70 Energy Development jobs in South Africa
Project Manager – Energy Efficiency
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Project Manager – Energy Efficiency & Net Zero Management
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent
Company: Amber Services (on behalf of Customer)
About the Role
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Project Manager with expertise in energy efficiency, Net Zero strategies, and sustainable building operations to lead a multi-year program across various customer and building portfolios. This role will ensure successful delivery of our customer's energy efficiency and water management initiatives, drive operational expenditure (OPEX) savings, and align the business with their Net Zero and ESG commitments.
You will be responsible for managing the full strategy implementation — from solar optimisation and borehole integration to smart metering, HVAC upgrades, and carbon credit pathways.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead the implementation of the Energy Efficiency & Net Zero Strategy Plan across all buildings.
• Manage projects across solar PV optimisation, borehole water systems, HVAC/heat pumps, building retrofits, and smart metering integration.
• Develop and monitor detailed project plans, budgets, and timelines, ensuring phased delivery over 3-, 7-, 12-, and 15-year horizons.
• Oversee and analyse energy and water consumption data from the centralised metering database.
• Coordinate with contractors, suppliers, engineers, and sustainability consultants.
• Prepare and present progress reports to the Customer board, including OPEX savings achieved.
• Explore opportunities for carbon credits, Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), and ESG-linked financing.
• Ensure compliance with South African energy regulations, ESG standards, and international Net Zero benchmarks.
Qualifications & Experience
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Energy Management, Environmental Science, or a related field (Master's preferred).
• 5+ years' proven experience managing large-scale energy efficiency or sustainability projects.
• Strong knowledge of: Solar PV and battery storage, HVAC optimisation and heat pump systems, Water management and borehole integration, Energy metering platforms and data analytics.
• Experience with carbon markets, RECs, and Net Zero strategies.
• Project Management certification (PMP, PRINCE2, or similar) is an advantage.
Key Skills
• Excellent project planning and organisational skills.
• Strong technical knowledge of building energy systems.
• Budget management and financial modelling skills.
• Stakeholder engagement and communication.
• Passion for sustainability and innovation.
What We Offer
• Opportunity to lead a transformational Net Zero program in the student housing sector.
• Competitive salary package (aligned with experience).
• Supportive and mission-driven team at Amber Services.
• Professional development opportunities in energy and ESG leadership.
With your application please submit some examples of projects like these that you have lead and what the responsibilities of yourself was and the scope and budget of the project.
Associate Director - Renewable energy Infrustructure Development
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Project Management
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Project Manager – Conferences
26,000–34,000 ZAR per month basic + bonus schemes
Global Insight Conferences (GIC) — a market-leading conference and exhibition company — is looking for an ambitious, hardworking and talented individual to join our growing team as a Project Manager / Conference Producer.
Who We Are
We don't just run business conferences; we set the standard. We produce high-quality, bespoke business conferences — live and virtual — in the UK and abroad. You'll join a passionate, friendly, driven team that invests in its people and rapidly develops them into market-leading professionals.
Who We're Looking For
You're already a strong, proactive conference producer with proven experience of researching, planning and delivering profitable events. We're committed to developing those who want to grow and become industry experts, so you'll have ample opportunity for career progression and management if you can bring:
- 2+ years' experience producing B2B events (conference experience is a big plus)
- Minimum grade B/6 in Maths & English Language at GCSE (or IB equivalent) plus a strong set of A Levels
- A pro-active, positive attitude with a passion for results and making things happen
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills (email campaigns and phone work are essential)
- Ambition, drive and passion, plus a calm but urgent approach to deadlines
- Commercial curiosity and a self-directing, tenacious work ethic
What You'll Be Doing
As a Conference Producer you'll be responsible for creating high-quality, profitable conferences from scratch — researching, planning, writing and briefing other departments to deliver an outstanding experience for delegates, speakers and sponsors. You'll handle:
- In-depth sales & telephone research
- Programme and commercial copywriting
- Speaker acquisition from top brands
- Project lifecycle and task prioritisation
- Quality and commercial success indicators for each event
- Excel and data planning/management
- LinkedIn strategy and ROI
- External stakeholder management (speakers/sponsors)
- Internal collaboration with cross-functional teams
- Topic generation and innovation
This role suits highly organised, commercially minded, high-energy self-starters with exceptional organisational, research, grammar and creative writing skills.
What's In It For You
We don't just hire you — we invest in you. Benefits include:
- Competitive salaries & bonus schemes regularly reviewed
- Remote work flexibility
- Referral scheme: know someone great? We'll pay you £500 for your recommendation
- Charity & environmental initiatives: nominate causes close to your heart for our quarterly donations
- Equal, inclusive & diverse culture: over 80% of our leadership team is female, and we employ above the national average rates of people from ethnically diverse backgrounds
Ready to Apply?
Re-read the job specification. Do you have the credentials, passion and drive?
You do? THEN APPLY NOW
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Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: R26 000,00 - R34 000,00 per month
Experience:
- events production: 1 year (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
Project Management
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The opportunity
We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Project Manager Transformers to join our team. In this role you will be responsible for multiple projects for all projects stages. You will be leading the project team, establishing the project execution approach and oversee project hand-over, execution planning, monitoring and control activities for both internal and external resources to accomplish all project goals.
How You'll Make An Impact
- Driving the formal acceptance of the project, contract close-out and its acknowledgement by the customer.
- Acting as the key contact for the customer and an escalation point for project issues.
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Ensuring the project follows and complies with company health, safety, and environmental policies.
- Defining all project plan documents, including scope and financial plans, schedule and risk management plans.
- Ensuring that the project follows execution best practices and Hitachi Energy policies.
- Monitoring and controlling project progress and efficient resource utilization, project financials, overseeing projects invoicing status, cost, expenses and cash flow.
- Identify, qualify, quantify and manage project risks.
- Ensuring that the project is formally closed out as contractually agreed.
- Coaching and providing feedback for project staff.
- Organizing customer acceptance of transformers and working on removing defects in customer complaints.
- Supervising shipment, transport of the transformer from the plant to the customer and installation at the transformer assembly site.
- You will be responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
- Living Hitachi Energy's core values safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.
Your background
- Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical/energy engineering.
- The PMP Certificate is an advantage.
- More than 5 – 10 years of experience in Project Management or Project Controlling in a transformer manufacturing industry.
- Experience with project management in the energy sector/Substations.
- Knowledge of MS Office and MS Project.
- Basic knowledge of SAP is beneficial.
- Ability to read technical drawings and documentations.
- Proactive, result-oriented individual with excellent interpersonal and teamwork skill as well as reliability and ability to work under pressure
- You are a real organizational talent, you have an analytical attitude, and you have good communication skills commercial insight and negotiation skills
- No objection to occasional travel abroad.
- Knowledge of various contracts (NEC3, FIDIC, etc)
- Proficiency in both spoken & written English is required.
Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives.
With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.
Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.
Project Management
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Location:
Modderfontein, Gauteng, South Africa
Job ID:
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Company Name:
HITACHI ENERGY SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD
Profession (Job Category):
Project/Program Management
Job Schedule:
Full time
Remote:
No
Job Description:
The opportunity
We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Project Manager Transformers to join our team. In this role you will be responsible for multiple projects for all projects stages. You will be leading the project team, establishing the project execution approach and oversee project hand-over, execution planning, monitoring and control activities for both internal and external resources to accomplish all project goals.
How you'll make an impact
- Driving the formal acceptance of the project, contract close-out and its acknowledgement by the customer.
- Acting as the key contact for the customer and an escalation point for project issues.
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Ensuring the project follows and complies with company health, safety, and environmental policies.
- Defining all project plan documents, including scope and financial plans, schedule and risk management plans.
- Ensuring that the project follows execution best practices and Hitachi Energy policies.
- Monitoring and controlling project progress and efficient resource utilization, project financials, overseeing projects invoicing status, cost, expenses and cash flow.
