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Job Title:  Data Scientist  

Department: Digital - Data 

Reporting line:  Head of Data 

Location: Kampala, Uganda or Lagos, Nigeria

About ENGIE Energy Access  

ENGIE Energy Access is the leading Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGo) and mini-grids solutions provider in Africa. The company develops innovative, off-grid solar solutions for homes, public services and businesses, enabling customers and distribution partners access to clean, affordable energy. The PAYGO solar home systems are financed through affordable instalments from $0.19 per day and the mini-grids foster economic development by enabling electrical productive use and triggering business opportunities for entrepreneurs in rural communities. With over 1,800 employees, operations in nine countries across Africa (Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia), over 1.9 million customers and more than 9 million lives impacted so far, ENGIE Energy Access aims to impact 20 million lives across Africa by 2025.  

www.engie-energyaccess.com    

www.linkedin.com/company/engie-africa  

Job Purpose/Mission   

This position will be part of the Global Data team. This is an incredible opportunity to join a high-performing team that is passionate about pioneering expanded financial services to off-grid customers at the base of the pyramid. Key responsibilities will include building and maintaining data models to support sales and customer finance operations.  You would also be involved in data mining activities as well as engage with internal business stakeholders in realtime to our field team mobile application to allow data-informed decisions to be made in the field, as well as working with members of the data team to ensure high code quality and database design.  Your work will make a meaningful impact by enabling Engie to continuously innovate on how we support our customers in their repayment journey. Key Competencies 

Responsibilities   

Data Mining (20%): 

• Design and implement robust data mining models to support analytics and reporting requirements. 

• Carry out pre – processing, cleansing, and validating the integrioty of data to be used for analysis 

• Enhance data collection procedures to include all relevant information for developing analytic systems. 

Statistical modelling (70%) 

• Use statistical and machine learning techniques to develop solutions to support business operations from sales to credit collection. 

Stakeholder management (10%) 

• Communicate results with stakeholders within the business operations teams. 

Experience:  

• 5+ years of industry experience working on data scientist with a focus on data modelling, stakeholder management and data mining.,  

• Proficiency using machine learning frameworks like keras, pytorch, Tensorflow, sckit-learn, statistical tools (statistical tests, distribution, regression, maximum likelihood estimators, strong math skills (multivariate calculus, linear algebra), machine learning methods (k-Nearest Neighbours, Naive Bayes, SVm, Decision forests), Data visualization tools (matplotlib, d3.js, Tableau). 

• Experience working with structured and unstructured data using Python, R, Scala, Java, SQL in addition to one or more of Spark/Hadoop/Hive/HDFS , Apache Airflow, RabbitMQ/Kafka, Spark, Kubernates, and dbt. 

• Working knowledge of databases, data systems, and analytics solutions, including proficiency in SQL, NoSQL, Java, Spark and Amazon Redshift  for reporting and dashboard building. 

• Experience with implementing unit and integration testing.  

• Ability to gather requirements and communicate with stakeholders across data, software, and platform teams.  

• Deep understanding of data structures, data modelling and architecture.  

• Experience managing a team of mid-level data scientists. 

• Sense of adventure and willingness to dive in, think big, and execute with a team  

Qualifications:  

• Bachelors or master’s in computer science, machine learning, or related field  

Language(s):   

• English  

• French is a plus.  

 Technology:  

• Python, R, Java, SQL, NoSQL, Amazon Redshift, Kafka, Apache Beam, Apache Airflow, Apache Spark 

We thank all applicants for their interest, however due to the large volume of applications we receive, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.   

ENGIE is an equal opportunity employer, promoting diversity and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all. All applications are screened based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without any regard to origin, age, name, sexual identity, orientation or preference, religion, marital status, health, disability, political opinions, union involvement or citizenship. Our differences are our strengths!   

