technical Advisory capability, including methodologies, quality assurance, knowledge development and coaching of junior team members.
• Turn complex and often incomplete technical information into clear findings and recommendations through reports, risk registers and presentations to investment committees, lenders and senior client stakeholders, and take part in Q&A sessions, management meetings and site visits.

Your skills and experience

• You will typically have 7 to 9 years of relevant professional experience, although we welcome candidates outside this range with particularly relevant experience.
• You will have a strong foundation in mechanical, chemical or process, energy or environmental engineering, supported by a relevant degree, equivalent qualification or substantial practical experience.
• You will have a proven record of leading technical due diligence, Lender's Technical Advisor assignments or comparable investor-facing technical assessments. This includes assessing capital and operating expenditure, identifying material technical and investment risks, and owning key deliverables such as TDD reports and red flag presentations. This experience must go beyond engineering design review, market modelling or general management consulting.
• You will have in-depth, hands-on experience of one or more of: CCGT and OCGT; reciprocating gas engines and flexible gas peakers; CHP and cogeneration; bio-to-X and low-carbon fuels; heat networks; or gas transmission and distribution networks. This includes performance, condition and lifecycle cost assessment.
• You will have experience managing assignments and multidisciplinary teams, and acting as a trusted point of contact for senior client stakeholders.
• You will be able to explain how engineering findings affect cost, risk, deliverability and value, clearly and concisely, to senior decision-makers. 

What a career at Baringa will give you 

Putting People First.

Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognise the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include:

• Generous Annual Leave Policy: We recognise everyone needs a well-deserved break. We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year. In addition to this, we have introduced our 5-Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service.

• Flexible Working: We know that the ‘ideal’ work-life balance will vary from person to person and change at different stages of our working lives. To accommodate this, we have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave.

• Corporate Responsibility Days: Our world is important to us, so all our employees get 3 every year to help social and environmental causes and increase our impact on the communities that mean the most to us.

• Wellbeing Fund: We want to encourage all employees to take charge and prioritise their own wellbeing. We’ve introduced our annual People Fund to support this by offering every individual a fund to support and manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice.

• Profit Share Scheme: All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme so everyone has a stake in the company’s success.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people. 

An award-winning workplace

You can be a part of our ‘Great Place to Work’ – with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all. Click here to see some of our recent awards and how we’ve achieved this. 

Using business as a force for good. 

We maintain high standards of environmental performance and transparency, which can be seen through our commitment to Net Zero with our SBTI-verified Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reduction targets and our support of the Better Business Act. We report our progress publicly and ensure that we are also externally assessed and scored through organisations like CDP and EcoVadis - helping us to continually identify where we can improve.

We have a long legacy of supporting the communities in which we work, and offer a variety of ways to contribute, by putting people first and creating impact that lasts. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agenda is about giving back to the communities in which we live and work by sharing our skills, talent and time. In essence, we aim to empower and encourage everyone in the firm to contribute to the things we care about, and support registered charities and organisations with a clear social or environmental purpose to increase the positive impact they can have.