Technical Manager at CrossBoundary

Who You Are

• Engineer with 6+ years of experience across renewable energy asset development, construction, and operations
• Self-starter who is passionate about creating lasting change in Africa
• Pioneer who is excited to work with new technologies and innovations
• Willingness to take on new types of work, even without prior experience or direct supervision
• Willingness to work and live in a sometimes-challenging environment

Primary Responsibilities

 Project evaluation

• Responsible for evaluating potential investments in solar mini-grids and adjacent technologies from a technical perspective.
• Assess the commercial implications of different technical approaches and investigate opportunities for improving commercial outcomes.
• Develop technical standards required for the successful completion and operation of projects and continually seek to improve and update these standards based on the evolution of solutions and ongoing learnings
• Collaborate with project developers and provide strategic guidance and input into the selection process for project components, including solar panels, mounting structures, inverters, batteries, control systems, distribution systems, etc.

 Project supervision

• Remotely oversee projects during engineering, procurement, and construction phases, ensuring compliance with requisite standards
• Remotely manage partners through project development process, including target-setting and milestone payment approvals
• Ensure projects are built on time, within budget, and in line with infrastructure quality standards

 Portfolio management

• Work with operating partners to optimise asset performance leveraging remote monitoring systems
• Enforce operating contracts with third-party O&M service providers
• Provide guidance on proposals presented by operating partners and oversee implementation of site expansions and upgrades

Team management

• Provide technical leadership across internal and external stakeholders, ensuring consistent application of standards and performance expectations
• Support cross-functional decision-making by translating technical risks into actionable business insights
• Manage and build internal technical capacity to oversee Access portfolio including mentoring and developing junior engineers and technical staff
• Collaborate closely with ESG, legal, and investment teams to ensure alignment on technical, environmental, and commercial considerations

Qualifications
Required skills and qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience in assessing, implementing, and managing PV solar and other energy projects
• Experience in renewable energy and/or off-grid generation projects (particularly solar) and developing countries (particularly Africa) will be regarded extremely favourably
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering field is required; other advanced degrees and project management courses will be regarded favorably
• Work experience or demonstrated familiarity in low voltage (LV) and medium voltage (MV) power distribution networks
• Demonstrated ability to independently supervise multi-stakeholder projects
• A registered member of a relevant engineering professional body