ENERTRAG South Africa is a clean energy developer and is a subsidiary of ENERTRAG SE, an independent energy company in Germany, France, Ghana, Vietnam, and Uruguay expanding to other areas of the globe. As an independent energy company, ENERTRAG generates electricity, hydrogen, and heat exclusively from renewable sources and supplies safe, inexpensive renewable energy to end-customers from residential, and commercial to heavy industry.

Primary Task(s)

• Lead the development of the project pipeline to ensure balanced and de-risked portfolio
• Assist with business development, site and project acquisition.
• Actively manage and co-ordinate the evaluation of wind and solar resource and estimation of site energy yield to bankable standards with internal and external specialist(s).
• Planning and budgeting
• Business Process support to ensure that all administrative health and safety and human resources functions are current. 

• Field of Study: Environmental Management, Project Management
• Type of Training: Bachelor's or Master's Degree in an environmental discipline
• Relevant Professional Experience: 5 years relevant experience
• Additional qualification(s)/certificates: Postgraduate Qualification preferred

• Experience: 
  • Understanding of project finance
  • Experience and understanding of technical grid connection requirements 
  • Knowledge of project development and management
  • Corporate Social Investment

• IT Knowledge (systems, software, ...)
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs (Excel, Power Point, Word) 
  • Working knowledge of GIS software such as ArcGIS
  • Some knowledge of Project Management software, e.g. MS Project
  • Experience with either Wasp, WindPro, Windfarm, Open Winds or other resource assessment platform will be an advantage

• Personal Competencies
  • Communicative Skills 
  • Objective and professional conviction
  • Ability to work in a team
  • Emotional influence and conviction (negotiation, sales, leadership, conflict and crisis management)
• Foreign Language Skills
  • Business fluent in English, another South African official language and German are a plus

What counts for us is your ability and your motivation to advance renewable energies with us - not age, disability, gender, skin color, origin, sexual orientation or religion.