Job Openings at Seriti

The Role

• The Land Acquisition Officer plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of our sustainable projects. This position is responsible for securing and negotiating access, option, and lease agreements in alignment with Seriti Green's values. The primary objective is to provide the business with a social license to operate in the communities hosting the projects.

Key responsibilities include:

Development of client relationships:

• Ensure that land tenure is bankable.
• Work closely with the development team on Business Development activities to identify new land for securement.
• Establish contact with prospective landowners to secure property for project development.
• Collaborate with landowners to establish and maintain positive relationships with neighbours and communities, building a social license to operate.
• Create and maintain relationships with existing clients, landowners, and community leaders in new potential project sites.
• Work with the Seriti Green Development Team and Legal Counsel to ensure that all required contracts and forms are current, in place, and bankable ahead of the financial close of a project.
• Maintain relationships with landowners to preserve the social license to operate, from the development stage through to, and including, construction and operations, as required.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key government stakeholders linked to land tenure.

Negotiating strategies:

• Lead negotiations to secure land agreements in alignment with South African statutory requirements for wind energy, solar PV energy, and battery storage energy projects.
• Develop, maintain, and adapt project and landholder-specific negotiation strategies in alignment with Seriti Green values and community engagement principles.
• Liaise with external legal advisors to develop and maintain proforma agreements.

Project Management:

• Accompany on-site work, such as coordinating subcontractors, supervising specialist studies, and liaising with stakeholders.
• Establish and manage the client database and our land management system (Landfolio).
• Ensure that land tenure is secure for the financial close of projects.
• Oversee the securing of other land tenure contracts, such as servitudes.
• Maintain close collaboration with accounting to ensure that proper land payments are made in accordance with the applicable land contracts.
• Assist project managers with financial budgets and cash forecasts.
• Ensure that all contracts/ agreements are correctly completed, captured, signed and saved on SharePoint.

Education & Experience

• Qualification: Diploma or Degree in a Management-related field (Required).
• Experience: 5 years of proven sales and leadership experience.
• Proven negotiation skills, with the ability to influence and persuade to achieve desired outcomes in a collaborative style.
• High level of commercial and legal aptitude with a good understanding of land tenure requirements in South Africa.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong working relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated capacity to work with a multitude of internal and external clients.

Essential Skills

• Excellent written, verbal, analytical and presentation skills.
• Effective and positive communication at all levels of peoples and cultures.
• History of strong analytical, problem solving, and negotiation skills.
• Excellent organizational, planning, and prioritization skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Fluency in Afrikaans is essential.

Character & Attributes

• History of enthusiastic commitment to the development of a South African renewable energy industry.
• Demonstrated high standards of ethical conduct exhibiting honesty and integrity.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work individually and as a positive part of a skilled, and highly focused team, with a “can do” attitude and willingness to take ownership of delivering on their goals.
• Resourceful, well organized and effective at inspiring and influencing multiple resources to accomplish objectives.
• Willingness and availability to travel extensively within South Africa and abroad on site visits or to liaise with landowners, clients, partners, stakeholders and service providers.
• Interest in ongoing learning through self-directed and assisted training.

Closing Date 03 April 2026

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The Role

• The Project Developer is responsible for supporting the end-to-end development of utility‑scale renewable energy projects, ensuring that all permitting, land, stakeholder, and regulatory requirements are met to progress projects through the development lifecycle.
• This role requires strong coordination skills, stakeholder engagement capability, and technical understanding across GIS, permitting processes, environmental compliance, and grid connection requirements.

Key responsibilities include:

• Take responsibility for critical project activities assigned to you by project managers and the development director.
• Develop relationships with authorities, regulators and utilities.
• Tracking and following up of government authorisations, including but not limited to: Environmental Authorisation, Civil Aviation Authority, Mining (Section 53) consents, Water use licence, Interim Eskom/NTCSA/Road Wayleaves, Rezoning and Eskom Costs Estimate Letters.
• Assist with project management responsibilities including scope, timing and execution of tasks within a project.
• Apply your skills to project tasks such as GIS, permitting and approvals and grid connection.
• Occasional trips to landowners, together with a member of the land team, to discuss our project intentions, how their land would fit into our projects and compensation.
• Assist with the identification of land required for project development, including servitude routes.
• Develop relationships with key stakeholders including government departments, clients (internal and external), landowners and service providers.
• Create and maintain various databases/ tracking databases related to permitting and permitting-related stakeholders, including market intelligence/ competitor mapping.
• Collate data/ information from our active construction sites required for ESG reporting to Group.
• Contribute to a positive culture within the business and Development team.
• Other ad hoc tasks as assigned, including but not limited to assisting with landowner events, processing of invoices, developing Requests for Quotation and/or Proposal. The Project developer is expected to assist team members on any task at any time.

 ADDITIONAL DUTIES

• GIS knowledge and the ability to quickly extract information from SG GIS system.
• Capturing data and updating our Land Management System (Landfolio) as required.
• Assist the Head of Development: Africa and Project Managers with training new staff or Project Management Interns, from time to time.
• Develop an in-depth understanding of South Africa’s power market and opportunities for utility-scale wind and solar PV projects in the market.
• Keep up to date with environmental legislation, in order to understand the implications for project development.

Education & Experience

• Demonstrated 3 – 5 years experience in a similar role.
• Demonstrated experience in managing tasks and/ or projects.
• Experience in wind farm and/or solar plant and/or IPP development.
• Experience in project finance would be beneficial..
• Understanding of grid integration and the process of engagement with Eskom.
• Formal Project Management training – e.g. certificate course/diploma or as component of suitable tertiary education level earned.

Essential Skills

• Excellent written, verbal, analytical and presentation skills.
• Effective and positive communication at all levels of peoples and cultures.
• History of strong analytical, problem solving, and negotiation skills.
• Excellent organizational, planning, and prioritization skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Fluency in English is essential. Fluency in other languages is preferred (for example Afrikaans, Xhosa, isiZulu).

. Character & Attributes

• History of enthusiastic commitment to the development of a South African renewable energy industry.
• Demonstrated high standards of ethical conduct exhibiting honesty and integrity.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work individually and as a positive part of a skilled, and highly focused team, with a “can do” attitude and willingness to take ownership of delivering on their goals.
• Resourceful, well organized and effective at inspiring and influencing multiple resources to accomplish objectives.
• Willingness and availability to travel extensively within South Africa and abroad on site visits or to liaise with landowners, clients, partners, stakeholders and service providers.
• Interest in ongoing learning through self-directed and assisted training.

 Closing Date 03 April 2026

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The role:

• The purpose of the role is to manage and ensure implementation, coordination, and maintenance of the Occupational Hygiene program at the site, as well as to ensure alignment with legal, corporate, and other requirements and initiatives.

Responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Assists the General Manager with designing and governance of VOHE standard risk management and monitoring requirements.
• Ensure short, medium, and long-term (Life of Mine) planning of ventilation and occupational hygiene management.
• Plays on oversight role to ensure that VOHE legal requirements, Seriti standards and policies are adhered to, Codes of Practices implemented at the operation.
• Ensure correct aggregation of VOHE consultant inputs and technical expertise.
• Ensure the development of goals for the VOHE service consistent with the goals of the organization.
• Undertakes quality control and auditing of the site VOHE function.
• Collates, interprets, and verifies VOHE reports and statistics for validity/integrity before submission to group.
• Undertakes ICAM investigations of VOHE related incidents.
• Ensure VOHE stakeholder engagement and compliance with corporate and local legislation.
• Undertakes relevant operational hygiene research aimed at improving hygiene systems and services.
• Undertakes Exposure reduction projects.
• Liaise with external service providers regarding the monitoring of Occupational Hygiene hazards.
• Develop monitoring schedules.
• Ensure that Overexposure Investigations and Occupational Illness investigations are conducted.
• Develop exposure control plans.
• Ensure that Health and Hygiene assessments are conducted.
• Ensure the monitoring and investigation of exposure levels.
• Provides the Occupational Medical Practitioner with relevant hygiene data to enable development of a relevant and appropriate medical surveillance program.
• Ensures compliance to medical surveillance program.
• Serves as the link between the site clinic and the operation.
• Contribute to safety improvement plan implementations and VFL.
• Manages or supports ventilation engineering process for the operations.

Requirements:

• Grade 12 with Math (Not Literacy) or N3 Math and Science
• Mine Environmental Control (MEC) Certificate
• 5 Years’ experience in the mining/engineering field with a minimum of 2 years as Senior VOHE Officer /Occupational Hygiene Specialist at an underground operation
• Computer literacy (MS Office, SAP, other specialised technical programmes)
• A valid driver’s license
• In possession or able to obtain a valid Certificate of Fitness

Advantageous:

• B Tech, BSc, B Eng., National Mechanical/Engineering Diploma
• Coaching and Mentoring
• S3 ORMP
• Competency in Ventsim Ventilation Simulation Skills
• Supervisory Development, MDP, LFI

Closing Date 10 April 2026