Engineering manager

Noor Midelt Solar Hybrid 1 Company

Noor Midelt Solar Hybrid 1 Company is the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) established to develop, construct, own and operate the Noor Midelt Solar Hybrid 1 Project. The company is led by a consortium comprising EDF Power Solutions and Masdar and is responsible for delivering a 633 MWp Solar PV power plant integrated with a 1,324 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Midelt, Kingdom of Morocco.

Job purpose

To be responsible for managing the technical aspects during mainly the execution, project

completion and handover of utility scale solar PV power plants in addition to supporting

during the earlier stages of project development.

As part of an integrated project team, to prepare and agree on project specifications with

contractors, PMC/owner’s engineer, clients or other stakeholders, and to define basic

design, and create or review test procedures for solar power plant component.

To manage and coordinate the PMC in the design review of detailed engineering and

ensure a common company Clean Energy approach in requirements related to engineering

across projects.

❖ Construction and commissioning supervision of large scale renewable plants

o Manage all technical aspects of the projects within the delivery team, making

sure the proper technical resources are in place and that the project is

constructed and commissioned as per the contractual requirements in terms of

scope, quality and timing.

o Coordinate and manage the review and approvals of engineering deliverables as

per the project requirement

o Coordinate the technical part of the interface with other engineers (EPC, OE and

company Clean Energy, ie. HV, Civils …) for agreed requirements and ensure

they are implemented in the project

o Support in field engineering supervision regarding PV aspects and managing

owner's engineer

o Oversighting project execution activities including but not limited to

engineering planning, owner technical specifications (OTS), design review,

stage inspection, monitoring and tracking progress, etc.

o Conducting factory inspection and audit

o Identification of technical risk involvement during execution and possible

mitigation plant

o Recommend technology or infrastructure changes to improve project

performance, reduce operational costs, or comply with regulations.

❖ Technical lead from an engineering perspective, ensure maximum value creation

o Monitor renewable power projects from technical and techno-economic aspects,

ensuring maximum value creation, measured through levels of innovation,

adoption, and successful deployment of technology in projects

❖ Ensure knowledge management practices are in place to enhance team learning

and development

o Establish knowledge management practices to ensure that the company has

access to accurate information and knowledge repository, providing engineering

advice to company senior management.

o Ensure implementation of technical knowledge transfer and lessons learned

from other projects (under development and operational assets) into the new

ones

o Enhance the execution policies and procedure for next projects.

❖ Manage stakeholder relations relevant to engineering

o Participate in contract negations (e.g. EPC, O&M, PPA) regarding technical and

techo-economic aspects in order to ensure that supplied services are to the

required standards requested for projects.

o Engagement and coordination with various stakeholders including OE, LTA, IE,

local authorities, off-taker etc in order to clarify any technical matters

o As and when required, personally manage key relationships/negotiations with

relevant internal and external stakeholders in order to ensure the negotiation and

agreement of favourable deals and agreements that safeguard company’s best

interests while ensuring the delivery of necessary needs/goals.

❖ HQ management reporting

o Ensure that all technical project reports are completed in a comprehensive,

accurate and timely manner, and comply with international principles of

corporate governance and standards, and shareholder requirements.

o Present regular and ad-hoc project progress reports as and when required by the

senior management.

❖ Compliance with information security policies, procedures and requirements at

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