Senior Operations Planning Engineer | Siemens Spectrum Power EMS - Kuwait - 12 months

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

• 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.
  
  

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