Job Description

Country

South Africa

Location

South Africa

Workplace location

CAPE TOWN-TYGER VALLEY CHAMBERS 2(ZAF)

Domain

Industrial Projects, Maintenance / Inspection / Technology

Type of contract

Regular position

Experience

Minimum 6 years

Candidate Profile

The main purpose of this position is to coordinate activities and interact with EPC to monitor project HSE, Quality, Budget

and KPI's to deliver a fully constructed, commissioned and tested Facility by:

• 1. Having detailed knowledge of the Power Purchase Agreement, EPC Contract, O&M Agreement, and various
• Project Agreements/permits/consents and manage the stakeholders effectively in line with the contracts.
• 2. Organizing the integrated site team in order to supervise the EPC Contractor's construction progress, quality of the
• works, including commissioning until COD (i.e. inspection witnessing, clearing punch list items, issuing mechanical
• completion certificates, turnover packages readiness, checking and implementing commissioning procedures.)
• 3. Ensures the EPC Contractor's compliance with all the site HSE rules and regulations at every stage of
• construction.
• 4. Ensures the EPC Contractor's compliance in executing of the works with the approved Method Statements/ Risk
• Analyses and regulations at every stage of construction.
• 5. Together with the HV Electrical Engineer, act as the Owners' interface to Eskom
• 6. Organization of the site lay-out, offices, storage area, etc.
• 7. Assists to all site meetings, progress and/or discipline technical meetings with EPC Contractor.
• 8. Site HSE culture and Safety Walk down with EPC
• 9. Monitors and check the EPC Contractors' work across each discipline to ensure the timely delivery of the works.
• 10. Provides the Project Director with the inputs for the monthly progress reports, relevant information to check EPC
• Contractor invoices.
• Verification of the site logbook managed by the EPC Contractor. Issue the Owner Engineer logbook.
• In cooperation with the Project Planner,
• a) Follow up of the actual progress versus planned values,
• b) Ensure that the critical activities are executed according to schedule, and look for opportunities to create
• margin within the critical path.
• c) Analyse the works and imposes optimizations towards the Contractor where possible
• d) Evaluate and approves all recovery plan of the delayed activities to secure the overall schedule
• e) Support the schedule engineer in drafting the progress reports towards Project Director
• f) Daily management of on-site technical personnel (hours present, leave, etc.) for the personnel reporting
• directly to him, in cooperation with HR manager

Activities

Ideally as a Site Construction Manager, you would possess the following:

• xc2xb7 Previous experience in Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Programme (REIPPPP) Project Bidding,
• Award to Financial Close, Construction and Operations
• A bachelor's degree in any discipline of Engineering
• Minimum of 7 years' experience in construction of power plants (technology based), preferably for PV and/or BESS plants.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification is preferred
• EPC background and experience is a firm requirement
• Previous PV and BESS projects preferred
• Knowledge of Eskom Main transmission system and substation construction
• Project size experience to match the size of project at hand
• A minimum of 1 project construction completed
• Knowledge in grid code testing and compliance
• Be knowledgeable in international standards and best practice in relation to construction
• Familiar with the OHSACT
• Be knowledgeable on environmental legislation and good industry practice in relation to construction works
• IT proficiency MS Word, MS Excel or similar
• Be prepared to be site based during the construction period
• Driver's license

Context & Environment

TotalEnergies gross low-carbon power generation capacity worldwide is currently close to 10 gigawatts. TotalEnergies

targets 35 GW of a renewable generation capacity in 2025 and will continue to expand its business to become a leading

international player in renewable energies with a target of 100 GW by 2030.

TotalEnergies