Principal Analyst - Nickel Market

About AME Group:AME Group is a global professional services and research firm specialising in energy transition, carbon emissions, and renewables across the energy, materials, and infrastructure sectors.

Our team of engineers, economists, scientists, financial experts, and programmers produces world-class, independent research. We focus on the technical intricacies of on-site engineering and market analysis. Governments, NGOs, fund managers, primary producers, and the financial sector use our analysis and research platforms to drive technological change, plan greenfield projects, and develop low-carbon plant expansions.

What We Do:

• Expand research capabilities in renewables, battery metals, transition commodities, and new energy sectors like hydrogen.

• Analyze individual projects such as solar farms, mines, and infrastructure operations to deliver economic and planning insights.

• Build industry and plant engineering models and catalog carbon emission data using technical papers, production data, financial metrics, surveys, and site visits.

Our 2025 Focus:This year, we are prioritizing South East Asia, particularly Indonesia. We are establishing a Jakarta office as our regional hub and are eager to collaborate with Indonesian professionals.

About the Role:

We are seeking an expert in nickel industry with research and communication skills and a logical approach to problem solving. This is a key role at AME to lead nickel research and to represent AME in front of multiple clients and stakeholders.

AME provides an opportunity to develop your technical skills and understanding as you work on large, complex problems with international partners.

Key Responsibilities

• To lead and manage AME Research nickel research activity in Jakarta.

• To oversee nickel market from upstream to downstream activity not only from national perspective but also global perspective.

• Present our nickel research and opinion to clients and assist them with their research needs

• Present our proposals at a board level or management to assist with energy transition issues.

• Support AME Jakarta office to identify talent, build capacity, develop skills and share experience.

• Lead projects with multiple teams and stakeholders, developing project plans, schedules, and resource allocation strategies, managing project risks, and mentoring junior researchers.

• Creation and maintenance of industry databases for both internal and external users.

• Collaborate with internal teams in Indonesia and Australia.

Role requirements, experience, and skills

• Visionary leader with ability to adapt and drive performance in the dynamic coal and energy sector.

• Minimum 12 (twelve) years of experience in nickel value chain (e.g. nickel mine, smelters, trading, research, consulting, or mining services)

• Bachelors degree in mining or chemical engineering from top tier universities, Masters degree will be valued.

• Good written and oral communication skills with the capability to convey complex technical detail into succinct English.

• A well developed network of client contacts in the Indonesian nickel sectors (private companies, State-owned, and/or Government).

Strong cross-cultural management and communication with fluent English.

Information :

• Company : AME Group
• Position : Principal Analyst - Nickel Market
• Location : Jakarta Selatan
• Country : ID