Contracts Manager (Renewable Energy)

About the position

Contracts Manager (Renewable Energy)

R360k 

Cape Town 

Excellent Career Opportunity with a leading Renewable Energy company in PV Solutions for a Contracts Manager. Reporting to the Asset Manager, you will be responsible for the contractual management and administration of a large number of contracts and legal documents within the inter-related infrastructure project, finance and corporate spheres.

Key Performance Areas

Technical

• Detailed knowledge of various Project Agreements such as Power Purchase
  Agreements, EPC Contracts, O&M Agreements, as well as Finance and Corporate
  Agreements. The candidate will be required to manage the stakeholders effectively in
  line with the relevant contracts.
• Assess opportunities to improve contract performance and security.
  Monitoring the interfaces between the different contracts to anticipate and
  mitigate potential impacts from one to the other.
• Identifying and documenting discrepancies between contract performance and
  related provisions of the contracts, and breach or lack of consistency between
  contracts.
• Assist with drafting contractual notices and correspondence, and monitoring
  timely responses between various counterparties.

Administrative/Operational

• Monitors and manages the company's various certifications, insurance policies,
  bonds, and guarantees, and works actively to ensure timely renewals.
• Contract planning and administration of multiple corporate, project and finance
  documents between different stakeholders, and inter-related entities within the
  company’s group structure.
• Assist the Company Secretary in various meeting administration-related tasks (board
  meetings, sub-committee meetings, Annual General Meetings, etc).
• Management of appropriate and efficient filing systems for various contracts and
  documentation.

Qualification and Experience

• At a minimum, a Legal related tertiary qualification (eg. BCom Law, LLB, etc).
• Must have 2- 3 years experience in a similar role within Renewable Energy.
• Experience in project finance/infrastructure development in South Africa and/or corporate law with exposure to the following agreements will be advantageous:
  ? Project Agreements (PPA, EPC, O&M, MSA)
  ? Finance Agreements (CTA, FA, Security Documents)
  ? Corporate Agreements (MOI, SHA)

Desired Skills:

• Contracts
• Legal Compliance
• Project Finance

About The Employer:

Leading Renewable Energy company in PV Solutions