Grid Compliance Manager

About the Role

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Grid Code Compliance Leadership

• Develop and manage the comprehensive Grid Code Compliance Strategy along with the associated roadmap.
• Guarantee adherence to the Saudi Arabian Grid Code, TRCG standards, utility connection agreements, and pertinent transmission regulations.
• Set compliance milestones and oversee progress to ensure timely execution.
• Deliver transparent updates regarding compliance status, risks, required decisions, and approvals.

Utility and Regulatory Engagement

• Serve as the main technical liaison with Saudi Electricity Company (SEC), transmission operators, regulators, and independent evaluators.
• Lead technical workshops, compliance assessments, approval sessions, and address feedback effectively.
• Coordinate resolution of regulator comments, technical inquiries, and document submission cycles.
• Oversee approval processes for technical reports, study documents, and related materials.

Grid Compliance Studies Management

• Direct dynamic studies such as DMAT, dynamic impact assessment, model benchmarking, voltage and frequency stability analyses.
• Coordinate static studies including load flow, short circuit, reactive power, transformer energization, and transmission line auto-reclosing evaluations.
• Manage power quality initiatives encompassing harmonic analysis, filter design validation, and overall power quality assessment.
• Supervise grid interaction studies covering control interaction, small signal stability, subsynchronous control interactions, and inter-area oscillation assessments.

Coordination with OEMs and Contractors

• Lead technical collaboration among solar, wind, BESS, electrolyser, STATCOM, EPC, consultants, and protection vendors.
• Acquire and maintain validated models such as PSS/E, PSCAD, DIgSILENT, and RTDS as needed.
• Monitor issue resolution by OEMs ensuring model updates meet compliance criteria.
• Drive resolution of technical challenges that could impact study completion, regulatory approval, energization, or full operational load.

RTDS and Model Validation

• Lead activities related to Real-Time Digital Simulator compliance and model benchmarking.
• Facilitate hardware-in-the-loop and controller testing when required.
• Ensure alignment across PSCAD, PSS/E, RTDS models, and installed site systems.
• Provide support during Site Acceptance Testing and commissioning phases requiring validated models.

Controls and Protection Compliance

• Confirm compliance for active power, voltage controls, fast generation and load shedding, protection strategies, and plant controller functions.
• Coordinate validation for grid-forming and grid-following controls via studies, tests, and field verification.
• Verify that control and protection logic uphold stable grid operation and meet utility agreements.

Risk Management

• Detect and address risks related to grid connection approvals, delays in study completions, harmonic disturbances, model readiness, OEM performance, protection coordination, and regulatory adherence.
• Formulate mitigation strategies and escalate unresolved risks with impact analysis.
• Maintain a Risk Register specifically for Grid Compliance and an action tracking system.

Commissioning and Start-Up Facilitation

• Assist energization and commissioning strategies from the perspective of grid compliance.
• Review switching protocols, operating procedures, and grid code demonstration prerequisites.
• Support initial energization, synchronization, performance evaluations, and operational demonstrations.
• Engage in readiness reviews for start-up and oversee operational handover tasks.

About Air Products

Established in 1940, Air Products is a leading industrial gases company recognized for innovation, operational excellence, and a deep commitment to safety and environmental responsibility. Together, we strive to advance solutions for a cleaner future benefiting our customers, communities, and the world.