Vice President of Grid Execution at PowerGen Renewable Energy

The Grid Execution Division is the beating heart of PowerGen and requires a leader who is eager to take on the challenge of managing the largest Division at the company in order to build a new type of infrastructure in an operationally demanding region.

What You’ll Make Happen:

• You will manage the largest Division at PowerGen by headcount (50+ personnel), divided into five Teams: Project Coordination, Grid Development, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Installations

• Working with the various Team for which you are responsible, you will provide support for their various areas of focus:

  • Grid Development – database and GIS analytics, site selection process, site surveying, customer application surveying, customer and site data management and analytics, customer signups, local government engagement

  • Engineering – power system design and distribution system design for total cost of ownership and reliability, explorations into new technology options, fabrication and assembly of technologies into PowerBoxes and other assemblies

  • Supply Chain – procurement of high-value renewable energy components from abroad, inventory management of equipment in both Kenya and Tanzania, logistics management to site for final installation

  • Installations – personnel resources management for installations, installation personnel training and onboarding programs, subcontractor management, installation quality control, design input

  • Project Coordination – master scheduling, resources planning, precedence mapping, optimizing inter-team efficiency

• You will manage intra-Divisional processes to maximize the efficiency of resources

• You will manage a Division which is split across two countries: Kenya and Tanzania

• Through PowerGen’s Objectives, Indicators and Results system (OIRs) you will be responsible for achieving quarterly targets related to the Grid Execution Division, including:

  • Number of Connections

  • Cost / Connection

  • Initial Spend per Connection

  • Connections / PG Headcount

  • And more

• You will lead the Grid Execution Division’s interfaces with the six other Divisions in the company:

  • Grid Operations – providing effective handover materials after commissioning of grids, and receiving feedback from this Division on how grids can be built to minimize ongoing issues and maximize customer satisfaction

  • People Operations – overseeing biannual review processes for the team, driving hiring for your Division, and leading employee engagement and retention efforts for your Division

  • Commercial Development – providing feedback to these teams to enable them to refine our our financial models, and collaborate with this Division on exploring the operational viability of potential partnerships

  • Technology – collaborating with this Division to ensure that we are seamlessly integrating our metering, communication, mobile money, and other technology platforms with our assets and customers

  • Finance & Admin – ensuring Divisional compliance with finance and business systems (ERP) controls and procedures

  • EPC – collaborating with the EPC Division to maximize resources allocation between the two Divisions as they take on non-micro-grid construction projects

Who You’ll Report To:

You will report to the COO, who oversees the Grid Execution, Grid Operations, People Operations, and Technology Divisions.

What Excites You:

• Leading large teams of people towards a common goal

• Working with new people in new places to solve problems with new solutions

• A fast-paced environment where constant change is the norm and individual initiative-taking is encouraged

• Handling ambiguity and creating order where previously none existed

• Having autonomy to implement your creative solutions – not just coming up with ideas, but possessing the commitment and skill to implement them

• Being a part of creating a healthy and motivating company culture

• Passion for organization, details, and precision

Your Qualifications:

• Experience in the areas of engineering, supply chain management, surveying, sales of FMCGs, and/or construction

• Experience managing teams of thirty or more subordinates

• Tanzanian and Kenyan citizens a significant plus

• MBA is a plus

• Fluent English required

• Strong Kiswahili a significant plus