Contracts Specialist (Renewables) - Cape Town

TotalEnergies; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

TotalEnergies Renewables is seeking a Contracts Manager to oversee contract management for its wind, PV and energy storage portfolio. You will lead negotiations, coordinate with EPC/O&M contractors, and ensure HSE, budget, schedule and performance criteria are met.

The role requires autonomy, strong negotiation and communication skills, and the ability to work with multiple internal teams and external partners across locations. Travel may be required.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience with large wind, PV or energy storage projects.
• Professional Certification in Contracts Management is recommended
• Ability to understand and analyse non-contractual matters such as engineering, cost control, planning and construction
• Collaborative, solutions-oriented approach and strong communication skills
• Team player, yet able to work independently and manage workload and priorities
• South African Citizens preferred

Responsibilities

• Support bidding phase to prepare termsheets and documentation for EPC and O&M Contractors.
• Negotiate contracts with Contractors after award.
• Leads and directs all contractual aspects of executing the project including risk assessment.
• Understand and manage PPA, EPC, O&M agreements and various project agreements/permits/consents and stakeholders.
• Respond to correspondences from counter parties and protect Company interests.
• Monitor project progress against contract schedule and ensure adherence by parties.
• Interface with senior management, finance and legal to meet project deliverables.
• Establish procedures for award and administration of Project contracts.
• Verify contractor invoices with Owner’s Engineer and process payments.
• Oversee invoicing procedures and settlements with model consultant.
• Monitor registrations, permits, and renewals.

Skills

Contract management

Negotiation

Stakeholder mgmt

HSE awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Law

Tools

MS Project

Excel

Job description

Contexte et environnement

He/She is reporting to the Legal Manager. He/she has to interact with business, technical, execution, financing and management teams from various locations. He/she has to interact with various teams within TotalEnergies, in order to deliver the projects. Finally, he/she is in direct contact with 3 rd parties, like Partners, Contractors, Advisors (Technical, Legal…), Lenders…

This role may require business travels.

The Contracts Manager supports TotalEnergies Renewables’s growth and profitability while being responsible and accountable to:

• manage the overall Contract Managing Workstream of its portfolio of projects,
• successful preparation and execution of those projects, in terms of HSE, budget, time schedule and performance criteria, quality, client satisfaction, risk and opportunities.

This role requires thus autonomy and accountability.

HSE

To effectively manage and minimise HSE risk within your area of responsibility by ensuring:

• Compliance with all HSE Policies, rules, guideline and legal requirements
• The promotion of a safe working environment and positively contributing to the company's HSE KPIs and risk reduction strategies
• That HSE competency requirements are identified & enforced within your area of responsibility

Activités

• Support the Development Team during the bidding phase to prepare termsheets and other relevant documentation linked to EPC and O&M Contractors.
• Negotiate contracts with Contractors after award.
• Leads and directs all contractual aspects of executing the project including risk assessment.
• Having detail 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.
• Be effective in responding to the correspondences from various counter parties and ensure the interest of the Company is protected.
• Actively monitors the project progress in line with the contract schedule and ensure the parties adhere to the program.
• Interfaces with senior management team, finance and legal personnel to meet overall project deliverables.
• Establishes procedures for award and administration of any Project contracts
• Verifies the invoices of the contractors along with the Owner’s Engineer and process the payments.
• Understand and prepare invoicing procedure for the Company and work together closely with the model consultant in finalizing the Settlement system and plant model software.
• Monitors and manages the Company’s various registration documents, certifications, construction permits, project related permits, NOCs and work actively to ensure timely renewals.

Those are the essential duties and responsibilities; other duties may be assigned.

Profil du candidat

• Minimum 7 Years of Experience working with large Wind, PV or Energy Storage projects in the Renewable Energy industry, preferably in the REIPPPP. Previous experience of interacting with ESKOM on self-built projects is a strong preference.
• Professional Certification in Contracts Management is recommended
• Be able to understand and analyse the details of non-contractual matters such as engineering, cost control, planning and construction in order to provide relevant contractual support.
• A collaborative, solutions-oriented approach and strong communication skills is required.
• Be a team player, yet be able to work independently and duly manage the workload and priorities.
• Strong preference for South African Citizens, with previously disadvantaged individuals being a further preference.