Advisor Power & Renewables

Reporting to

Head of Project Governance & Assurance

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Provide subject matter expertise and technical assurance for Power and Renewable Energy projects within the Project Governance and Assurance function, reporting directly to the Head of Project Governance and Assurance. Acting as the single point of accountability for ensuring the successful development and delivery of power generation, electrical infrastructure, and renewable energy projects from concept to completion. The role is responsible for defining organizational and competency frameworks, including job profiles, accountability structures, resource planning, and evaluation of alternative organization options.

It also ensures full compliance with OQ’s Engineering Technical Standards, Project Engineering Management System, Minimum Functional Specifications (MFS), and other base standards to optimize project delivery and maintain technical integrity. The SME will provide strategic technical oversight and assurance throughout all project phases, ensuring that engineering design and execution align with OQ’s safety, reliability, sustainability, and decarbonization objectives.

The position will act in accordance with the Group’s Mission, Vision, Values & Strategies, as well as, policies, guidelines, and international standards, supported by an IT Technology platform, HSE standards, Omani’s government & other legal justifications, and best international practices in consonance with national objectives.

• Serve as a subject matter expert in project management for power and renewable energy projects, providing guidance and support to project teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Utilize industry best practices, methodologies, and tools to ensure effective project planning, execution, and control.
• Perform Stage Gate and assurance reviews covering generation adequacy, grid interconnection, load forecasting, redundancy, and reliability of electrical infrastructure for both fossil fuel and renewable energy systems
  • Review and advise on electrical network optimization and hybrid system configurations integrating conventional and renewable generation sources, ensuring compliance with grid codes and interconnection requirements.
  • Generation and load demand for fossil fuel and Alternate Energy power generations
  • Redundancy, reliability and availability of electrical infrastructure
  • LCOE calculations
  • Heat Maps of Solar, Wind Resource availability for Power Generation of Green Hydrogen and Ammonia plants
  • Proven experience in reviewing brownfield and greenfield projects and providing practical, cost-effective solutions that enhance the reliability and availability of electrical power networks, with demonstrated cost-saving efforts resulting in savings of at least USD 5 million over the past two years

• Offer technical expertise and oversight during the planning, design, construction and startup phases of power and renewable energy projects.
• Provide guidance for power system studies for large power systems up to 220kV including islanding schemes, short circuit, load flow, transient stability, power quality & harmonics and grid stability.
• Initiate RCA for failure of electrical equipment, review and improve procedures practices to avoid recurrence and provide coaching and guidance to respective engineers and technicians.
• Development and maintenance of work categories and an approved list of vendors and contractors for the provision of Electrical Power and Alternate Energy Engineering materials and services
• Collaborate with engineering, procurement, and construction teams to ensure adherence to technical specifications, safety standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Provide guidance and expertise on troubleshoot complex Electrical Power and Alternate Energy Engineering issue including spreading lateral learning across OQ Business Lines and exchange of best practices.
• Proven experience in working independently, without reliance on consultants or contractors, to conduct detailed technical reviews of project documentation, identify areas for improvement in…