Principal Consultant

4 months ago


Cape Town, South Africa OWC Full time

**Description**:
**Be the energy behind change. Join ABL Group.**

OWC, an ABL Group company, is a technical and advisory consultancy specializing in renewable energy, including onshore & offshore, fixed/floating wind energy, onshore solar, floating solar, and hydrogen. OWC offers a global service offering, focused on project development services, owner’s engineering, technical due diligence, and independent engineering. We have an unrivalled reputation for providing high-quality, innovative, and reliable solutions, drawing on extensive technical knowledge and practical experience which goes back to the late 1990s in offshore renewables.

The Principal Consultant will join ABL’s management team, sharing a responsibility for meeting ambitious business growth objectives.

**What you will be doing.**:
The Principal Consultant will be responsible for prospecting, developing and converting consultancy assignment opportunities. Subsequently, the Principal Consultant will work on and manage consultancy assignments for a range of onshore renewables projects. The incumbent will manage the teams of multi-disciplined engineers or consultants in order to deliver our scopes of work and achieve financial targets.
- Delivering projects to a high standard to ensure the utmost satisfaction of our Clients and an outstanding quality of deliverable.
- Leading on proposals and supporting on business development and representing ABL.
- Managing project key performance indicators including budgets. Managing project teams to ensure optimal delivery of projects.
- Support in the positive development of our people through mentoring, training, etc.
- Develop ABL’s suite of renewables products to lead in new markets and new (associated) technologies, building new systems through R&D to give ABL a competitive advantage.
- Collaborate with, support and evolve with other businesses, teams and staff in the ABL Group, networking at all levels within the company, as well as with external bodies and acting as a representative of ABL at industry conferences, seminars, events, etc.
- Ensure that projects operate in accordance with ABL’s high health, safety and environmental policies and procedures to guarantee the safety and wellbeing of staff, sub-contractors and any other third parties who may be impacted by our work.
- Ensure project work and technical quality standards are maintained.

**What we are looking for.**:

- 10+ years of experience and passion for onshore wind, solar, or energy storage.
- Qualified to at least Bachelor or Master degree level in Engineering or relevant discipline.
- A successful track record of project managing multi-disciplinary teams.
- Strong technology knowledge including players, markets, technology, warranties, etc.
- Key characteristics include: strong interpersonal skills, self-awareness, attention to detail, strength of character, pragmatism and flexibility. Excellent communication and report writing skills.

Additionally the following would be favourable:

- Experience in consulting and client management.
- Experience as Independent Engineer and/or Owner’s Engineer.
- Experience on other sides of a project (developer, owner, financier, etc.)
- Knowledge of financing and regulatory mechanisms for renewables.
- Proficiency in another language (Arabic, Cantonese, French, Mandarin, Portuguese).

**What is in it for you?**:
**Join us and grow with us.**

**No agencies.**

**About OWC**:
ABL Group is a leading global independent energy and marine consultant working in energy and oceans to de-risk and drive the energy transition across the renewables, maritime and oil and gas sectors, offering our clients the deepest pool of world-class expertise across marine and engineering disciplines from more than 300 locations worldwide.

The ABL Group has offices in all major marine and energy hubs worldwide. We have 62 offices in 38 countries across Europe, Africa, the Americas, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia.

The ABL Group is a publicly listed company on the Oslo Stock Exchange (ABL).



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