Managing Director - Renewable Energy

Our client, an international leader in the field of Renewable Energy, seeks to employ a well experienced and qualified Managing Director, with proven experience in power, energy, or utility scale PV/wind plants.

This role is to undertake the full spectrum management of the operations in the Southern Africa, to include budgets, human resources, PPA sourcing, development, construction, and operations of plants between 50MW and 400MW.

The ideal candidate will also have a successful track record in managing relationships with partner teams, co-investors, stakeholders and public/private decision makers, legal and financial advisors, and investments funders to ensure successful and profitable value chains.

The ideal candidate will have or meet the following key criteria:

• A degree or related qualification in business management, as well as 10+ years in a senior management/ directorship role, specifically within a global energy, utilities or renewable energy or related construction sector.
• Ideally, our successful candidate will have gained 10+ years’ experience in managing the overall works, to include the development, construction, and operation phases of projects
• In addition, you will have experience in setting up and negotiating JVs, managing corporate governance, and chairing board meetings pertaining to Southern African operations and pipeline projects.
• You will have exceptional interpersonal skills to build and maintain relationships with Eskom, co-investors, DMRE and potential future partners and team/departmental managers
• A natural aptitude for business, as well as solid understanding of finance and profitability is essential
• A clear criminal /credit record and contactable references are essential

Due to the exceptionally high volumes of applications, we are unable to correspond with each applicant personally, therefore only relevant, and suitable candidates will be contacted. Should you not receive any correspondence from our company within 30 days, we regret your application has been unsuccessful.

Should you meet the criteria and wish to apply, kind forward your CV, salary package details and notice period