Job Title: Senior Project Development and Construction Engineer – Mini-Grids
Location: Lagos
Employment: Type Full-Time
Job Description
- We are recruiting a full-time Senior Project Development and Construction Engineer.
- The Senior Project Development and Construction Engineer will be a core part of CBEA’s growing in-house technical team. CBEA has contracted multiple mini-grid developers to develop and build mini-grids on its behalf in Nigeria (Developer Partners).
- The Senior Project Engineer will provide technical oversight and supervision to CBEA’s Developer Partners as they work to bring CBEA’s projects to commissioning, and serve as CBEA’s on-the-ground representative to Developer Partners and other stakeholders in Nigeria.
- The role will include, but not be limited to, ensuring mini-grids are built in line with CBEA standards and existing project development and EPC agreements, validation of engineering designs, oversight of construction works progress, and confirmation of acceptance tests.
- The successful candidate will need to demonstrate an ability to use sound judgement to make decisions about assets being built in a challenging environment.
- We are seeking a highly motivated candidate with previous experience in implementing and overseeing projects through engineering, procurement, and construction phases.
- Experience in developing countries and particularly Africa will be regarded extremely favorably.
- The selected candidate will report to the Senior Technical Manager.
- The role will be remote (based in Nigeria) from the rest of the team (based in Nairobi) and will require frequent travel. Qualifications in engineering are required.
- CrossBoundary is not a development firm and is not seeking typical development skills – CBEA will look to you for practical insights on how to make discrete business decisions that will directly affect our financial outcomes.
Who You Are
- Self-starter who is passionate about creating lasting change in frontier markets
- Interest in or willingness to learn about mini-grids and the off-grid energy sector
- Belief that innovation is at the heart of finding solutions to the world’s biggest challenges
- Willingness to take on new types of work, even without prior experience or direct supervision
- Willingness to work and live in a sometimes-challenging environment
- Comfort with ambiguity and ability to make professional recommendations with limited guidance based on experience and on-site information
Primary Responsibilities
Development:
- Work closely with Developer Partners on mini-grid site selection. You will analyze site survey data for multiple sites and provide insights on productive use potential hence ensure the best sites are progressed
- Manage Developer Partners to ensure relevant permits, community commercial agreements and site exclusivities are secured on time
- Oversee project development milestones for multiple mini-grids projects, by regularly following up with the Developer Partners
- Arrange and lead stakeholder engagements and meetings to further project objectives
- Drive productive loads strategies to ensure developers have put in place measures to collect sufficient data at development phase and clear plans are in place to connect productive users.
Construction:
- Review and approve engineering designs for power generation plant and power distribution network to ensure developers comply with CBEA standards
- Track and monitor project activities and milestones at deployment phase i.e. procurement and construction and provide project management oversight
- Provide technical oversight at construction phase to ensure mini-grid sites are constructed as per CBEA standards
- Provide technical oversight on acceptance tests and start-up of operations at new mini-grid sites
- Apply CBEA’s HSES policies to development, construction operations and maintenance on our sites and help to develop safe operating practices and standards.
Qualifications
Required skills and qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant Engineering field required; other advanced Degrees and project management courses will be regarded favorably
- 4+ years of experience in assessing, developing, implementing and managing energy projects or power systems engineering
- 2+ years’ work experience in solar PV mini-grids development, construction or maintenance with a top-tier firm
- Strong understanding of AC/DC Electrical Power Systems, Power Electronics, and/or Solar Energy
- Experience in quality assurance/supervision of solar PV systems and power distribution network designs, bill of materials, technical specifications, construction, testing and commissioning
- Experience in mini-grid site assessments including end-user surveys, demand assessment, productive use, etc
- Work experience or demonstrated familiarity with renewable energy systems, particularly solar PV installations or operating assets
- Proficient in data acquisition systems and monitoring systems
- Demonstrated ability to independently supervise multi-stakeholder projects
- Clear and effective communicator across diverse audiences.
Ideal candidate will have the following skills and qualifications:
- Strong quantitative skills
- Familiar with mini-grids site assessments
- Excellent analytical ability and discipline; ability to think clearly, structure problems logically, and then design and implement solutions that focus on the core issues
- Ability to analyze large data in excel
- Ability to work with AutoCAD, GIS software, and data collection tools
- Ability to work in solar PV and microgrid design tools e.g. HOMER, PV Syst, Helioscope, etc
- Ability to build strong relationships with partners and colleagues in challenging environments
- Excellent presentation skills; ability to communicate clearly and effectively with diverse audiences
- Self-starter who is passionate about creating lasting change in frontier markets
- Comfort with ambiguity; ability to operate effectively in a changing context
- Willingness to work and live in a sometimes- challenging environment
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
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Job Features
Job Category | Construction / Mining |