Senior Operations Planning Engineer

Develop short- and medium-term operating plans that maintain continuity of supply system security and economical dispatch while coordinating generation availability transmission outages and GCC interconnection requirements

• Determine secure and economical operating modes and allocation of generation across power plants and generating units
• Forecast short- and medium-term electrical loads and assess generation availability required to meet demand
• Assess scheduled outages of transmission assets and generating units and identify mitigations for system impacts
• Coordinate generation energy-availability requirements to support annual maintenance planning
• Analyze critical network loading and recommend short- and medium-term operational solutions
• Review and update planned and automatic load-shedding schedules in line with network development and GCC requirements
• Assess substation busbar sectioning strategies and future substation expansion connectivity from an operational-security perspective
• Conduct operational studies relating to the GCC Interconnection Grid including assessment of interconnection faults and required reporting

• Technical analysis and modelling
• Utility engineering judgement
• Clear technical reporting
• Stakeholder coordination
• Quality and safety focus
• Ability to work across multidisciplinary study teams
• Ten years or more in power system operation planning, in a senior post.
• Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent relevant discipline.
• Fluent spoken and written English.
• Hands-on use of Siemens Spectrum SCADA and EMS.
• Strong coverage network analysis, generation control and scheduling.
• Strong knowledge of how a grid is run in normal and in emergency conditions.
• Strong experience of cross-border power trades and their contracts.
• Substantial transmission-system operational-planning experience in a utility or system-operator environment.
• Strong understanding of load forecasting, generation dispatch, outage planning, contingency analysis and system security.
• Ability to communicate operational risks and mitigation measures clearly to engineering and management stakeholders.