Project Development Manager - Hydropower Projects

Job description / Role

Project Development Manager - Hydropower Projects - Eastern Africa

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced and dynamic Project Development Manager to manage several hydropower projects for a leading international Power Energy company within their operations in East Africa. You would be working on projects which are not yet qualified enough to have their own project manager, as well as managing the project managers on established projects.

The successful Project Development Manager will be responsible a number of projects within Africa, and as such, a proven background in hydropower engineering is a must.

Responsibilities will include:
- Work on small local hydropower projects
- Maintenance of all plant equipment
- Working on turbines, trash racks, valves, cranes and all mechanical machinery associated with a Hydro-Electric Dams and Powerhouses.
- Working alongside and teaching local staff
- Dealing EPC contractors, IPP bidding projects, PPA negotiations and project development in general
- Management of contractors on site
- Balancing of the profit and loss accounts

Requirements

- Must have at least 5 years experience with hydro and wind projects
- Experience project managing a project from development to finalization stage.
- Previous financial management experience.
- Management experience in Africa is very beneficial
- Fluency in English is a must

Benefits:
- Highly Competitive package
- Career prospects to move onto a Head of Hydro or Head of Wind position within the company

About the Company

Millar Cameron has over 15 years resource solutions experience, serving both the international and domestic recruitment market.

Our clients know they can rely on us to put forward only the most suitable candidates, we believe our requirement to placement ratio is second to none. We are renowned for our speed of response, in most instances being able to provide a ‘same day’ service from receipt of the brief to submission of relevant CV’s.

Our belief is that ‘prevention is better than intervention’ and strive hard to ensure we get the right person for the job. Our commitment doesn’t stop when a placement is agreed; we follow through with both parties to ensure everyone is satisfied. Such is our success rate that in an average year less than 3% of our candidates have to be replaced—a figure that is all the more significant when one considers the extremely challenging environments that many of our placements are in.