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Project Manager - Sierra Leone
CrossBoundaryBaomahun, Baomahunfull_timeVerifiedPosted 5 Aug 2024
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Project Manager - Sierra Leone
CrossBoundary Energy
We are already making rapid progress towards our vision. CBE is currently delivering a portfolio of over $200M of solar, wind, and storage projects for businesses across Africa. Our clients include Actis, Diageo, Heineken, Rio Tinto, Syrah Resources, Unilever, and other leading regional companies. Learn more at www.crossboundaryenergy.com.
CrossBoundary Energy is a member of the CrossBoundary Group, a mission-driven investment firm committed to unlocking the power of capital for sustainable growth and strong returns in underserved markets. Learn more at www.crossboundary.com.
Job Description
CrossBoundary Energy is recruiting a Project Manager to manage the implementation process for CBE’s renewable energy project for Baomahun Gold Mine in central Sierra Leone, approximately 200km east of the capital Freetown, in the Valunia and Kunike Barina Chiefdoms in the Bo and Tonkolili Districts respectively. The project consists of a 23.8 MWp solar PV, 13.8 MWh battery energy storage system and 18 MW HFO. The project is currently in procurement.
This highly skilled and experienced Project Manager will oversee the project implementation process of this hybrid renewable energy project. The successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating all aspects of the pre-construction, construction, and post-construction phases, ensuring timely completion, adherence to quality standards, and compliance with mine safety regulations. The Project Manager will act as CBE’s representative for the Baomahun hybrid project’s construction, working alongside CBE’s engineering, procurement, and construction partners to validate project schedule, budget, and risk mitigation. This role will be responsible for reporting on project progress, managing project partners to act consistently with CBE’s technical and EHS standards, raising gaps in performance to CBE’s Project Implementation Lead, and ensuring corrective measures are taken on- site where needed.
The Project Manager will report to the Project Implementation Lead. This position is available as a 24-month contract, with the opportunity to convert to permanent placement subject to performance. The permanent position would offer opportunities to service additional CBE renewable energy projects across Africa following completion of the installation at Baomahun hybrid project. Who We Are
The CrossBoundary Energy team is a unique group of people who are genuinely excited by the opportunity to make a difference in some of the world's most challenging and exciting renewable energy markets. The chosen candidate will play an important role in a unique team with the opportunity to make a large impact on the clean energy landscape in Africa. Team members come from diverse backgrounds but share several qualities: curiosity, humility, integrity, a drive for excellence, and a bias for action.
Who You Are
CrossBoundary Energy
About the Firm
CrossBoundary Energy (CBE) is the leading provider of clean, renewable, reliable, and affordable electricity directly to African businesses. According to World Bank data, access to reliable and affordable electricity is the most significant constraint on economic growth on the continent. CBE addresses this challenge by providing African corporates with fully financed renewable power. Through this approach, we are building a disruptive, distributed, renewable utility that can unlock sustainable growth in Africa.We are already making rapid progress towards our vision. CBE is currently delivering a portfolio of over $200M of solar, wind, and storage projects for businesses across Africa. Our clients include Actis, Diageo, Heineken, Rio Tinto, Syrah Resources, Unilever, and other leading regional companies. Learn more at www.crossboundaryenergy.com.
CrossBoundary Energy is a member of the CrossBoundary Group, a mission-driven investment firm committed to unlocking the power of capital for sustainable growth and strong returns in underserved markets. Learn more at www.crossboundary.com.
Job Description
CrossBoundary Energy is recruiting a Project Manager to manage the implementation process for CBE’s renewable energy project for Baomahun Gold Mine in central Sierra Leone, approximately 200km east of the capital Freetown, in the Valunia and Kunike Barina Chiefdoms in the Bo and Tonkolili Districts respectively. The project consists of a 23.8 MWp solar PV, 13.8 MWh battery energy storage system and 18 MW HFO. The project is currently in procurement.
This highly skilled and experienced Project Manager will oversee the project implementation process of this hybrid renewable energy project. The successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating all aspects of the pre-construction, construction, and post-construction phases, ensuring timely completion, adherence to quality standards, and compliance with mine safety regulations. The Project Manager will act as CBE’s representative for the Baomahun hybrid project’s construction, working alongside CBE’s engineering, procurement, and construction partners to validate project schedule, budget, and risk mitigation. This role will be responsible for reporting on project progress, managing project partners to act consistently with CBE’s technical and EHS standards, raising gaps in performance to CBE’s Project Implementation Lead, and ensuring corrective measures are taken on- site where needed.
The Project Manager will report to the Project Implementation Lead. This position is available as a 24-month contract, with the opportunity to convert to permanent placement subject to performance. The permanent position would offer opportunities to service additional CBE renewable energy projects across Africa following completion of the installation at Baomahun hybrid project. Who We Are
The CrossBoundary Energy team is a unique group of people who are genuinely excited by the opportunity to make a difference in some of the world's most challenging and exciting renewable energy markets. The chosen candidate will play an important role in a unique team with the opportunity to make a large impact on the clean energy landscape in Africa. Team members come from diverse backgrounds but share several qualities: curiosity, humility, integrity, a drive for excellence, and a bias for action.
Who You Are
- Excellence: Demonstrated expertise in implementing international best practices for managing construction risks across a variety of projects
- Excellence: You hold yourself to high standards and lead by example. You overdeliver on all tasks – big or small – necessary to contribute toward the team objective.
- Acts Like an Owner: A systematic and highly organized project manager; takes personal accountability for tracking activities across workstreams to drive them all to successful conclusion.
- Deliberate Thinker: A pragmatic decision-maker known for choosing the simplest so- lution to reach the goal. Writing in documents and emails is brief, clear, and free of misspellings or confusing formatting. You
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