Project Manager – Telecoms Solutions at CrossBoundary Energy (CBE)

• We are recruiting a full-time Development Project Manager for the Telecom Solutions sector team.
• You will actively support CBE’s investments in solar-hybrid assets for telecommunications infrastructure throughout Africa by coordinating development of large-scale energy solutions deployments between various CBE departments (business development, engineering, regulatory, ESG, and finance) as well as external partners and stakeholders.
• You will take responsibility for the successful development of each of your projects to ‘shovel ready’ and ensure seamless integration with the implementation team.
• You will report to the Project Development Director, Telecoms  and form a key part of the fast-growing telecom sector team.

Primary Responsibilities

• Coordinate and track efforts between internal departments and external stakeholders
• Ensure timely development of the project and ensuring seamless handover to the implementation team
• Develop and manage the project development plan including all associated inputs and activities;
• Develop and manage the project development and implementation budgets
• Take full ownership and responsibility for developing projects from award through to commercial close in line with baseline project plan and budget, including:
  • Lead stakeholder engagements and meetings;
  • Oversee and manage all activities on the project development plan including all inputs and workstreams from internal and external parties;
  • Maintain a holistic understanding of the status of the project in relation to development budget, project costs, performance impacts, permitting and licensing risks and schedule impacts;
  • Continually identify and manage project risks (land/political/technical/regulatory/financial/supply chain) and develop corresponding mitigation strategies;
  • Continually seek project optimizations relating to cost, timeline, project performance and anything else that may result in a greater financial return for CBE and/or better outcome for the customer;
  • Manage the customer approval of system design and design interfaces with customer infrastructure in collaboration with the CBE Engineering team;
  • Manage any customer enabling works or customer led development activities to ensure alignment in terms of quality and timelines relating to CBE’s delivery of the project;
  • Manage the licensing and permitting process and approvals in collaboration with the CBE regulatory and ESG teams;
  • Maintain the integrity of our ESMS in all aspects of the project to ensure that we are striving towards the highest possible ESG performance.