Machine Learning Engineer jobs in United Kingdom

LCP Delta is looking for an experienced analyst to join our fast-growing team and play a key role in our growth, working with a wealth of experience across our Power Market Modelling and Tech and Data teams.

This is a great opportunity to:

• Develop cutting-edge enhancements for our optimisation models, including developing capability for our new web-based optimisation tools
• Contribute to the development of exciting new projects from the ground up

What will you be doing?

• Exploring new ways to leverage our existing optimisation capabilities
• Developing our next suite of optimisation frameworks
• Working with our clients to shape future work and grow business aims. Identifying problems and providing solutions in a timely manner
• To be a competent, active, engaged and willing member of the consulting and development team
• Keeping up to date with the developments and changes in the energy markets, to shape how our modelling frameworks changes with this

LCP Delta’s Power Market Modelling team develops in-house models of pan-European energy markets. Our consulting teams use these models to support key decision makers enabling the energy transition. This includes to helping Governments and regulators design effective policy and supporting investors to understand revenues expected from their assets.

Example models within the team include our pan-European power market forecasting tool, EnVision, and our battery asset platform STOREcast, which puts our models in our clients’ hands to configure their own asset and produce revenue forecasts. These models use a variety of mathematical techniques from agent-based approaches to stochastic optimisation models.

What skills, experience and qualities are we looking for?

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience with a numerical background
• Experienced in object-oriented programming - preferably in Python, C# is a bonus
• Working experience in optimisation, specifically mixed integer linear programming
• Power market knowledge – an understanding of European markets is a plus
• Confident working with large datasets
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to discuss technical matters in non-technical language, both internally and to our clients
• Excellent analytical and logical thinking, with the ability toclearly communicate examples of work
• Comfortable working collaboratively within a team
• Have an enthusiasm for learning new skills on the job

What’s in it for you?

Take a look at ourGlassdoor andCareer stories pages to see why our people love being here! As well as joining a multi-award winning, fun, collaborative, people first organisation where your personal and professional skills will be developed to make you the best you can be, we offer an attractive benefits package designed to promote your overall wellbeing so that you are able to perform to your full potential both in and out of work. Currently our core benefits package includes:

For you:

• Hybrid working (varies by role and department)
• professional study support (where applicable)
• Access to our internal Wellbeing, LGBTQ+, Multicultural and Women’s networks

For your family:

• Life assurance (6 x salary)
• Income protection
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption and shared parental leave

For your health:

• 26 days annual leave (pro-rata for part-time working) plus bank holidays (most of which can be taken flexibly!) with options to buy & sell holiday
• Private medical insurance
• Discounted gym memberships, critical illness and dental insurance through our flexible benefits
• Cycle to work scheme
• Digital GP services

For your wealth:

• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Season ticket loans

For others:

• Volunteering opportunities

For the environment:

• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme (qualifying period applies)

And much more!

We continuously strive to build an inclusive workplace where all forms of diversity are valued, including age, background, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or sexual orientation.

LCP is committed to making our opportunities accessible to all and would welcome you getting in touch to let us know if an adjustment can be made to help with your application. This may be extra time for assessments, pre-interview site visits, interview structure or questions, or asking us about building accessibility. Whatever it may be, please get in touch via our dedicated email address -accessibilityaware@lcp.uk.com to discuss how we can support you with your application.

LCP currently holds a sponsorship license for skilled worker visas, allowing us to assist with applications aligning with the UK Government's criteria for skilled worker sponsorship. If you anticipate needing sponsorship for a skilled worker visa, we recommend reviewing the sponsorship criteria for your desired role before applying to LCP.

Recruitment agencies

LCP operates a Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for recruitment agencies which is reviewed annually. We do not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies who are not part of our currentPSL. LCP only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place, and the agency has been instructed by a member of our recruitment team to supply CVs via the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) for a legitimate, open vacancy. If this process is not adhered to, LCP reserve the right to contact these candidates directly and have discussions with them without paying any agency fees. We do not pay agency fees when speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to any employee or Partner at LCP.