Power Sector Program Leads - Renewable Energy Technologies
Job summary
Applications are invited from qualified persons for the above vacant position.
Job descriptions & requirements
Amec Foster Wheeler Environment & Infrastructure is seeking a senior level Power Sector Program Leads to support various upcoming opportunities with US funding institutions. Projects will target advancing the energy sector, specifically as related to electricity, by way of technical support and advisory services, of countries including, but not limited to Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Kosovo. Projects will be performed in close coordination with US funding agencies and local stakeholder counterparts.
Specific technical areas of expertise sought include:
- Power and Gas Systems Engineering
- Generation, Transmission and Distribution Systems and Transactions
- Demand-side Management and Energy Efficiency
- Electric Utility Reform and Restructuring
- Power Systems Planning & Monitoring
- Private Sector Participation & Electricity Access
- Legal & Regulatory
- Renewable Energy Technologies
- Tariffs & Power Economics
- Environmental, Resettlement, Social and Gender Considerations
These positions will require periodic travel to in-country project sites as well as to client meetings in the US. Amec Foster Wheeler’s senior level Power Sector Program Leads will provide technical leadership, project management, and strategy and design services for the power sector; successful candidates will report administratively to Amec Foster Wheeler’s Home Office Project Manager.
Contract Lenght: Up to five (5) years
Key Responsibilities
- Serving as Amec Foster Wheeler’s senior staff member and liaison with both the client and the project team
- Leading project teams in providing technical advisory services for the power sector while managing project staff
- Reporting to Amec Foster Wheeler Home Office Project Manager on project progress, needs and issues
- Supporting Amec Foster Wheeler Home Office staff in developing monthly project invoices
Skills / Qualifications
- Minimum of 15 years of working experience in implementing energy projects, especially in electricity distribution, is desired
- Preferably a Bachelor’s degree in engineering, with a Master’s degree in engineering management, economics or other similar fields
- Extensive knowledge of international best practices in power system planning, economics, business models, institutional assessment, contract procedures, project follow-up and risk management
- Experience working and living in developing and / or post-conflict countries, with a preference for experience in the aforementioned countries
- Ability to work in a team environment with multiple reporting priorities
Amec Foster Wheeler (www.amecfw.com) designs, delivers and maintains strategic and complex assets for its customers across the global energy and related sectors.
Employing around 36,000 people in more than 55 countries and with 2015 revenues of £5.5 billion, the company operates across the oil and gas industry – from production through to refining, processing and distribution of derivative products – and in the mining, clean energy, power generation, pharma, environment and infrastructure markets.
Amec Foster Wheeler offers full life-cycle services to offshore and onshore oil and gas projects (conventional and unconventional, upstream, midstream and downstream) for greenfield, brownfield and asset support projects, plus leading refining technology.
Amec Foster Wheeler shares are publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange and its American Depositary Shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Both trade under the ticker AMFW.
Our Environment & Infrastructure Americas business is a leading environment and infrastructure, engineering, consulting and project management organization with about 150 offices and more than 5,500 employees. Our team of professionals provides a full range of services to clients in a wide range of sectors including government services, clean energy, industrial/pharmaceutical, water, transportation/infrastructure, mining and oil & gas.
We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of a diverse workforce. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and/or protected veteran status in accordance with governing laws.
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