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Date: 30 Oct 2024

Location: Karachi, PK

Company: KE

Our employees are our company's greatest asset - they are our real competitive advantage. We possesse immense power of innovation, immagination and a desire to attract and retain the best; provide them with encouragement, stimulus, and make them feel that they are an integral part of the company's mission.

Purpose

This position will be based in business development group of KE, whose prime mandate is to assist in the development of the future generation projects of KE, carrying out the concept initiation, bankable feasibility studies execution, acquiring regulatory approvals, executing contracts and taking the projects towards maturity i.e., financial closing stage.

Education

  • BE (Electrical/Mechanical/Chemical)

Knowledge

  • Understanding of power generation, transmission, and distribution concepts.
  • Must have hands on experience of thermal generation IPP.
  • Design/Construction experience will be preferred.
  • Broad Power and Energy market understanding

 

Experience

3 years of relevant power generation experience.

Area of Responsibilities

Thermal Project Development

  • Thermal Project Development: Assist in working with all the stakeholders including but not limited to government authorities, concession provider, regulator, consultants, contractors, OEM’s, lenders to assist KE secure cheaper and reliable power generation sources, benefitting its energy mix
  • Evaluate technical proposal of thermal generation projects and review the development activities along with their milestones.
  • Provide technical support during development works like evaluation of feasibilities, EPC proposals, assist in technical aspects of the regulatory submissions or during the engagement with the lenders or other stakeholders
  • Conduct due-diligence and carry out site visits

Technical Analysis

  • Assist in carrying out the: (i) Technology comparison studies, (ii) pre-feasibility and tariff studies, (iii)assessment of different technologies and (iv) market studies in liaison with the financial and commercial teams.
  • Provide support to carry out the conceptual engineering design studies of power options of various technologies (Coal, gas turbines, engines etc.)
  • Help calculate of cost of EPC, PM & O&M of the different power technologies available in the market.
  • Formulate concept proposals for clients/government to win different concessions/rights etc.

Area of Responsibility Continued

Project Development Activities and Market Development Activities

  • Carry out the leg work to conduct evaluation of proposals, project development structuring and implementation, negotiating project agreements, and arranging project finance. 
  • Provide support to work on the technical aspects for creation of ancillary markets, storage, wheeling option, deregulated bilateral/ BPC/corporate PPA, central dispatch scenario to create winning opportunities for KE.
  • Extend support in power system analyses and business planning together with the technical modelling team and create market level value propositions, materials, and business proposals.

 

KE provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, origin, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, marital status, status with regard to public assistance or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.