Senior Consultant - PV & Wind at RINA

Would you like to join a growing Renewables and Sustainability technical advisory team in Cape Town? RINA Consulting, part of the RINA Group, is one of the world’s most experienced renewables consulting engineering companies, having worked on over 30GW of wind, solar and other renewables. Due to increasing demand for our services in Africa, we’re currently looking for a Senior Consultant - Solar PV and/or Wind to join our team. We offer a dynamic working environment with a bright future.

The role
We are now looking for strong candidates to support our continued growth and expansion in this exciting market. Responsibilities include:

• Delivering technical due diligence on large scale solar PV and/or wind projects for Investors, Lenders, IPPs and Developers
• Monitoring and reporting on PV and/or wind projects through the construction and operational phases
• Providing technical engineering support on PV and/or wind projects at all stages of the project development cycle
• Reviewing of resource, technologies, structural studies, electrical design, contractual documentation, environmental studies, planning permission, health and safety reports, grid offers and grid connection agreements
• EPC tender design, co-ordination, management, evaluation and review
• Project risk management, including construction, operational, and financial risk
• Reviewing and preparing technical and non-technical reports
• People and project management, ensuring effective communication within the internal team and stakeholders
• Leading business development activities i.e. development of new solutions, proposal writing and client presentations.

Desirable qualifications & experience

• Experience (>=5 years) working in the large scale solar PV and/or wind sector across at least some of the role responsibilities detailed above
• Consultancy experience or Lenders TA, Construction Monitoring or Owner’s Engineering experience
• Contracts due diligence (EPC, O&M, PPA etc.)
• Engineering degree (or relevant technical degree)

Desirable criteria

• Project and/or people management experience
• Knowledge of the design, construction, operations and maintenance of electrical/mechanical PV system components
• Understanding of project development economics and project finance
• Related technologies experience e.g. distribution & transmission systems, rooftop systems, battery storage etc
• Cross-disciplinary knowledge, e.g. PV, wind, CSP, biomass, conventional combustion technologies
• Prior experience with the South African and/or African renewables market.