Contracts Manager

**The Role**

Pele Green Energy is seeking a talented, highly motivated, and self-driven Contracts Manager, reporting directly to the Head of Operations. The Contracts Manager will head up the PMO section, leading the projects team and managing the implementation of the company’s IPP projects via selected EPC contractors and partnerships from Financial Close (FC) through to COD and final takeover.

**Responsibilities**:
The key tasks will include, but not be limited to:

- Manage a portfolio of complex initiatives that span one or multiple lines of business milestones.
- Full project life cycles ownership: success project delivery will include full implementation from initiation to deployment for one major or several minor initiatives simultaneously.
- Report on project success criteria results, metrics, test and deployment management activities.
- Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation, and excellence.
- Collaborate with Engineering Division teams for optimal project scope.
- Participate in establishing practices, templates, policies, tools and partnerships to expand and mature these capabilities for the organisation.
- Prepare estimates and detailed project plan for all phases of the project.
- Procure adequate resources to achieve project objectives in planned timeframes, including the appointment of external resources including Owner’s Engineers, Independent Engineers, Lenders Technical Advisors, etc
- Provide status reporting regarding project milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks and issues, communicating across leadership.
- Manage project scope and changes.
- Participate and/or drive feasibility studies, vendor selections, and proposals for evaluation by appropriate key stakeholders.
- Act as an internal quality control check for the project.
- Manage ongoing quality control and participate in quality issue resolution.
- Ensure that safety is key focus and paramount importance in all projects and shall be delivered in full compliance with local legislation and company policy an adherence/compliance to applicable standards, rules, and regulations (local and international).
- Assist in dispute, negotiation, arbitration or litigation, as needed.
- Support formal/informal schedules to manage the engagement contract.
- Set and continually manage project and programme expectations while delegating and managing deliverables with team members and stakeholders.
- Monitor, track and control outcomes to resolve issues, conflicts, dependencies, and critical path deliverables.
- Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation and presentations to various audiences, including project teams, sponsors, EXCO and key stakeholders.
- Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project and programme team.
- Ensure that projects and programmes are proceeding according to scope, schedule budget and quality standards.
- Manage project and programme issues and risks to mitigate impact to baseline.
- Provide leadership for the project team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project.
- Performance review and staff development.
- Establish practices, templates, policies, tools and partnerships to expand and mature these capabilities for the organisation.
- Report all Environmental Health Safety fundings via the internal reporting systems.
- Critically analyse our objectives and those of the stakeholders to ensure universally successful outcomes and communicate effectively to all the stakeholders with accurate information.
- Critically examine our project impact on operations and align with key stakeholders so that impact on operations is minimise to balance project delivery and operations.
- Execute projects cost effectively and deliver revenue, profit, and cash targets to the business.
- Regular reporting/updates to management advising of project progress to plan, KPIs. Advise on areas requiring escalation, decision for resolution and non-conformance.
- Effective management of risk, opportunities, contract and claims through risk mitigation measures.

**Requirements**:

- Degree in Project Management, Business Management or related field
- 5+ years of project management experience, including tracking and planning projects
- 5+ years of experience working with business stakeholders within a cross-functional matrix environment.
- 3+ years of experience with full product lifecycles with understanding of development lifecycle and various technology methodologies that support that lifecycle.
- Proficiency with MS Project, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint and SharePoint with experience presenting to stakeholders and / or Senior Leadership
- Proven ability to demonstrate a drive for results and accountability of business needs.
- Proven ability to work in an ambiguous environment and collaborate across multiple areas in order to achieve a common business objective.
- Interpersona