Graduate Project Development Engineer

Company Profile: candi is a dedicated rooftop solar company for businesses across Asia and Africa. We bring together international capital, through our Swiss-based platform, and local expertise in order to provide a unique offering to this unserved sector. In doing so, candi aims to have a big social impact, reduce carbon emissions, create jobs, increase energy access, and save money for businesses of all sizes in emerging markets. www.candi.solar

Job Summary: The company is looking to recruit an ambitious and energetic Graduate Engineer, who will help candi grow their Project Development team. Given that candi is taking solar into a new realm with a new set of tools, the role will require creativity, innovation and a new way of thinking.

Specifically, the job requires taking ownership of the following for the South African team:

• Support the sales team with finding solutions for clients, including but not limited to:
  • EYAs using Helioscope
  • Technical support with proposals, including interaction with the candi financial model
  • Client energy load assessments, interpretation of energy meter data
  • Occasional installation of portable energy meter/loggers, if required
  • Initial Solar PV and BESS designs
  • Liaising with EPCs on their design to ensure it meets our requirements
  • Liaising with channel partners and clients
  • Reviewing EPC detailed designs
  • Interaction with the project management team to ensure smooth handover of project once the contract has been signed.
  • Lead on municipal approvals process or liaise with EPC on the status of their application(s)
• Supporting development of candi processes, standard operating procedures, etc.
• Periodic travel within SA. Potential travel to Sub-Saharan Africa, India, etc.
• MSOffice, Google Docs/Sheets proficiency

Location: Johannesburg/Durban, with frequent country-wide travel. Some international travel may also be required. Flexibility to work from home on a regular basis.

Hours: Full time, five days per week.

Job Requirements:

• B.Eng or M.Eng in Electrical Engineering or similar,
• A dynamic personality, able to support the project management team if needed, and liaise with clients
• Valid residency and/ or work permit for South Africa is mandatory

Working Culture Requirements:

• You agree to live out the candi values every day of your employment: this includes to put empathy before ego, being authentic no matter what, that we work as one and follow the candi principle that less is more
• A dynamic, cross-functional team player, willing to take initiative on projects in the context of a multicultural scale-up trying to execute big, bold ideas.
• You must be open, honest, trustworthy, a strong communicator, and understand that what we get done as a team surpasses what we get done individually.
• candi is an equal opportunities employer.

candi is unique because...

• We focus on helping businesses of all sizes in emerging markets get access to cheap, clean solar energy.
• We have a strong emphasis on a client-centric & innovation-driven working culture.
• We are an international team where remote working is commonplace, where we trust our team members to actively carve out a role for themselves according to their skillset.

Only qualified candidates will be contacted.