Emergency Restoration & Planning Engineer/Lead

About Ewec

Job Specific Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain restoration and emergency planning models in line with approved methodologies and perform the blackout restoration simulations.
• Perform steady-state, dynamic, and transient stability studies using PSS®E, DIgSILENT, and PSCAD for emergency and restoration scenarios.
• Conduct daily, month a head and seasonal network operational risks assessments, analyzing system topologies, performance and identifying zonal or system wider risks.
• Support seasonal Emergency and Network Restoration Planning (EMRP) assessments.
• Coordinate with other internal teams (operations, studies, fuel, control rooms) to ensure the inputs for the Network Emergency and restoration Planning.
• Investigate incidents and perform root cause analysis to identify the underlying reasons for critical outages or system wide disturbances, develop lessons learned and recommend corrective and preventive actions.
• Perform system studies to investigate potential power system vulnerabilities leading to capture key lessons learned to strengthen system resilience and prevent recurrence.
• Revise or design under guidance the system restoration paths, ensuring minimum restoration time and maximum stability.
• Conduct the analysis supporting the development of emergency response plans and network restoration plans for the power system.
• Review and update the emergency operation procedures, ensuring compliance with grid code and international grid standards
• Review and update the black start testing procedures, ensuring compliance with grid code and international grid standards.
• Review and update the restoration maneuvers sheets.
• Review and update the top priority load list with all stakeholders.
• Support the development and execution of training programs and emergency drills for operational staff.
• Analyze system data from SCADA, PMU, and real-time monitoring systems to support decision-making during emergency events.
• Reviewing new project studies, Scope of Work, technical specifications ensuring the emergency and blackout restoration requirement are fulfilled.
• Perform studies to evaluate system restoration support through interconnections with regional and interconnected power networks.
• Prepare under guidance the technical reports, seasonal outlooks, monthly network constraints, and readiness for emergencies and blackouts for management and stakeholders.
• Develop under guidance the scope of work, prepare models, perform the studies and review the report and outcomes for the resilience studies.
• Provide technical support and input required for the finalization of the restoration service agreement through interconnected networks.
• