Project Director

6 months ago

Cape Town, South Africa GM CONNECT Full time

Project Director -MTHS

Activities

During development phase, Project Manager is responsible and accountable for the overall Technical Workstream of its portfolio of solar, BESS (battery) and HV works, with the aim to reach Final Investment Decision (FID) as per the development plan. With his/her project team, he/she is responsible to perform all the relevant feasibility assessments, design, schedule and price optimizations pre-construction with a specific focus on:
Assessing appropriately the Business/Project needs
Managing site surveys and technical studies performed by Third Parties (geotechnical, hydrological, topographical)
Assessing performance
Performing preliminary designs accordingly and optimizing them (Generation/storage Plant and interconnection), in compliance with local regulations, in order to achieve the optimum in terms of LCOE
Assessing CAPEX and OPEX, performing LCOE analysis and optimizations
Defining the project schedule
Managing Technical Due Diligences, with internal and/or external support, when needs be
In direct contact with the Business Development leader in charge, he/she contributes also to business and economics aspects, with a focus on:
Managing RFP, reviewing, clarifying and challenging EPC/BOS Contractors offers
Managing RFP, reviewing, clarifying and challenging main equipment vendors offers
Confirming technical inputs to be included in business models in order to justify investment decision and/or to convince partners
Preparing and negotiating the procurement/supply contracts with contractors and equipment suppliers
Preparing projects execution strategy and set-up
Reporting to TotalEnergies and JVs relevant committees.
He/she contributes then to the investment decision, which will be based TotalEnergies governance and thus may require attendance to the relevant committees.
During project execution, he/she is responsible and accountable for the overall coordination of construction of the project, with the main aim of completing the work on time, within budget, as per project requirements, and without any major HSE incidents. He/she will pay specific attention to:
Overall management of the EPC contractors. Interact with the Contracts Manager to ensure any potential contractual issues are pro-actively addressed.
Guide the Employers Construction manager in his/her work on site
Placing a constant and strong emphasis on HSE
Being fully informed about the site work by, amongst others, regular site visits
Identify potential risks and opportunities throughout the execution period
Acting as a key point of contact with stakeholders, including the ESKOM, the local communities
Liaise with the ED Manager to ensure that the overall ED targets are achieved
Ensure that the O&M Contractor is ready and in place to take over at COD
Reporting to TotalEnergies and JVs relevant committees
provides technical support to the execution teams, in order to deliver the projects on time, on budget and as per project requirements, from NTP through COD until EPC Contract Final Acceptance
During asset operation, he/she provides technical support to the Asset Management / O&M teams with a focus on technical scope.
He/she directly contributes also in building and improving solar PV, BESS and HV works, with a focus on:
Developing innovative solutions (products, processes, projects schemes)
Ensuring standardization of processes/procedures/templates related to his/her scope
Managing Lessons Learned and keep up-to-date dedicated registers related to his/her scope
Developing and managing KPIs and continuous improvement activities related to his/her scope
Training and coaching more junior staff
Those are the essential duties and responsibilities; other duties may be assigned.

Context and environment

He/She is reporting to the Director of Projects. He/she has to interact with business, technical, execution, legal, financing and management teams from various locations. He/she has to interact with various teams within TotalEnergies, in order to deliver the projects. Finally, he/she is in direct contact with 3rd parties, like Partners, Contractors, Advisors (Technical, Legal), Lenders
This role may require business travels.

Accountability

The Project Manager supports TotalEnergies Renewabless growth and profitability while being responsible and accountable to:
manage the overall Technical Workstream of its portfolio of projects,
successful preparation and execution of those projects, in terms of HSE, budget, time schedule and performance criteria, quality, client satisfaction, risk and opportunities.
This role requires thus autonomy and accountability.

Qualification experience required

Education
- Graduate Degree in Engineering

Experience, knowledge & skills
- Minimum 10 years of experience within the solar PV and HV works and/or battery storage industry, working for an EPC Contractor, Technical Advisor, Owner Engineer, or well-known IPP/Project Developer
- Robust technical background within the renewable indus

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