Projects and Bid Manager

SUMMARY:
Projects and Bid Manager

POSITION INFO:

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assess feasibility and track all project opportunities, critically analysing their potential to meet strategic needs;

• Analyse bid documentation, interpret requirements and create specifications to ensure compliant bids whilst minimising organizational risk and maximising bid competitiveness;

• Manage multiple complex, multi-disciplinary tenders from receipt to submission, organising and leading diverse teams and workstreams towards a well-coordinated and compliant bid submissions;

• Supervise and coordinate all deliverables required for submissions, ensuring integration amongst the various workstreams required; Coordinate cross-functional teams, including engineers, contractors, and stakeholders, to produce bid deliverables effectively;

• Conduct risk assessments and implement mitigation strategies throughout the bid lifecycle;

• Stay up to date with the market movements related to energy, storage and grid interconnection tender opportunities to enable the organisation to be well placed strategically;

• Compilation of detailed bid budgets, reporting and expense tracking

• Management of file storage repositories for all internal and external stakeholders related to bid submissions;

• Standardisation and improvement of bid tasks and processes where required;

• Support Business Development and networking;

• Manage complex, multi-disciplinary energy projects from inception to completion, leading diverse teams and ensuring they meet timelines, budgets, and quality standards;

• Coordinate cross-functional teams, including engineers, contractors, and stakeholders, to execute project deliverables effectively;

• Execute cross border projects & manage cross border teams where required;

• Conduct risk assessments and implement mitigation strategies throughout the project lifecycle;

• Budgetary and financial responsibility for projects;

• Project resource management, including management of project resources over multiple locations;

• Client relationship management during project execution;

Requirements: Qualification and Skill:

• Proven experience in REIPPP bid coordination and submission, and private off take project development at utility scale;

• Understanding of the African market;

• At least 5 years’ experience in large scale project development and management;

• Engineering degree or equivalent relevant fields;

• Brilliant communication, verbal and written is required;

• Proven ability to speak and write fluently in English;

• Motivated, driven and ability to self-manage;

• Strong administrative skills;

• Proven ability to work within a small project development team;

• Proven ability to solve problems creatively;

• Proven experience of successfully managing multiple projects within budget and on schedule;

• Regulatory Framework: Knowledge of the Renewable Energy Development Regulatory Framework in South Africa;