Purpose:

The position demands strong technical insight into Saudi Arabian Grid Code (SAGC), grid integration feasibility, inverter and BESS behavior under grid conditions, and testing protocols. Managing a large number of internal and external parties (SEC, IPP, contractors, subcontractors, government authorities) with potentially differing objectives and communication protocols

You will act as the coordinator between SEC, BSP Contractor, IPP Developer, external consultants, and grid stakeholders to ensure the project meet both regulatory and performance expectations.

Key Responsibilities:

Integration with SEC BSP and Commissioning Support

• Coordinate with SEC and SEC appointed BSP Contractor for design integration between Solar Substation and BSP
• Design, review and coordinate with SEC for approval of Interface documents
• Coordinate with SEC for obtaining input data from SEC (Interface room data, signals, remote station data etc)
• Coordinate with KPIL design team and submit engineering data to SEC for interface design
• Seamlessly integrating new IPP generation capacity and associated transmission lines into the existing, large-scale SEC grid infrastructure without disruption
• Support the commissioning team with system tuning, parameter setting, and data collection
• Monitor progress of PR/ Grid compliance testing and ensure alignment between factory configurations and site implementation.
• Track grid compliance-related actions during commissioning, such as grid compliance punch list items, and coordinate with site and OEM teams for closure.

Grid Compliance & System Integration

• Coordinate external consultants responsible for Grid Compliance and Grid impact deliverables, ensuring alignment with Project equipment configurations.
• Act as the primary technical liaison on behalf of KPIL, with IPP, NG-SA, Consultants and Owners Engineers during grid compliance stages.
• Participate in technical discussions, workshops with OEM, IPP, External Grid consultants and NG-SA
• Review and validate inverter, PPC, EMS, and SCADA/SAS configurations to ensure compliance with Saudi Arabian grid codes and regulatory expectations.
• Support the coordination and resolution of grid integration issues by collaborating across EPC,OEMs, External Grid consultants and ensuring relevant actions (e.g. firmware upgrades, design clarifications, equipment availability) are tracked and closed by respective OEM.

Documentation & Milestone Tracking

• Maintain documentation on connection requirements, protection settings, testing results, and submission records.
• Track and manage grid connection milestones and regulatory timelines to ensure project readiness and compliance.
• Proactively follow up on interface documents (e.g. SAS Point list, protection SLDs, auxiliary load specs), and ensure alignment between design outputs and site installation.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering
• Advanced training or certification in grid compliance, power system modeling, or protection systems is highly desirable.

Experience:

• Minimum 10 years of experience in SEC Interface design, grid connection engineering (out of which minimum 3 years in utility-scale renewable energy projects)
• Familiarity with SAGC, TRGC or AEMO compliance framework.
• Demonstrated ability to track technical actions across teams, follow up on deliverables, and manage issue closure through the project execution cycle.