Job Title:  Software Engineering Manager 

Department: Digital 

Reporting line:  Head of Software Engineering 

Location: Kampala or Nairobi

Job Grade: 17 

About ENGIE Energy Access  

ENGIE Energy Access is the leading Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGo) and mini-grids solutions provider in Africa. The company develops innovative, off-grid solar solutions for homes, public services and businesses, enabling customers and distribution partners access to clean, affordable energy. The PAYGO solar home systems are financed through affordable instalments from $0.19 per day and the mini-grids foster economic development by enabling electrical productive use and triggering business opportunities for entrepreneurs in rural communities. With over 1,800 employees, operations in nine countries across Africa (Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia), over 1.9 million customers and more than 9 million lives impacted so far, ENGIE Energy Access aims to impact 20 million lives across Africa by 2025.  

www.engie-energyaccess.com    

www.linkedin.com/company/engie-africa  

Job Purpose/Mission   

EEA is looking for a talented, self-starting tech lead to join the team to help deliver affordable solar power and financial services across Africa. This position offers a great opportunity to work alongside an elite team of engineers and business professionals and directly contribute to the success of a mission driven company with social and environmental impact. Candidates will get the opportunity to work in a diverse technology stack at scale and lead the evolution of at least one of our software products. 

Responsibilities  

• Line management of a sub-set of the software development team (4-6 direct reports). 

• Contract management with external developers(freelancers) in collaboration with Head of Software Engineering 

• Work with engineering tech-lead to put in place clear performance management framework and provide actionable feedback and goals for the technical team 

• Grow and develop software engineers 

• establish upskilling and training path, growth path 

• Structured coaching and mentorship plan 

• Institute processes to address performance gaps and ensure the team is technically competent 

• Together with tech-lead, ensure effective onboarding of new engineers 

• Recruit software team for their pillar and maintain a pipeline of candidates 

• Together with tech leads, resource Management to align with key delivery milestones 

• Actively participate and understand the ROI of engineering efforts, understand the value creation and the priorities to the business.  

• Contributing to team culture (within the product team and broader digital team) 

• Communication 

• Technical excellence and knowledge sharing 

• Team bonding 

At EEA, we have high expectations for our managers. Each manager plays a key role in creating an exceptional experience not only for our customers but for every person on our team. Our managers help EEA realize our ambitious goals while developing their own leadership skills and facilitating growth for their direct reports.   

We believe that great leaders:  

• Deliver ambitious results: As a high-performing and accountable leader, you create an environment enabling effective action and bold decisions which contribute to successful delivery of results.  

• Act with integrity: As an ethical leader you are honest, respectful, objective, and transparent. You create and build upon a foundation of trust and openness.  

• Inspire and mentor the team: As an inspirational leader you walk the talk. You empower and coach your team with trust and humility.  

• Are accessible: as an accessible leader, you develop and maintain deep connections with stakeholders through approachability and active listening.  

• Ensure diversity and inclusion: as an inclusive leader, you ensure diversity and foster a sense of belonging.  

Knowledge and skills    

Experience:  

• At least 7 years of relevant experience of which 2 is in leadership role, with proven track record of leading a high performing engineering team 

• Experience in resource management and capacity planning 

• Practical and thorough understanding of the various software development methodologies, their application in different contexts and trade-offs 

• Experience in hiring, onboarding and maintaining pipeline of engineers. Demonstrated ability to create suitable conditions to retain talent 

• Knowledge of developer productivity tools and performance frameworks (DORA, SPACE, DevEx..) in the software space 

• Ability to identify and address process gaps, culture issues and conflicts  

• Hands-on, senior level competency of full-stack software development using relevant front and backend frameworks 

• Entrepreneurial and forward thinking with ability to recognize the impact of technology in business 

• Appreciation for detailed source code documentation and organized code structuring 

• Software deployment pipelines and best practice (CI/CD) 

• Excellent knowledge of computer algorithms and solid computer science fundamentals  

Qualifications:  

• Bachelors or Masters in a relevant engineering discipline (Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science preferred) or comparable 

Language(s):   

• English  

• French is a plus  

 Our Technology stack:  

• Web framework: Rails 5 , Django, flask, fastapi 

• Mobile: Android Kotlin/Java 

• Background task: Sidekiq , Celery, RabbitMQ 

• Front-end: ActiveAdmin, VueJS, Angular  

• API: Grape, Devise , DRF, FastApi 

• TDD: RSpec , PyTest 

• Search: Thinking Sphinx  

• Storage: MySQL, Mongo, Cassandra, Redis  

• Source Control: Gitlab selfhosted for git and CI/CD  

• Deployment: Capistrano, Ansible  

• Fresh Ideas Always welcome! 

We thank all applicants for their interest, however due to the large volume of applications we receive, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.   

ENGIE is an equal opportunity employer, promoting diversity and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all. All applications are screened based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without any regard to origin, age, name, sexual identity, orientation or preference, religion, marital status, health, disability, political opinions, union involvement or citizenship. Our differences are our strengths!   

