Operational Planning Specialist Engineer

About the role

The Operational Planning Specialist Engineer will develop short- and medium‑term operational plans to ensure continuous electricity supply, power system security, and economical generation dispatch in Kuwait.

Key responsibilities

• Develop secure and economical operating plans, allocating generation across power plants and units.
• Forecast short‑ and medium‑term electricity demand and assess generation capacity requirements.
• Evaluate scheduled outages of transmission assets and generating units, recommending mitigation measures.
• Coordinate generation energy‑availability requirements to support annual maintenance planning.
• Analyze critical network loading conditions and propose operational solutions.
• Review and update load‑shedding schedules in line with network developments and GCC interconnection requirements.
• Assess substation busbar sectioning strategies and future expansion from an operational security perspective.
• Conduct operational studies related to the GCC Interconnection Grid and analyze interconnection faults.

Required profile

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• 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 is highly relevant; experience in the Middle East is preferred.

Required skills

• Electrical power system operations
• Generation dispatch planning
• Load forecasting
• Outage planning and mitigation
• Contingency analysis
• Network loading assessment
• Operational studies for interconnection grids
• Substation busbar sectioning strategies