Chief Technical Officer (Off-Grid Energy Solutions - Electrical

Purpose:

The Purpose of the CTO is to reduce client electrical consumption while providing more power, by taking clients off-grid and optimising client use of electrical and other equipment and build long-term partnerships. Our client is looking for someone who will be a pro-active/leading part of a small, passionate, professional team.

Company: Reputation for quality project work in challenging conditions. Our client is an electrical problem solver. Provide remote data monitoring. They are known as incredibly responsive, leading to high trust relationships and word-of-mouth referrals.

Responsibilities

Design, build and/or implement, advise and have a good working knowledge of applicable codes on:

Electrical wiring of panels and switchboards

Electrical design of low voltage and 3.3KV reticulation systems

Have a good working knowledge and be proficient when working with relays, contactors, Earth Leakage Circuit Breakers (E.L.C.B), surge protection devices, Programmable logic controller (PLC) etc.

Design, build and/or implement, advise and have a good working knowledge of applicable codes with respect to photovoltaics when designing and overseeing the installation of:

Array support systems

Panel array stringing

String inverter

Battery inverters

Batteries

Carry out site inspections on existing and greenfield sites and perform site actual or predicted load analysis resulting in suitable power system design including:

Array sizing

Battery sizing

Reticulation

Packaging the above into a practical and cost-effective system

Be able to make use of, setup and have a working knowledge of:

Basic networking and industrial communication protocols

A.D /drawing package

To be proficient in:

Excel

Microsoft word

Additional responsibilities:

Client Engagement Lifecycle

Solution Design

Project Management and Project Engineering

On Site Implementation Management (When on site)

Off-site Technical Implementation

Consulting Services

Ongoing Client Management

Research and Development

Business and Office Management

Lead and Prospect Origination

Requirements:

Must have an Electrical Engineering Diploma, Degree or any related qualification

Have experience in sizing, design and project planning including delivery experience and is keen to learn solar

Must have a high-level of energy, resourcefulness, practical, bright, a ‘’rare beast’’ who sees working in the Safari bush location for weeks-on-end as a great experience.

Must be hands-on, willing to get stuck-in, quite entrepreneurial. Must have great communication skills and able to approach and manage senior clients and ensure that the team is properly catered for on-site

Competencies:

Be self-motivated and to opt into work, rather than wait for it to be delegated

Be able to work within a small team and thus must be able to function without vast support structures

Be able to think broadly and not only work within a silo

Able to plan ahead and foresee and identify the problem areas – (often these have nothing to do with engineering but rather logistics and supply)

Formally and more importantly understand informal/formal market and present to potential clients

Must have the ability to socially interact with a range of different people is critical i.e. this would include people from many different backgrounds ranging from foreign clients, professionals through to artisans and general labour

Prepared to spend up to a total of 2 months per annum away from home in remote locations – length of stints away will be 2 weeks at a time but on rare occasions one site may require two separate visits, an initial site establishment visit followed by end of project commissioning visit