- Identify, qualify, quantify and manage project risks.
- Ensuring that the project is formally closed out as contractually agreed.
- Coaching and providing feedback for project staff.
- Organizing customer acceptance of transformers and working on removing defects in customer complaints.
- Supervising shipment, transport of the transformer from the plant to the customer and installation at the transformer assembly site.
- You will be responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
- Living Hitachi Energy's core values safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.
Your background
- Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical/energy engineering.
- The PMP Certificate is an advantage.
- More than 5 – 10 years of experience in Project Management or Project Controlling in a transformer manufacturing industry.
- Experience with project management in the energy sector/Substations.
- Knowledge of MS Office and MS Project.
- Basic knowledge of SAP is beneficial.
- Ability to read technical drawings and documentations.
- Proactive, result-oriented individual with excellent interpersonal and teamwork skill as well as reliability and ability to work under pressure
- You are a real organizational talent, you have an analytical attitude, and you have good communication skills commercial insight and negotiation skills
- No objection to occasional travel abroad.
- Knowledge of various contracts (NEC3, FIDIC, etc)
- Proficiency in both spoken & written English is required.
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Project Management Accountant
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As the Project Management Accountant , you will play a key role in overseeing project budgets, tracking costs, and ensuring compliance with financial policies and contractual requirements. Youll collaborate closely with project managers, finance, and procurement teams to provide accurate financial insights and support effective decision-making.
This role is based in Melrose, Johannesburg North.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain project budgets and forecasts in collaboration with project and finance managers.
- Monitor project costs, identify variances, and provide timely financial analysis.
- Prepare monthly project financial reports, including profit and loss statements and cash flow forecasts.
- Track project billing, revenue recognition, and cost allocations to ensure financial accuracy.
- Participate in project kick-off sessions to confirm SLAs, purchase orders, and other contractual elements are in place.
- Liaise with procurement and stock teams to ensure materials align with approved rate cards and project needs.
- Ensure timely payment of subcontractors based on project milestones.
- Review project ageing with the PMO Finance Manager to confirm accuracy and validity.
- Reconcile contractor accounts and manage project retentions.
- Support internal and external audits by providing project documentation.
- Advise project teams on financial risks, opportunities, and cost optimisation.
- Assist in developing financial models for new projects or proposals.
- Ensure full compliance with internal controls and financial regulations.
- BCom in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
- 35 years experience in project accounting, management accounting, or financial analysis.
- Strong understanding of project cost control, budgeting, and forecasting.
- Proficient in MS Excel and financial reporting systems.
- Experience working in a project-based or engineering/construction environment will be advantageous.
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Project Management Accountant
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As a Project Management Accountant, youll oversee the financial performance of projects from budgeting and forecasting to cost control and reporting. Youll provide crucial financial insights that support strategic decision-making, ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within budget, and in line with business goals.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain accurate project budgets and forecasts.
- Monitor and analyse project costs, identifying variances and risks.
- Prepare monthly project financial reports, including P&L and cash flow.
- Ensure compliance with financial controls and regulatory requirements.
- Manage billing, revenue recognition, and cost allocations.
- Support project audits and provide financial documentation as required.
- Liaise with procurement and finance teams for accurate cost tracking.
- Advise project teams on financial risks, opportunities, and GP tracking.
- Work with procurement to manage stock levels and limit excess.
- Ensure timely subcontractor payments and the accurate reconciliation of accounts.
- Track project retentions and review the ageing of projects with the Finance Manager.
Job Experience and Skills Required:
- Diploma in Accounting or Finance (advantageous)
- 35 years experience in project administration, procurement, or stock management
- Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting
- Strong understanding of project lifecycle and cost tracking
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Project Management Trainee
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We Need You to:
Execute project delivery/O&M per international contracts, ensuring projects meet contracted profit targets.
Organize and coordinate cross-functional project teams, effectively allocating company resources to ensure project completion on schedule, within budget, and meeting technical, safety, and quality requirements.
