Site Lead at Husk

Role Summary

• Husk is seeking a Site Lead, to join the growing team in Nigeria. The candidate should be adept in undertaking/supervising all the construction activities at a typical Solar Hybrid Mini Grid.
• Your job will be to coordinate people and processes to ensure that our sites are delivered on time, within budget and without compromising quality.
• You will be the go-to person for everything happening on the site under construction.
• You need to be a team player and have a problem-solving attitude.

Key Responsibilities
General:

• Play a key part as a member of the Installation Team in driving site installation targets.
• Work closely with the Installation Manager and other members of the Nigerian Team to deliver on business objectives.
• Support the optimization of various Husk NG activities to ensure best practices are entrenched towards more efficient processes.
• Support in driving “Best Practices” across the business. Once a “Best Practice” has been identified, ensure that the practice is visible nationally and to another subsidiary.
• Support in negotiating solutions, resolve conflicts and provide solutions in the best interest of HUSK Power Systems, and our clients and employees across potential mini grid (and other) locations.
• Assist in the training and mentoring of new employees where necessary
• Understand the priorities of the country operations and support the Country Team when necessary
• Provide requisite support and inputs on building and aligning various company processes and policies according to global best practices.
• Other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Site Installation Management:

• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects
• Actively resolve any ROW or stakeholder issues at Site including alignment with T & D Network.
• Ensure that the Sites are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget.
• Ensure resource availability and allocation.
• Develop a detailed project plan to track progress.
• Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs
• Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques
• Report and escalate issues to Installation Manager as needed.

Risk Management and Team Support:

• Perform risk management to minimize project risks
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation.
• Support the Installation Manager in coordinating HOTO process with the Operations Team.
• Work with Procurement, Finance and HR to ensure project delivery and resource optimization.
• Collaborate with the C&I Team to deliver on project installations as required.

Stakeholder Management:

• Coordinate and maintain regular communication, as well as develop positive and productive relationships with various community focus groups/stakeholders, Village Power Committee (VPC), customer groups, vendors/suppliers/sub-contractors etc.

Organizational Strategy:

• Contribute towards long-term organizational strategic goals, build key customer relationships, identify business opportunities, introduce business leads.

Qualifications
Does this sound like you?

• Minimum of a Diploma in Electrical / Civil / Electronics / Mechanical or other Engineering / Science degrees
• Proven (2 - 3 years) working experience as a project engineer.
• A clearly defined strategic thought process and a continuous improvement mindset with excellent problem-solving skills.
• This position requires risk analysis, critical thinking, and the ability to provide solutions to the benefit of the company, and projects.
• Lead by example and offer support/coordination to company workflow.
• Operationally focused; detailed oriented but able to grasp the big picture.
• Solid technical background, with understanding or hands-on experience in site/project development activities.
• Good knowledge/experience in the electrical installation industry is preferred
• Must be computer literate
• Vocational or technical school training is an advantage.
• Experience in a similar role is an advantage
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills.
• Business level fluency in major Nigerian languages, a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills.
• Business level fluency in major Nigerian languages, a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
• Excellent skills with MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint and project management tools (MS Project, Asana, Slack etc)
• Dependability, attention to detail, cooperation, stress tolerance, concern for others, initiative, leadership, self-control, and independence are the desired prerequisites.

Also:

• You are driven to support the delivery of business growth in a new market.
• You have a robust industry network and understand effective client engagement practices.
• You are an effective planner and have a strong orientation to process
• You building strong relationship built on trust, and are a strong verbal communicator
• You pride your communication skills.
• Most importantly, candidate must fit company spirit where people work smart, play hard, have fun and are dedicated to success.