Operational Planning Specialist Engineer

Job Title:
Operational Planning Specialist Engineer

Duration: 12 months

Location:
Kuwait

The Operational Planning Specialist Engineer will be responsible for developing short- and medium-term operational plans to ensure continuity of electricity supply, power system security, and economical generation dispatch. The role involves coordinating generation availability, transmission outages, load forecasting, and GCC interconnection requirements to maintain reliable and efficient power system operations.

• Develop secure and economical operating plans, including the allocation of generation across power plants and generating units.
• Forecast short- and medium-term electricity demand and assess generation capacity requirements to meet projected loads.
• Evaluate scheduled outages of transmission assets and generating units, identifying potential system impacts and recommending mitigation measures.
• Coordinate generation energy-availability requirements to support annual maintenance planning.
• Analyze critical network loading conditions and recommend short- and medium-term operational solutions.
• Review and update planned and automatic load-shedding schedules in accordance with network developments and GCC interconnection requirements.
• Assess substation busbar sectioning strategies and future substation expansion or connectivity plans from an operational security perspective.
• Conduct operational studies related to the GCC Interconnection Grid.
• Analyze interconnection faults, assess their impact on system operations, and prepare the required technical reports.
• Coordinate with engineering, operations, and management stakeholders to communicate operational risks and recommend corrective actions.

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or an equivalent relevant discipline.
• Substantial experience in transmission system operational planning within a power utility or system operator environment.
• Strong knowledge of electrical power system operations, generation dispatch, and system security.
• Proven experience in load forecasting, generation availability assessment, and outage planning.
• Experience in contingency analysis, network loading assessments, and operational studies.
• Understanding of transmission network planning, substation configurations, and load-shedding schemes.
• Knowledge of GCC Interconnection Grid operations and related requirements is highly relevant.
• Experience in the Middle East is preferred.