Role Purpose

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.

Key Responsibilities

• 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.

Candidate Profile

• 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.
• Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent relevant discipline.

Core Competencies

• Technical analysis and modelling
• Utility engineering judgement
• Clear technical reporting
• Stakeholder coordination
• Quality and safety focus
• Ability to work across multidisciplinary study teams