Project Manager ( Renewable Energy / Solar / SACPCMP / Utility Scale / Construction ) – Cape Town, South Africa
CA Global
- Cape Town, Western Cape
- Contract
- Full-time
- Maintain regular contact with key strategic accounts to ensure complete customer satisfaction.
- Use reasonable endeavours to remain abreast with market and technological developments and to identify new technologies that may contribute towards the development of the Business and improvements in the Company.
- Recommending policy and procedure improvements.
- Ensuring overall compliance to all the internal Policies and Procedures of the Company, including compliance with Corporate ESMS (Environmental, Social, Management System), IFC Standards and Equator Principles.
- During the Execution Phase, the Project Manager is responsible and accountable for managing the following aspects of a project in an integrated manner to achieve project objectives: scope, schedule, cost, quality, resources, procurement, risks, communication, and stakeholder engagement.
- Responsible for advocating the Turbine and Supplier Agreement and Balance of Plant’s best interests by over-seeing the assigned project during the execution phase.
- Control procurement of subcontractors and suppliers to the TSA and BOP: manage the selection of the main suppliers and subcontractors as well as the negotiations.
- Manage the TSA and BOP, suppliers and consultants during the construction phase to ensure completion of the project within time, budget and quality as per the TSA and BOP contracts.
- Manage the O&M Contracts (LTSA and O&M BOP).
- Manage the following agreements: PPA (Power Purchase Agreement) signed with Eskom, Eskom Budget Quote, DuCOSA, Self-Build Agreement and other relevant agreements if required by the Portfolio Project Manager.
- Support the Asset Management, when required, on other signed agreements (ie: CTA Agreement with the banks, Implementation Agreement, etc.).
- Be compliant with the Asset Management signed contract with the project company.
- Respect compliance of the Economic Developments under the Implementation Agreement.
- Manage the project team (Project Engineer, Construction Manager, Site Superintendent, Health and Safety Manager, Environmental Manager, Quality Manager, Commissioning Manager, etc…) before, during, and after the construction phase.
- Direct internal operations to achieve project budgeted results and other financial criteria, and to preserve the capital funds invested in the project.
- Ensure that all the relevant insurances, permits and contracts remain in full force during the construction of the facility.
- Ensure that the project is going to be designed and built-in in accordance with law and all relevant permits (EIA, EMPr, water authorisation, building permits, etc.
- Managing relationships with landowners and the local community.
- Perform on-site inspections for quality of workmanship, quality of materials, conformity with plans & specifications, code compliance, on-site safety, project schedule vs progress, and general progress of the construction project.
- Maintain observation reports/logs including work description, work methods, contractors on site, weather conditions, observations, photos, etc.
- Attend, or conduct, periodic construction progress meetings with the TSA and BOP contractors.
- Review progress billings from the TSA and BOP contractors and when required, negotiate revisions.
- Issue an Internal Report and Monthly Report to the Owner by highlighting progress, risks and opportunities and any other main information pertinent to the project.
- Review and assess if each of the contract milestones have been achieved and prepare and issue the relevant certificate duly signed.
- Ensure all the TSA and BOP contract requirements are fulfilled before the final completion is released.
- A minimum of a Advanced Diploma
- SACPCMP preferable
- Previous experience in Renewable Energy
- Fixed term employment contract
- Willing to travel to site as needed