Head Energy Trading at City of Cape Town

Requirements

• Degree/BTech in electrical engineering or degree in finance
• Eight (8) to ten (10) years’ relevant experience
• Additional leadership experience in managing contracts and change experience in developing and managing systems that significantly affect the billing of customers
• Full understanding of the theory, concepts and practices within the energy trading environment to create solutions for requirements
• Excellent report writing skills
• Computer literacy in MS Office applications
• Valid Code B driver’s licence.

Key Performance Areas

• Research, develop, implement, update policies, standards and processes that facilitates the delivery of an effective and efficient energy trading service
• Identify and define the immediate, short- and long-term objectives and goals
• Keep abreast with energy trading and system development
• Develop contacts with peers in organisations with similar energy trading environments
• Effectively manage and control the contracts and agreements related to the buying and selling of energy
• Effectively manage and control energy purchases by managing all the Eskom bulk accounts and Independent Power Producer (IPP) sundry power purchase agreements (PPAs)
• Manage the bulk and miscellaneous energy purchase budget
• Effectively manage, control and support the billing activities of all electricity LU, SSEG and Wheeling customers
• Maintain and develop the support of all stakeholders in ERM energy trading environment
• Prepare capital and operational budgets and control expenditure against approved budget allocations
• Lead, coordinate and direct the staff and resources and controls outcomes associated with utilisation, productivity and performance of personnel.