Senior Project Developer

2 months ago

Port Elizabeth, South Africa EDF Renewables Full time

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Main purpose of the role:
The Senior Project Developer's key mandate is to secure all the necessary land rights, authorizations, permits, and licenses
required to lawfully build and operate a Wind, Solar PV and/or BESS project.

Key responsibilities:
The Senior Project Developer will be required to perform any and/or all of the following tasks:
- Identify and originate new renewable energy projects (e.g. Identify area with potential, conduct desktop analysis
to clear initial project risks, identify land parcels to secure, conduct site visits, negotiate land lease agreements).
- Manage or facilitate commercial negotiations for the signing of agreements such as: land lease agreements,
servitudes, environmental impact assessments, regulatory approvals, electrical connection applications and
agreements.
- Apply and secure the necessary permits, licenses, and authorisations for renewable energy projects to be
financed, built and operated. This includes interacting with numerous government departments such as : DFFE,
DMRE, DAFF, DWS, CAA, SAWS, Eskom, SANRAL, DPW, DARDLR, Local Municipalities…
- Manage internal costs and external consultant costs in accordance with development budgets.
- During the development phase, manage all external project stakeholders, including project opponents and
Interested and Affected Parties.
- Implement strategies for the suitable mitigation of risks in order to successfully secure permits and licenses from
authorities.
- Whether in the context of ENVUSA or of external project acquisition, coordinate several projects' due diligences
in parallel to determine the permitting requirements of each project and establish a development plan and
timeline to bring each project to Financial Close as efficiently and rapidly as possible. The developer is also
responsible to identify any project risk which may lead to a mitigation measure that requires a financial provision
in the project business plan.
- Support the Company's participation in the upcoming rounds of the Renewable Energy IPP Procurement Program
and RFP's for private off takers (primarily land and environmental sections of bid submission).
- Support the Project Director during financial close of a project and respond and close all queries raised by
Lenders during their legal and technical due diligence process. This includes achieving compliance of the project
with the IFC's Performance Standards.
- Foster working relationships with external consultants, advisors, regulatory authorities, landowners and joint
venture partners, convening meetings when necessary and bringing relevant matters to the attention of
colleague's and the Head of Project Development of the Company.
- Keep abreast of Renewable Energy and wider power market developments, monitoring market activities in the RE
sector and identifying potential opportunities for, and threats to, the Company's strategy.
- Provide support, mentorship, advice and training to Junior project developers.

Special responsibility:
- Coordinates EDF R support provided to Anglo American on the development of several wind and solar PV projects
being developed on AA's mines.
- Manages the entire Envusa portfolio on the development.

Health & Safety Responsibilities:
Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of
their employees, those under their control, and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e.,
public, visitors and employees of other organizations. This includes ensuring risk assessments are conducted and
mitigation measures are clearly communicated and understood by individuals. Managers must also ensure that
individuals have the necessary understanding, competence, and application of requirements to work safely and
without harming the environment.
Employees are responsible for ensuring they fully understand the health and safety risks involved in their work
activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels.
Similarly, where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and particularly where there
are legal requirements, employees are responsible for understanding those impacts and the controls they must
ensure are applied.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS

The position reports directly into:
Head of Project Development

The position has the following functional reports:
During the Development phase, the Project Developer manages a small team which also includes a study engineer, grid
engineer, a legal resource and a finance resource.

QUALIFICATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

Must-have Qualifications and Certifications:
B Tech, BSC science /engineering, B Com, any bachelor's degree

RELEVANT EXPERIENCES

Must-have years of professional experiences:
At least 8 years work experience as a renewable energy Project Developer in South Africa.

COMPETENCIES

Technical competencies:
- Project management
- Negotiation skills
- Contract management
- Knowledge of rural South African context; knowledge of SA administrations and environmental law; knowledge of the
BBB-EE code.
- Sound knowledge of MS 365 office: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, MS Teams

Behavioral competencies:
- Good interpersonal skills; able to influence others without having direct authority. 

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; in particular, good presentation skills at all levels (including local
community meetings, board level presentations and press relations)
- Creative and innovative thinking
- Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills

Excellent communication skills in both oral and written English; additional local language skills are an advantage.
Willingness to travel and driver's license.

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