Technical Advisor – Renewable Energy Procurement

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October 17

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Allied Talent Partners

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B2B • Marketplace • Social Impact

Allied Talent Partners is a talent marketplace focused on connecting experienced professionals with climate-related projects and businesses. The company aims to support climate action initiatives, particularly within Africa, by making specialized climate-related talent more accessible. Being incubated by the Three Cairns Group, ATP serves various stakeholders in the climate sector, including infrastructure developers, governmental bodies, NGOs, and consulting firms. Their services include project scoping, tech-enabled matching, and providing back-end support to ensure successful project delivery.

2 - 10 employees

🤝 B2B

🏪 Marketplace

🌍 Social Impact

📋 Description

• Review project designs, grid integration studies, and technology specifications for renewable energy tenders. • Assess the technical soundness, efficiency, and compliance of proposed systems against industry standards and lender requirements. • Identify potential technical risks and propose mitigation strategies to strengthen project viability. • Evaluate technical proposals against defined technical, financial, and ESG benchmarks. • Prepare comparative analyses and scoring matrices to support transparent evaluation and decision-making. • Provide written recommendations summarizing key findings, risks, and value-for-money assessments. • Provide technical input to transaction documents, including term sheets, evaluation reports, and investment memos. • Integrate engineering insights with commercial and financial perspectives to ensure holistic deal structuring. • Support the review of EPC and O&M contracts to verify technical adequacy and performance obligations. • Engage with government counterparts, DFIs, and private-sector partners to support transparent, technically rigorous procurement processes. • Facilitate collaboration between internal teams, external advisors, and implementing agencies. • Represent the project team in technical discussions, clarifications, and evaluation committee sessions. • Develop concise technical notes, case studies, and lessons learned from completed evaluations. • Contribute to internal capacity building by documenting best practices in tender design, evaluation, and project implementation. • Support the continuous improvement of evaluation tools, templates, and methodologies.

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years’ experience in renewable energy or power systems engineering. • Proven track record advising governments or DFIs on public procurement or competitive tenders. • Experience liaising among IPPs, utilities, and public-sector institutions. • Degree in Electrical Engineering, Energy Systems, or related field. • Familiarity with REIPPPP, Scaling Solar, or similar large-scale procurement frameworks. • Understanding of grid integration, power system planning, and renewable energy technologies. • Excellent stakeholder engagement and negotiation skills. • Strong attention to detail and organization. • Confident communicator, able to manage complex approval processes independently. • Africa-based professionals preferred; fluency in English required, French desirable.