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Grid Compliance Manager Jobs in Duba, Saudi Arabia at Air Products (Middle East) FZE
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Grid Code Compliance Leadership
- Own the overall Grid Code Compliance Strategy and maintain the compliance roadmap.
- Ensure compliance with Saudi Arabian Grid Code, TRCG requirements, utility connection agreements, and applicable transmission regulations.
- Establish compliance milestones and monitor execution against schedule.
- Provide clear reporting on compliance status, risks, decisions required, and approval progress.
2.2 Utility and Regulatory Interface
- Act as the primary technical focal point with SEC / Saudi Electricity, transmission operators, regulators, and independent reviewers.
- Lead technical workshops, compliance reviews, approval meetings, and comment close-out sessions.
- Coordinate closure of regulator comments, technical queries, and submission cycles.
- Manage approval of technical reports, study packages, and supporting documentation.
2.3 Grid Compliance Studies
- Lead and coordinate dynamic studies, including DMAT, dynamic impact studies, model benchmarking, voltage stability, and frequency stability.
- Lead and coordinate static studies, including load flow, short circuit, reactive power, transformer energization, and transmission line auto-reclosing studies.
- Manage power quality activities including harmonic studies, filter design validation, and power quality assessments.
- Coordinate grid interaction studies, including control interaction, small signal stability, SSCI, SSTI, and MIIF assessments.
2.4 OEM and Contractor Coordination
- Coordinate technical activities across solar, wind, BESS, electrolyser, STATCOM, EPC, study consultant, and protection vendor teams.
- Obtain and track validated PSS/E, PSCAD, DIgSILENT, and RTDS models as required.
- Monitor OEM issue resolution and ensure model updates align with compliance requirements.
- Drive closure of technical issues impacting study completion, utility approval, energization, or full-load operation.
2.5 RTDS and Model Validation
- Lead Real-Time Digital Simulation compliance activities and model benchmarking.
- Coordinate hardware-in-the-loop and controller testing where required.
- Ensure consistency between PSCAD models, PSS/E models, RTDS models, and site-installed systems.
- Support Site Acceptance Testing and commissioning activities requiring validated models.
2.6 Controls and Protection Compliance
- Ensure compliance of active power control, voltage control, Fast Generation Shedding, Fast Load Shedding, protection schemes, and plant controller functions.
- Coordinate validation of grid-forming and grid-following controls through studies, testing, and field verification.
- Confirm that control and protection logic supports stable grid operation and agreed utility requirements.
2.7 Risk Management
- Identify and manage risks associated with grid connection approvals, study completion delays, harmonics, model readiness, OEM performance, protection coordination, and regulatory compliance.
- Establish mitigation plans and escalate unresolved risks with clear impact statements.
- Maintain a Grid Compliance Risk Register and action tracker.
2.8 Commissioning and Start-up Support
- Support energization and commissioning strategy from a grid compliance perspective.
- Review switching philosophies, operating procedures, and grid-code demonstration requirements.
- Support first energization, first synchronization, performance testing, and operational demonstrations.
- Participate in start-up readiness reviews and operational handover activities
Title: Grid Compliance Manager
Company: Air Products (Middle East) FZE
Location: Duba, Saudi Arabia
