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Job Purpose:
Evaluate power system customer service requests and provide technical recommendation. Conduct techno-commercial evaluation as per request to Marafiq stakeholders. Develop the scouting and feasibility studies and monitor the project life cycle as per Marafiq PES procedure. Validate the project opportunity and recommend the optimal strategic options to ensure meeting CAPEX requirements and objectives.
Key Duties & Responsibility:
Evaluation of Power System Customer Service Requests:
- Conduct studies and review proposals relating to upgradation of power system facilities’ and building new installations with respect to cost feasibility, system reliability etc. and submit to Superintendent for approval and further handling.
- Coordinate with external consultants engaged for system studies and analysis.
- For Developed Areas: Coordinate with Demand Forecast Department and contribute information / data based on new and anticipated customers to develop an annual plan for inclusion in the Master Plan (5 & 15 years) and update it regularly.
- For Undeveloped Areas: Coordinate with Royal Commission and review the plans for new proposed area.
- Develop and maintain a database of existing power system facilities, capacities and optimal utilization benchmarks.
- Ensure an up-to-date database of existing power system facilities, capacities and optimal utilization benchmarks.
- Ensure system loading are analyzed develop an optimal loading plan to increase the utilization factor of Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution (GTD) facilities.
- Study and analyze power system loading to determine peak and low values versus the utilization factor and recommend how to relieve peak loads and optimally load low loaded equipment.
- Prepare Project premises for blanket contracts and coordinate the release of the delivery order.
- Coordinate with Customer Experience department to process the utility request for Power Service. Conduct feasibility studies, identify connection point, develop conceptual design for connecting to Marafiq system and process the UAR for approval, as per SERA regulations.
- Coordinate with the RC, Yanbu for the development of electrical infrastructure for the new development areas.
- For Residential Lots, Coordinate with developer for preparation of conceptual design of the utility infrastructure within boundaries of the proposed lot.
- Recommend improvements to departmental procedure and direct the implementation of instructions and controls covering a specific area of Planning for power system so that all relevant procedural/legislative requirements are fulfilled while delivering a quality, cost-effective service to customers.
- Ensure compliance to all relevant safety, quality and environmental management procedures and controls within a defined area of power system to guarantee employee safety, legislative compliance, delivery of high-quality products/service and a responsible environmental attitude.
Capex Evaluation:
- Complete project documentations and deliverables as per PES procedures and prepare gate deliverables (Gate-1 and Gate-2) in collaboration with assigned team.
- Develop scouting and feasibility studies as part of the overall project Gating system.
- Study all project strategic options and validate the recommended technology selection for new infrastructure projects and other CAPEX from BUs.
- Review the techno-commercial evaluation of the selected strategic options based on benchmarks cost for each of the technology option.
- Ensure that the project opportunity is clearly defined and specify the key priorities based on information available.
- Identify any lesson learned, strengths and weaknesses from the current stage work and deliverables involving all relevant stakeholders.
- Lead the committee/team nominated from all concerned departments to review and prepare the CAPEX deliverables and validate project segmentation decisions during scouting and feasibility.
- Review the preliminary design and SOW for projects from project planning perspectives.
- Estimate the budgetary cost in cooperation with the Project Engineering to ensure accurate estimation (up to +/- 40%) prior to seeking the finance department mandatory approval.
- Conduct a techno-commercial evaluation of Capex proposals and submit to Management for direction.
Minimum Education Requirements:
- University bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
Minimum Experience Requirements:
- 5-7 years’ Engineering or facilities management experience in heavy industrial or utilities plant.
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