¡Únete a ENGIE y sé parte de la aventura más importante del siglo! 

En ENGIE Energía Perú, aceleramos la transición hacia una economía carbono neutral. Somos la empresa de generación de energía más diversificada del país, tanto en matriz energética como en ubicación geográfica. Además, somos la empresa #1 del sector energía para atraer y retener talento y formamos parte del Top50 general del Perú. Como parte del Grupo ENGIE, el mayor productor independiente de energía con 96 mil empleados en 31 países, trabajamos juntos bajo una cultura “One ENGIE” que valora la diversidad, la ética, la innovación/agilidad (la parte de transformación tecnológica)  y la seguridad en todas nuestras relaciones. 

 Si compartes nuestra visión optimista de la transición energética y quieres generar un impacto positivo en el planeta, ¡te estamos buscando! Únete a nuestra comunidad de Transition Makers para construir un futuro sostenible y lleno de oportunidades. 

En ENGIE valoramos: 

·         Evolución profesional: Desarrolla tu carrera en un entorno dinámico con oportunidades constantes de crecimiento, capacitación continua y desarrollo 

·         Bienestar y equilibrio: Promovemos un entorno laboral seguro y de confianza, donde puedes ser tú mismo y expresar tu máximo potencial. Valoramos el equilibrio entre la vida personal y laboral. 

·         Diversidad, equidad e inclusión: Estamos comprometidos con la igualdad de oportunidades para todos, sin importar origen, género, edad, orientación sexual, discapacidad o situación económica. 

Ingeniero Electricista – Proyecto Solar (Contrato temporal)

 Tus principales responsabilidades serán: 

·         Funciones 

• Liderar la supervisión de los trabajos de montaje y pruebas asociados a las obras eléctricas del Proyecto (redes de media tensión y subestaciones eléctricas).
• Coordinar con los otros líderes de disciplina la correcta gestión de interfaces.
• Coordinar la integración de los sistemas eléctricos con otras disciplinas (civil, mecánica y control).
• Seguimiento a cronograma de las actividades de su disciplina y plantear opciones de recuperación de plazo.
• Validar la correcta instalación y conexión de inversores, transformadores y sistemas de protección.
• Implementar metodologías de Lean Construction y análisis de riesgos eléctricos para mejorar la eficiencia en sitio.

¿Qué necesitamos de ti? 

·         Indispensables: 

• Profesional en Ingeniería Eléctrica y/o Mecánica Eléctrica.
• Experiencia mayor a 5 años en construcción de proyectos de energía (centrales de generación y/o líneas de transmisión).
• Experiencia en gestión de interfaces en proyectos multicontratos.
• Inglés nivel intermedio.
• MS Office / MS Project / Autocad
• Conocimiento avanzado de las normativas aplicables en el sector eléctrico peruano: Código Nacional de Electricidad (D.S. 009-2004-EM), Normas IEC, IEEE, NEMA.
• Disponibilidad para residir en Moquegua
• Disponibilidad para trabajar dos sábados al mes (compensables).

·         Deseables: 

       •     Experiencia en proyectos de energía solar

• Licencia de conducir

Esperamos que tú: 

·         Seas un profesional Electricista y cuentes con la capacidad de trabajar en colaboración con grupos multidisciplinarios, con otras áreas de la organización u organismos externos con los que deba interactuar, en pro de un objetivo común.

Los beneficios que te ofrecemos: 

• Prima seguro médico cubierto al 100%
• Prima seguro oncológico cubierto al 100%
• Bono por desempeño
• Bono por seguridad y salud Ocupacional
• Capacitación y entrenamientos

¿Estás listo/a para formar parte del cambio? 

En ENGIE no solo hablamos de transformar el mundo, ¡lo hacemos realidad! Postula y conviértete en un #TransitionMaker para dejar una huella positiva en el planeta. 

About ENGIE BU Africa ENGIE Energy Access

ENGIE Energy Access is a leading Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGo) and mini-grids solutions provider in Africa, with a mission to deliver affordable, reliable and sustainable energy solutions and life-changing services with exceptional customer experience. The company is a result of the integration of Fenix International, ENGIE Mobisol and ENGIE PowerCorner; and develops innovative, off-grid solar solutions for homes, public services and businesses, enabling customers and distribution partners access to clean, affordable energy. The PAYGo solar home systems are financed through affordable installments from $0.14 per day and the mini-grids foster economic development by enabling electrical productive use and triggering business opportunities for entrepreneurs in rural communities.

With over 1,700 employees, operations in nine countries across Africa (Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia), over 1 million customers and more than 5 million lives impacted so far, ENGIE Energy Access aims to remain a leading clean energy company, serving millions of customers across Africa by 2025.

www.engie-energyaccess.com

https://www.linkedin.com/company/3055106

Job Purpose 

The Customer Finance Team plays a pivotal role in ensuring the overall success of our largely unbanked customers in completing their loans and getting continued access to clean, reliable energy. The team works cross-functionally with our commercial, customer experience, product development and operations on the ground to ensure that we provide all customers with successful responsible onboarding and offer constant support through adequate monitoring and interventions all the way through the lifetime of our customers’ loans.

The Field Operations Manager supports the Head of Customer Finance in the execution of the field strategy. S/he will have regular travel in the field, working extremely closely with the sales agents and the collection champions in effectively carrying out field visits, credit clinics, field teams training, target improvement of customer repayments, reduction of loan cancellation and increase collections. S/he will work with the line manager to ensure operational best practices across the credit cycle are applied.

Responsibilities

• Support the building of the field operational processes, systems, tools, and guidelines governing Credit activities
• Support field agents with follow-up lists and access tools such as MysolGo and other working tools
• Implement and track reactivation strategies for written off accounts
• Ensure all agents are trained on all relevant credit and collections activities
• Drive customers follow ups on all defaulting customers and implement repayment strategies to improve our collections
• Support the line manager on repossession strategies and work towards given targets
• Assess internal and external causes for portfolio deteriorations
• Escalation of all difficult cases pertaining to the customers to the line manager
• Support the coordination and portfolio Health monitoring for field teams.
• Attend periodical meetings to track performance with all regions
• Work independently on defined tasks and similar projects identified jointly with the supervisor to help realize the departments objectives.
• Implementation of Credit clinics and Credit storms

At EEA, we have high expectations for our managers. Each manager plays a key role in creating an exceptional experience not only for our customers but for every person on our team. Our managers help A2E realize our ambitious goals while developing their own leadership skills and facilitating growth for their direct reports. 

We believe that great managers:

• Deliver ambitious results: As a high-performing and accountable leader, you create an enabling environment for effective action and bold decision which contribute to successful delivery of results.
• Act with integrity: As an ethical leader you are honest, respectful, objective, and transparent. You create and build upon a foundation of trust and openness.
• Inspire and mentor the team: As an inspirational leader you walk the talk. You empower and coach your team with trust and humility.
• Are accessible: as an accessible leader, you develop and maintain deep connections with stakeholders through approachability and active listening.
• Ensure diversity and inclusion: as an inclusive leader, you ensure diversity and foster a sense of belonging.

Knowledge and Skills

Experience:

• 2-3 years minimum work experience in Collections and recoveries
• Work experience in related areas such as energy access, last-mile product financing, microfinance or digital financial services is a plus
• Strong analytical skills, attention to details and able to assess risk while protecting the interest of customers and the business
• Experience in field support roles will be a plus
• Deep empathy for the customer and commitment to inclusivity, consumer protection and responsible financial services within the context of creating a profitable, scalable enterprise.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills
• Knowledge about market and business risks associated with typical EEA K customers

Qualifications:

• Tertiary qualification in Accountings, Credit, Finance, Economics, or any related field

Language(s): 

• English
• Kiswahili

Technology:

Computer literacy, particularly good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and power-point

Job Title:                         National Training Coordinator

Department:                 Commercial

Reporting line:              Head of Commercial

Location:                         Nairobi, Kenya

Job Grade:                      HAY 15

About Engie Energy Access

ENGIE Energy Access is one of the leading Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGo) and mini-grids solutions provider in Africa, with a mission to deliver affordable, reliable and sustainable energy solutions and life-changing services with exceptional customer experience. The company is a result of the integration of Fenix International, ENGIE Mobisol and ENGIE PowerCorner; and develops innovative, off grid solar solutions for homes, public services and businesses, enabling customers and distribution partners access to clean, affordable energy. The PAYGo solar home systems are financed through affordable instalments from $0.19 per day and the minigrids foster economic development by enabling electrical productive use and triggering business opportunities for entrepreneurs in rural communities. With over 1,700 employees, operations in nine countries across Africa (Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia), almost 1.5 million customers and over 7 million lives impacted so far, ENGIE Energy Access aims to remain the leading clean energy company, serving millions of customers across Africa by 2025.

www.engie-energyaccess.com

Job Purpose/Mission

The role holder is responsible for offer training in support of the Sales Division’s efforts in achieving key performance goals. Regarding the boarding of new agents, training of existing agents, they are expected to train and educate sales staff from the point of their initial hire and on a continuous, ongoing basis. They are responsible for training all departmental system procedures and policies, identifying any issues with training methods and make suggestions for improvements as needed.

Responsibilities

• Analyze day to day needs for training in the sales team.
• Conduct and support customer education clinics
• Develop Regional material required for training in line with company policy.
• Conduct training sessions for new and current sales personnel and develop individualized training plans for underperforming salespersons.
• Develop new approaches and techniques for making improvements in training programs.
• Collect feedback from the commercial team leads and trainees and identify the issues they had during the training process.
• Measure the performance of trainees after the session.
• Recruitment and support the hiring of new sales force with the regional commercial teams.
• Coordinate with external trainers and Regional Manager.
• Maintain and update records of training material and training sessions.
• Schedule orientations and related training events for new individuals and teams within the region
• Observe sales encounters and determine the training needs for individuals and/or sales teams.
• Recommend budget for training events and monitor costs during the program.
• Stay updated with current market trends and the changing demands of the regional sales environment.

Knowledge and Skills

Experience:

• Minimum of 2 years work experience in Training.
• Good Analytical skills, presentation skills, communication, and organization skills.
• Proven record of explaining complex subjects in simple ways.
• Computer literate with Microsoft Office, Power Point, Excel, and Ms Word [Fully computer-literate]
• Proven team player

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education, or other related fields.

Language(s): 

• English
• A Local language is a plus

Technology:

• Experience in Microsoft Suites

JOB PURPOSE:

Shift Engineer is responsible to lead the Operations Shift Team to ensure safe operation, control and emergency handling of the RO plant during shift operations in accordance with established contractual requirements, dispatch requirements, potable water quality, cost and time objectives.

.  KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Ensures that the Potable Water from the Desalination Facility is dispatched in accordance with the dispatch instructions received from the Water Control Centre (WCC).
• Work planning and prioritization.
• Provides focused leadership to the shift team to achieve plant performance and ensure optimum level of water export as required by the off taker
• Ensures shifts are well manned and required resources are available for the team to operate the plant safety, reliably and efficiently.
• Understand plant status at shift takeover and exchanges important details to the shift team. Ensures accurate and detailed information is passed to the following shift.
• Co-ordination among the operations and maintenance teams for routine and corrective maintenance requirements.
• Ensures and oversees routine testing activities.
• Oversees and monitors plant and equipment start-ups and shutdown as required.
• Continuous monitoring and analysis of equipment operating parameters for early prediction of equipment abnormal condition and initiate appropriate action to prevent unscheduled unit or equipment outage.
• Oversees chemical processes, sampling and water plant control for quality standards

and environmental compliance and safety.

• Plays the role of incident commander in emergency circumstances.
• Communication and cooperation with the Maintenance and Operation, Finance and Accounting, HR/Administration and HSE team.
• Liaise with Maintenance to identify and follow up plant defects;
• Understanding of WPA and OMA to ensure accurate commercial communication with WCC and/or offtaker for operational issues.
• Responsible to make sure periodic reviews and revisions are carried out to keep all the operational procedures updated and make sure that people are trained for the changes.
• To make sure that all relevant operational procedures and instructions are being followed so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner.
• Take active participation in all types of operation activities, diagnosis and trouble shooting of Desalination Facility.
• Complete shift reports and data reports in accordance with the WPA, O&M Agreement and Company procedures.
• Supports the O&M Manager in performing Incidents Report and Root Cause Analysis and recommends corrective actions.

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

Essential Qualifications:

• B. Sc. Engineering/Diploma in either of Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, Electronics, Instrumentation and Control Engineering.

Experience:

Minimum 4 Years for Degree and 6 Years with Diploma in the field of Water Treatment / MSF / MED / RO.
Experience in SWRO commissioning and startup will be preferred.
Experience in GCC market will be preferred.
Ability to interpret PI&D and technical drawings