CEO (Aurora Wind Power - Secondment Position)

**Key Responsibilities**
- General Management of Aurora Wind Power and leading the team,
- Within the limits of Project Agreements, optimise the financial performance of the Project Company, maintaining and implementing timely and accurate ENGIE Group financial reporting, medium term forecast/budgeting control and risk management, and protecting the long-term value of the asset,
- Enforcing Health, Safety and Environment performance for the Company’s staff, Operator and contractors,
- Together with the CEO and or Plant Manager of the Operating Company, initiate long term solutions to the plant operational issues in order to protect revenues, and safeguard long-term and sustainable performance,
- Contractor and Operator Contract management, plant performance follow up, claim management, insurance procurement and insurance claim management.
- Ensuring proper implementation of governance and reporting requirements, including preparation and organisation of the Board of Directors, sub committees and General Shareholders Assembly,
- Ensures all contractual obligations towards the South African authorities and towards the off-taker (according to the Implementation Agreement and the Power Purchase Agreement) are respected. This includes Economic Development obligations,
- Engaging with all relevant project stakeholders to maintain the ‘license to operate’ and representing the Project Companies towards the stakeholders.

**Specific roles and responsibilities include**:

- **Environmental, Health and Safety**
- Managing the Environmental, Health and Safety performance of the project,
- Ensure that adequate provision is made for the successful & continuous implementation of Health, Safety & Environmental management systems by the O&M company which will guarantee that a safe place & safe systems of work are provided on a consistent basis,
- Ensure that all regulatory approvals/permits are obtained and maintained in order to maintain the full operation of the plant.
- Monitor (future) opportunities to valorise environmental attributes generated by the assets (such as CER, VER, iREC)
- **Stakeholder Relations**
- Representing the Project Companies in engagements with the authorities, regulatory agencies, lenders, banks, service providers and professional organisations,
- Conduct and/or coordinate and control all high level interfaces with the authorities, banks and clients,
- Handling community relations and liaise with main stakeholders.
- **Finance**
- Manage operations within approved budget and delegation of authority,
- Maximise profitability and shareholder value,
- Control and supervision of the financial management, and particularly:

- Comprehensive and effective company costs control;
- Prepare medium and long-term budget forecasts for Board approval, monitoring and reporting variances and deviations on a regular basis;
- Ensure compliance with finance documents;
- Ensure compliance with local tax authorities;
- Monthly financial reporting to the ENGIE Group;
- Monthly financial analysis to the ENGIE Group (Budget vs Actual, Actual vs Prior Year and Best Estimate);
- Compliance with South African Companies Act (timely annual return filings).
- Control and approve procurement and all expenditures. Maintain and update related procedures,
- Prepare refinancing and IPO if any with the support of ENGIE.
- **Contract and Project Management**
- Managing the Environmental, Health and Safety performance of the project,
- Ensure that a culture of excellent Environmental, Health and Safety standards is applied and consistently maintained,
- Ensure and maintain compliance with the Project Agreements, the Finance Agreements and South African laws. Following up proper execution of the commercial and financial contracts and bringing in solutions to any argument or problem that may arise, in coordination with the Board of Directors. In this respect maintain a smooth relationship with the client while devoting his best efforts to minimise and solve possible disputes in the best interest of the Project Companies,
- Coordinating on relevant matters with the CEO of the O&M Company. Ensure that the O&M Company keeps appropriate organisation in place and performs its activities in due respect of the contracts and in accordance with Good Utility practices. Development & implementation of operating and maintenance strategies and policies to achieve optimum operation, availability and performance of the plant,
- Plant performance monitoring and identification of improvement opportunities,
- Design and seek approval of plant improvements and investments,
- Develop and propose the annual SED plan.
- **General Management**
- Ensure compliance with Black Economic Empowerment and Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment requirements,
- Improve the performance of the plant investments,
- Responsible to the Board for good utility practices in the management and administration of the Project Company. Responsible for the respect of the eth