Senior Developer - Cape Town at Mulilo

About the Role

The Senior Developer is positioned within the Development Division and reporting to Head of Developments and ultimately responsible for ensuring that projects are developed and reach financial close within budget and timeframe. Lead interactions with environmental, off-take, legal, grid, engineering and construction teams.

Goals and Responsibilities 

• Develop and implement wind and/or solar projects from site control stage through to financial close, managing technical, commercial and financial workstreams 
• Ensure timely acquisition of all project rights including permits, consents, land and leases. 
• Lead the development of technical concepts and solutions of the projects, identifies optimal solutions from a technical, commercial and execution perspective including civil, mechanical, and electrical aspects of solar PV and wind plants, interconnection and high-voltage design and yield assessments. 
• Lead interactions with local interest groups, land owners, I&APs during ElA processes 
• Assist PPA/offtake teams to bid, and secure PPA and assist with related matters. 
• Manage the compliance of consent and lease obligations and ensure timely acquisition of all project rights including permits, consents, land & leases. 
• Create and maintain strong relations with local communities, land owners, government agencies, NGOs and other stakeholders 
• Leading the project interface between the various work packages (finance, legal, technical, permitting, grid connection, etc.) 
• Manage junior developers 

Key tasks

• Secure all project permits & consents in order to enable project progress according to schedule 
• Secure acquisition, servitude and lease agreements of required land parcels 
• Ensure communication and engagement of stakeholders to ensure local project support enabling a smooth development process 
• Interface with the Off-Take team to drive the Power Purchase Agreement process 
• Co-ordinate with REIPPP & Commercial Bid Manager and/or Senior Business Developer (who will do the bid co-ordination), and be responsible for putting their respective bids together and will have ultimate responsibility for preparing the inputs into the financial model. 
• Ensure inputs are updated timeously and have ultimate responsibility of financial model. 
• Provide project progress reporting to internal stakeholders, SteerCo and shareholders 
• Provide budget, risk and schedule updates within development activities  

Required skills and educational background 

• Master's degree in engineering, project management or other relevant field  
• 7+ years experience working with large renewable energy projects 
• Experience from similar role with same level of responsibility and tasks 
• Strong project management, communication and relationship skills towards external project stakeholders to ensure project progress 
• Leadership skills to be able to manage junior developers