Analyze, gather, and identify all project requirements and deliverables; develop comprehensive project execution plans and mitigation strategies.
Establish and manage a project risk management matrix, proactively identifying and mitigating project risks to avoid execution issues.
Support company and departmental management functions, ensuring project execution is reasonable, effective, and compliant.
Maintain strong client relationships on-site, understand customer needs, and enhance customer satisfaction.
Oversee and manage contractors according to plan, driving progress on various overseas projects to meet deadlines.
We Expect You to:
Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering, Technology, or a related STEM field.
Proficient English communication skills (spoken) for daily operations. Must be willing to be based overseas and possess the ability to adapt to diverse cultures and living environments.
Strong project management and organizational skills. Excellent resilience under pressure, leadership capabilities, and team-building skills. Outstanding communication and coordination abilities.
Proficient in MS Office suite. Valid driver's license preferred.
Proficiency in an additional language (e.g., French, Spanish, Arabic, etc.) is a significant advantage.
Demonstrated resilience, flexibility, and adaptability to proactively respond to changing external environments.
7.Have experience studying or living in China, or be fluent in mandarin as a working language, with preference given.
Project Management Administrator
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THE OPPORTUNITY THAT AWAITS YOU
Are you a highly organized and dynamic professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment?
We're looking for a Project Management Administrator / Executive Assistant to provide seamless executive support while coordinating key business and project management activities. This is a hybrid role suited for someone with exceptional multitasking, communication, and project coordination skills who enjoys being at the heart of strategic delivery.
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Executive & Administrative Support
- Provide high-level secretarial and executive support to senior leadership.
- Draft correspondence, prepare presentations, and compile monthly and board reports.
- Manage complex diaries, schedule meetings, and coordinate travel arrangements.
- Plan and manage company events, board meetings, and special projects.
- Maintain filing systems (digital and manual), manage stationery and refreshments, and perform general office administration.
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders with professionalism and discretion.
Screen calls, handle confidential information, and assist with ad hoc executive requests.
Project Management Administration
- Support project planning, execution, and tracking to ensure timely delivery.
- Prepare and maintain project timelines, dashboards, and status reports.
- Coordinate project meetings, take minutes, and manage action logs.
- Track deliverables and follow up with stakeholders to meet project milestones.
- Maintain accurate project documentation and compliance with reporting standards.
- Facilitate effective communication across project teams and departments.
OUR REQUIRED EXPERTISE
- Matric (essential) plus a tertiary qualification or certification in Administration, Project Management, or Business Management (advantageous).
- Proven experience providing executive-level administrative support and project coordination.
- Strong communication, organizational, and multitasking skills.
- High attention to detail, quality orientation, and professional discretion.
- Confident working independently and managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Proficiency in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
YOUR REWARD
- Salary range: R240K – R300K CTC p.a.
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Project Management Consultant
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Inso Aluminium specialises in the upper market residential, commercial and industrial construction sector, providing a turnkey and personalised bespoke design, manufacture and installation service to the Clients.
The Company is one of the largest independent bespoke manufacturers of aluminium fenestration its industry sector, has an exceptional reputation for reliability, honesty and quality of both product and service.
Role Description
This is a full-time, hybrid Salesperson role at Inso Architectural Solutions and based in Cape Town , with the flexibility for some remote work.
The Salesperson will be responsible for identifying and pursuing new business opportunities, managing accounts, and delivering exceptional customer experiences.
The Salesperson will also collaborate with cross-functional teams to support sales efforts, generate leads and develop new strategies to drive revenue.
Qualifications
Demonstrated ability to meet and exceed sales goals and targets
Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
Experience with lead generation, account management, and CRM software
Proven track record of building and maintaining strong customer relationships
Ability to understand and articulate complex product offerings Self-motivated and highly focused on achieving targets and goals
Experience in the Aluminium Fenestration Industry.
Knowledge of the construction industry is a plus but not required.
Experience in a sales or business development role is preferred but not required.
Ability to communicate fluently in English, both verbally and in writing is required.
Please note: We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.