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Senior Advisor Prof Project Development X4
Job summary
A leading energy provider in Johannesburg is looking for a Senior Advisor in Project Development. The role emphasizes research and analysis for capacity projects along with managing interfaces and preparing documentation. Candidates must hold a relevant degree and have significant project management experience. This is a permanent position offering competitive remuneration and an opportunity to contribute to project success within a diverse and inclusive environment.
Qualifications
- Four years related experience in project management and/or project development environment.
- Professional registration as Engineer or Project Manager in South Africa.
Responsibilities
- Research new capacity concepts.
- Conduct pre-feasibility level analysis of potential capacity projects.
- Compile feasibility studies and business cases.
- Manage interfaces and business requirements.
- Coordinate and prepare project development documentation.
- Provide training and development.
Skills
Education
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 23 December 2025
Industry: Electricity, Energy & Water Supply
Job category: Technical Project Management
Location: Sunninghill
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: No
Area of specialisation: To provide technical and business inputs to the conceptualisation, pre‑feasibility studies and business planning of new capacity projects and existing plant capacity upgrades.
Position/Task Grade: P16
Department: Grid Planning and Development
Business Unit: NTCSA-Project Development
Location: Megawatt Park
- Research new capacity concepts
- Conduct pre‑feasibility level analysis of potential capacity projects
- Compile feasibility studies and business cases
- Interaction with other disciplines and departments and management of interfaces, business requirements and queries, problems, etc.
- Coordinate and prepare documentation related to project development deliverables
- Provide training and development
- Team player
- Motivating teams
- Coaching, mentoring and development of young professionals
- Areas of project management body of knowledge (PMBOK)
- Project lifecycle models
- Environmental requirements for infrastructure projects
- Occupational, health and safety (OHS) Act
- Technical or commercial project development
- Relevant processes, procedures, policies, guidelines and legislation
- Cost analysis and economic evaluation
- Project management
- Contract compilation and management
- Analytical
- Technical problem‑solving
- Communication and presentation
- Negotiation
- Budgeting
- Financial decision makingTechnical report writing
- Computer literate and proficiency in Microsoft applications
- Learn and adapt to change
- B Degree/B Tech/Advanced Diploma in Built Environment/Commerce/Human Science at NQF7 with 360 credits
- Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) as Professional Engineer or Professional Engineering Technologist
- The South African Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions (SACPCMP) as a Professional Project Manager or Professional Construction Project Manager
- Four years related experience in project management and/or project development environment
If you have not been contacted within 28 days after the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.
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