Project Manager – Energy Infrastructure

About the role

WSP Africa is looking for an experienced Project Manager to lead complex power generation and energy infrastructure projects across South Africa and the wider African continent. The role combines senior project leadership, technical oversight, and stakeholder management to deliver safe, on‑time, and on‑budget solutions.

Key responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams delivering power generation and substation projects.
• Prepare and review conceptual designs, specifications, bills of quantity and tender documents.
• Manage project schedules, budgets, resources and delivery programmes.
• Ensure engineering deliverables comply with IEC, IEEE, SANS and client‑specific standards.
• Coordinate activities with clients, contractors, stakeholders and internal disciplines, and lead project meetings.
• Produce comprehensive project reports, cost estimates and budgets.

Required profile

• Relevant technical qualification from an internationally recognised institution.
• PMP certification or professional registration with a recognised project‑management body.
• 15+ years’ experience in transmission, distribution and substation delivery.
• Proven experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams on complex energy projects.
• Professional registration with an internationally recognised engineering institution.

Required skills

• PMP certification (project management).
• Knowledge of IEC, IEEE and SANS standards.
• System studies expertise.
• Primary plant design.
• Secondary plant design.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Teams collaboration platform.