Job Description

Enel Green Power is seeking a Head of OMI and Assets Management to join its Operations and Maintenance & Assets Management team, based in Johannesburg, to support Enel Green Power's O&M activities in the Sub-Saharan African region.
What you will do:
Lead and coordinate cross-functional teams across asset performance, finance, legal, and sustainability.
Maximise asset value and profitability through lifecycle management and continuous performance improvement.
Align regional asset-management strategies with Enel's global O&M improvement programmes and governance frameworks.
Hold full profit-and-loss responsibility for the O&M portfolio.
Oversee financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and cost control.
Manage OPEX / CAPEX budgets, cash-flow performance, and investor financial reporting.
Ensure transparency and accuracy in financial statements and variance analyses.
Guarantee compliance with PPAs, O&M contracts, Asset Management Agreements (AMA/MSA/SA), and financing covenants.
Coordinate with Legal & Compliance to ensure fulfilment of all contractual obligations.
Apply Enel policies, global governance standards, and statutory regulations in all operational activities.
Ramp up and enhance O&M structures, systems, and processes at country level.
Integrate operations including the Control Room, Logistics, Contract Management, Industrial Risk, and Energy Management functions.
Lead innovation and cross-technology initiatives (e.g., PowerG, RoBoost, Sustainable Plant).
Drive adoption of digital tools, predictive maintenance, and data analytics to improve performance.
Define, monitor, and report KPIs on reliability, availability, and maintenance efficiency.
Identify and mitigate operational, financial, and environmental risks across the asset base.
Implement preventive and corrective measures in coordination with HSEQ.
Oversee insurance programmes to ensure adequate risk coverage and compliance with lender requirements.
Enforce Enel's HSE policies and local legal requirements.
Ensure incident reporting, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions.
Foster a proactive safety culture and environmental stewardship at all sites.
Maintain strong relationships with government agencies, regulators, shareholders, landowners, and strategic partners.
Coordinate internal collaboration with Procurement, Digital Hub, Engineering, and Global O&M teams.
Represent the company in investor reviews, lender meetings, and strategic forums.
Lead continuous-improvement projects to enhance asset reliability and reduce downtime.
Oversee strategic upgrades and optimisation initiatives across plants.
Promote a data-driven performance culture using benchmarking and best-practice sharing.
Deliver timely, accurate, and transparent operational and financial reporting.
Ensure compliance with internal audit, ESG, and corporate-governance requirements.
Present portfolio performance, risk, and improvement plans to senior management and Board-level committees.
Who you are:
Strategic and analytical leadership with sound financial acumen.
Deep understanding of renewable-energy O&M systems and asset-management processes.
Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.
Resilient, results-driven, and adept at leading diverse teams.
Commitment to Enel's values of Innovation, Trust, Proactivity, and Responsibility
What we search in you:

• Master's degree in Engineering, Economics, or equivalent. MBA or related postgraduate qualification advantageous
• 12-15 years in power generation / renewable energy O&M and asset management.
• Minimum 4 years in senior leadership managing multidisciplinary teams.

Proven experience in P&L ownership, investment modelling, and lifecycle cost analysis.
Strong understanding of contractual structures, financial reporting, and regulatory frameworks. * Demonstrated success in implementing digital O&M tools, reliability engineering, and asset-performance improvement programmes.
What we offer:
Competitive Salary, Meal Allowance, Performance based bonus, future study assistance and Permanent employment based in Sandton, Johannesburg
You can apply until: 14 November 2025
Who we are:
Enel Green Power is part of Enel's Group, and manages all the generation from renewable sources in Enel's world countries. Our pillars are sustainability and innovation. We want to build a new way of living energy, creating sustainable development and making clean energy accessible to all. A world leader in clean energy, with a total capacity of more than 54 GW and a generation mix that includes wind, solar, geothermal, and hydroelectric power, as well as energy storage facilities, Enel Green Power is at the forefront of integrating innovative technologies into renewable energy plants.
Innovation, Trust, Proactivity and Responsibility are the core values of our Organization. We are always looking for different perspectives, ideas and points of view. Each person is important to us, independently from their gender, age, nationality, ability or any other form of diversity or specificity. We are a people focused Company and we work to empower all our colleagues through development programs and lifelong learning.
We promote work flexibility recognizing the importance of well-being and work-life balance.
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