Job description

Head of Projects

Job Responsibilities:

• Take complete responsibility for the successful completion of projects.

• Manage a team of project management, development, and construction professionals in the country, offering guidance, solving issues, and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders. 

• Interact with internal stakeholders and teams, escalating problems to management when needed to implement effective solutions.

• Constantly work to improve team capabilities in relation to project management, official processes, and procedures.

• Implement and establish processes in projects to ensure optimal outcomes.

• Validate the internal process for onboarding projects into development and bringing them to a ready-to-build state, then handing them off to the Asset Management team.

• Manage projects to ensure excellence in project delivery - reviews, forecasting, and resource management.

• Evaluate the project portfolio in the country and present status and KPI’s to the Leadership team.

• Prepare project-specific elements of internal approval papers for presentation to Board/Investment committee during development and construction stages of projects.

• Assist in the preparation of energy tenders, bids, and pre-qualification questionnaires, providing

• Seek out new RE investments from local developers using network/relationship.

• Communicate with financial institutions for disbursement of funds.

• Analyze and provide feedback on term sheets and contracts, such as for development services, equipment supply, PPAs, leases, EPC contracts, and O&M agreements.

Requirements:

• 15+ years of hands-on professional experience managing multiple energy projects, ideally in solar, onshore wind, or other renewables.

• Degree in Engineering, Commerce, Science, Project Management, Business Administration, or similar technical/commercial training.

• Demonstrated success heading large teams in a professional project management setting.

• Established network with local developers and EPC providers 

• Project management skills, including planning, WHSE compliance, risk/issue management, and driving outcomes under tight timeframes and external pressures.

• Manage technical/regulatory discussions and inputs from internal support functions.