Head of Engineering - Pretoria, South Africa - SET Recruitment Consultants

SET Recruitment Consultants

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Pretoria, South Africa

1 week ago

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Thabo Mthembu

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Description

Head of Engineering

Market-related Salary

Pretoria

Purpose

Looking for Head of Engineering that will be responsible for all the technical aspects associated with the development of Commercial, Industrial and Agricultural (C&I&A) solar projects in South Africa, from the solar project's initial qualification up to their transfer to the operation team at COD stage, including the construction implementation and handover to O&M (support if required).

Responsibilities

Qualification of solar project solutions.
Production studies and forecast (solar resource analysis; helioscope reports).
Definition of the basic engineering layout and its optimization with regards to CAPEX/OPEX costs and EYA (pitch / tilt angle optimization, module technology, SDP, etc.)
Strong understanding and experience in using solar design programs (Homer, PVSyst, Helioscope etc)
Overall project planning.
Electrical studies: sizing and design of the solar arrays, SLD's.
Choices of equipment (structures, inverters, modules, SCADA system).
Connection studies, Grid impact studies and leading the municipal SSEG process.
Environmental, structural, and geotechnical studies: consultation with engineering firms, budget optimisation, preparation of the purchase and service orders, results analysis.
Basic costing of proposed solutions, liaising with the major equipment suppliers as well as collaboration with the Alumo's centralized procurement department.
Initial pricing and subsequent updates of all the Capex and Opex budgets of the project.
Presentation of technical alternatives of solutions to the client.
Active collaboration in the establishment of the financial modelling.
Lead participation with Alumo's Procurement, execution, and implementation department and O&M.
Followup during construction stage.