Reports to: Group Chief Technical Officer & Managing Director
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Role Overview
The Senior Solar Projects Manager will oversee the complete solar project lifecycle, from site assessment, feasibility studies, system design, procurement, and implementation through testing, commissioning, and final client handover.
The role requires strong technical expertise, exceptional project planning and coordination skills, commercial awareness, and the ability to lead multidisciplinary teams across multiple project sites. The successful candidate will be accountable for project performance, resource utilisation, safety, quality, regulatory compliance, client satisfaction, and overall delivery efficiency.
Key Responsibilities
A. End-to-End Project Management
- Manage more than 10 active solar projects concurrently, ensuring effective coordination, prior-itisation, and timely delivery.
- Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, milestones, and risk registers.
- Oversee the complete project lifecycle from initial assessment and design through procurement, installation, commissioning, and handover.
- Monitor project progress against agreed timelines, budgets, contractual obligations, and technical specifications.
- Identify potential delays, cost overruns, and resource constraints and implement appropriate corrective measures.
- Prepare regular project status reports and provide management with accurate updates on pro-gress, risks, costs, and completion forecasts.
B. Technical Design and Engineering Oversight
- Oversee solar PV system design, site assessments, load analysis, system sizing, equipment selec-tion, and technical documentation.
- Review engineering drawings, single-line diagrams, bills of quantities, electrical layouts, and equipment specifications.
- Provide technical oversight of grid-tied, hybrid, and off-grid solar installations, including battery storage where applicable.
- Ensure appropriate integration of solar modules, inverters, batteries, mounting structures, electrical protection systems, and monitoring equipment.
- Ensure designs and installations comply with applicable technical standards, safety require-ments, and approved project specifications.
C. EPRA Compliance and Regulatory Requirements
- Ensure compliance with applicable Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) require-ments, licensing conditions, and relevant Kenyan energy and electrical installation regulations.
- Hold a valid EPRA licence or certification appropriate to the candidate’s qualifications and scope of work.
- Ensure that project personnel and subcontractors possess the necessary qualifications and au-thorisations for their assigned activities.
- Coordinate required regulatory submissions, inspections, approvals, and utility interconnection processes, as applicable.
- Maintain complete compliance documentation, including licences, inspection reports, test re-sults, and commissioning records.
- Monitor regulatory changes and ensure that projects remain compliant throughout implemen-tation.
D. Project Implementation and Site Supervision
- Coordinate engineers, technicians, site supervisors, contractors, and other project stakeholders.
- Ensure site readiness, timely mobilisation, availability of materials, and efficient deployment of labour and equipment.
- Conduct regular site visits to monitor progress, workmanship, safety, quality, and compliance with approved designs.
- Resolve technical challenges, installation issues, procurement bottlenecks, and site-level delays.
- Ensure adherence to approved work procedures, project specifications, and agreed implementation schedules.
E. Budgeting, Procurement and Cost Control
- Prepare and monitor project budgets, cost estimates, expenditure forecasts, and resource re-quirements.
- Work closely with procurement and finance teams to ensure timely purchasing, delivery, and accountability of project materials.
- Monitor project expenditure, identify cost variations, and implement measures to minimise waste and improve profitability.
- Review supplier quotations, bills of quantities, material requisitions, and subcontractor perfor-mance.
- Manage scope changes and project variations through appropriate technical and commercial approval processes.
F. Quality Assurance, Safety and Commissioning
- Ensure installations meet approved technical specifications, applicable electrical standards, and company quality requirements.
- Enforce occupational health and safety procedures, including risk assessments, safe electrical work practices, and work-at-height controls.
- Coordinate testing, inspections, commissioning, system configuration, and performance verifi-cation.
- Ensure defects and outstanding works are resolved before final acceptance.
- Oversee preparation of as-built drawings, test certificates, commissioning reports, warranties, operating manuals, and maintenance documentation.
- Coordinate client training, formal handover, and transition to operations and maintenance teams.
G. Team and Stakeholder Management
Lead, supervise, and develop project managers, engineers, technicians, and site teams.
Establish clear responsibilities, performance expectations, and accountability across all projects.
- Coordinate effectively with clients, suppliers, contractors, consultants, utilities, and internal de-partments.
- Provide regular progress updates, manage client expectations, and resolve project-related concerns professionally.
- Promote teamwork, continuous improvement, effective communication, and a results-oriented delivery culture.
Qualifications and Experience
- A bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Renewable Energy Engineering, Energy Engineer-ing, or a related technical discipline.
- A valid and relevant EPRA licence or certification applicable to the candidate’s professional scope and solar PV installation responsibilities.
- At least 7-10 years of relevant experience in solar PV project delivery, electrical engineering, renewable energy, or technical project management.
- Proven experience managing more than 5 active projects concurrently, with demonstrable responsibility for schedules, budgets, resources, teams, and delivery outcomes.
- Substantial experience delivering large commercial and industrial solar PV installations or other complex solar projects.
- Demonstrated end-to-end project management experience covering site assessment, design, procurement, implementation, testing, commissioning, and handover.
- Strong understanding of solar PV technologies, electrical systems, equipment selection, protection systems, and applicable regulatory requirements in Kenya.
- Experience managing multidisciplinary teams, contractors, suppliers, and client relationships.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, and project scheduling or project management tools.
- Excellent leadership, communication, analytical, planning, reporting, and problem-solving skills.
- Willingness to travel to project sites as required.
HOW TO APPLY
Interested candidates should send their CV and Cover Letter (clearly stating “SENIOR SOLAR PROJECTS MANAGER” in the subject line) to jobs@saferpowerltd.co.ke by 31st October 2026.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
LADIES ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY