Senior Energy Analyst - Netcare Head Office

Location: Netcare Head Office

The Senior Energy Analyst supports Netcares sustainability and energy strategy by analysing the Groups energy consumption, costs and generation across the portfolio, identifying opportunities to reduce cost and carbon, and managing Netcares commercial energy and renewable-supply agreements. The role combines hands-on energy data analysis with commercial and contract management, translating complex energy, tariff and metering data into clear, actionable insight for the Sustainability committee, Group Finance and facility teams. A core function is managing Netcares renewable energy supply and wheeling agreements, as well as any future power purchase or renewable energy agreements the Group enters into. For these agreements the role reviews and approves energy forecasts and supply allocations, verifies the energy proposed for each facility, manages allocations, reallocations and makeup provisions, oversees metering-data quality and access, and tracks invoicing and the reconciliation of wheeling credits against the Groups utility accounts. Beyond contract management, the Senior Energy Analyst monitors and analyses Group-wide energy patterns and metering data, identifies new energy-saving, generation and procurement opportunities, supports feasibility studies and business cases, and helps drive operational efficiency and Netcares decarbonisation and Net Zero objectives. The role works closely with the energy engineering and sustainability operations teams and is expected to grow in scope as Netcares renewable portfolio and the South African energy market evolve. Duties & Responsibilities

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The Senior Energy Analyst supports Netcares sustainability and energy strategy by analysing the Groups energy consumption, costs and generation across the portfolio, identifying opportunities to reduce cost and carbon, and managing Netcares commercial energy and renewable-supply agreements. The role combines hands-on energy data analysis with commercial and contract management, translating complex energy, tariff and metering data into clear, actionable insight for the Sustainability committee, Group Finance and facility teams.

A core function is managing Netcares renewable energy supply and wheeling agreements, as well as any future power purchase or renewable energy agreements the Group enters into. For these agreements the role reviews and approves energy forecasts and supply allocations, verifies the energy proposed for each facility, manages allocations, reallocations and makeup provisions, oversees metering-data quality and access, and tracks invoicing and the reconciliation of wheeling credits against the Groups utility accounts. Beyond contract management, the Senior Energy Analyst monitors and analyses Group-wide energy patterns and metering data, identifies new energy-saving, generation and procurement opportunities, supports feasibility studies and business cases, and helps drive operational efficiency and Netcares decarbonisation and Net Zero objectives. The role works closely with the energy engineering and sustainability operations teams and is expected to grow in scope as Netcares renewable portfolio and the South African energy market evolve. KEY WORK OUTPUT AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION

Energy analysis Insight

• Monitor and analyse Group-wide energy consumption, demand, cost and generation patterns across facilities; interpret load profiles and time-series metering data.
• Build and maintain dashboards, reports and models; benchmark sites against each other and against targets.
• Identify anomalies, inefficiencies and pockets of excellence, and recommend interventions that can be replicated across the Group.

Opportunity identification evaluation

• Identify and evaluate new opportunities to reduce energy cost and carbon — energy efficiency, embedded / onsite generation, renewable wheeling, tariff optimisation and alternative procurement.
• Support feasibility studies, business cases and savings / payback analysis for energy and sustainability projects.
• Keep abreast of energy-market developments, technologies and regulation to inform Netcares energy strategy.

Tariff cost management

• Apply and interpret Eskom and municipal tariff structures (energy and capacity charges, Time-of-Use) to validate energy costs and quantify savings.
• Support energy budgeting, forecasting of spend, and verification of utility and supplier invoices.

Renewable energy supply agreements – forecasting approval

• For Netcares renewable supply / wheeling agreements, review and approve the Medium-Term (up to 36-month), Short-Term (12-month) and Settlement (up to 2-month) forecasts ahead of Network Operator deadlines (e.g. Medium-Term by 30 April and 31 October; Short-Term by 30 November).
• Gather and consolidate facility inputs on Planned Events – maintenance schedules, embedded / onsite generation and outages, third-party generation, new supply arrangements, expansions, energy-efficiency initiatives, closures and low-occupancy periods.
• Notify the supplier of changes to Planned Events within required timeframes, ensuring sufficient headroom is retained for Netcares ongoing energy-efficiency drive.

Energy proposed per facility – verification approval

• Review and approve each Monthly Supply Limit (or equivalent allocation) notice within the contractual window, verifying the energy proposed for each facility before the allocation deadline.
• Check confirmed available consumption, embedded / third-party generation, planned outages and maintenance impacts per premises.
• Flag where the supply limit is below the contracted energy allocation of an agreement and identify any customer shortfall.
• Confirm allocations align with the contracted energy terms of the relevant agreement.

Allocation, reallocation makeup provisions

• Track energy allocations per premises against contracted volumes; manage temporary and permanent reallocations and makeup provisions in accordance with the relevant agreement.
• Work to maximise Netcares contracted renewable energy and minimise deemed / unused energy.
• Manage relief events, force majeure and change-in-law impacts per the applicable agreement provisions.

Invoicing, billing financial reconciliation

• Review and validate supplier invoices (wheeling) for accuracy against contracted tariffs, allocations, TOU bands and approved quantities before approving for payment.
• Track monthly wheeling credits – quantities, Time-of-Use allocations and tariffs – against supplier invoices.
• Reconcile supplier-invoiced quantities with the rebate quantities on Netcares utility (Eskom / municipal) accounts; promptly investigate and resolve discrepancies.
• Ensure utility invoices are made available to the supplier and support Group Finance on payment and reconciliation.

Metering data management

• Support the roll-out, integrity and access of metering and monitoring systems across the Group.
• Ensure suppliers have appropriate access to premises metering data (via API or agreed means) for forecasting and allocation.
• Monitor metering accuracy within agreed tolerances, coordinate remediation of out-of-tolerance sites, and manage third-party wheeling data.

Contract compliance management

• Maintain expert working knowledge of Netcares energy and renewable-supply agreements and ensure operational obligations and deadlines are met.
• Support periodic review and amendment of operating protocols as needs evolve and keep abreast of relevant legislation and regulation (e.g. NERSA).
• Maintain audit trails and supporting documentation for internal, partner and regulatory review.

Continuous improvement innovation

• Develop and improve the tools, model