Senior Economist | Infrastructure Economist

Description

• Manage economic consulting engagements across Southeast Asia, focusing on government investment in infrastructure and macroeconomic trend analysis. Assist in business case preparations, manage multiple projects, and ensure timely, budgetcompliant delivery.
• Deliver highquality economics advisory work across multiple projects, ensuring outputs are completed on time, within budget, and aligned with Arup’s management processes.
• Support business development through proposal preparation, multidisciplinary bids, and maintaining strong internal and external client relationships across Southeast Asia.
• Lead and manage economic consulting projects across Asia Pacific, focusing on business cases for government infrastructure investment and macroeconomic analysis to support strategic decisions.
• Stay updated on economic theory and policy developments, contribute to team training, and participate in the Economics Skills Network.
• Support proposal preparation, collaborate on multidisciplinary bids, and maintain internal relationships within Southeast Asia, particularly in strategy consulting and various planning sectors.
• Build trusted client partnerships by delivering insightful economic analysis and fostering longterm relationships through quality work and collaboration.
• Provide technical guidance by staying current with economic theory and policy trends, and contribute to building team capability and knowledge sharing.
• Provide highquality economic analysis, establish trust with clients, and develop and strengthen client relationships.

Requirements

• Familiarity with project finance structures and key credit metrics associated with wellstructured transactions. An understanding of Public Private Partnerships and underlying commercial structures and risk allocations
• Experience in preparing governmentside business case documents to facilitate approval of budget allocations
• Familiarity with project finance structures and key credit metrics associated with wellstructured transactions. An understanding of Public Private
• Degree in Economics, Finance, or related field, with substantial experience in economic consulting, infrastructure projects, or macroeconomic analysis.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Holding a relevant qualification, having an expertise in financial modelling and analysis, including experience with complex project finance models
• Minimally 8 years in economic modelling and analysis, including experience with complex project finance models

Benefits

• Paid maternity leave for 98 days
• Purchase Additional leave of up to 20 days (permanent employees)
• Exam Leave (6 days)
• Paid Annual subscription to relevant Professional association.
• Flexible working hours
• Birthday leave
• QP allowance
• Car allowance for Associates and above.
• International mobility opportunities
• Travel allowance
• Reimbursement of Professional Engineers application and examination fees
• Mobile phone allowance
• Master’s Degree Sponsorship Scheme
• Paid paternity leave for 7 working days

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance