Job Vacancy at RINA

Job description

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 (>4 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
• 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 renewables market.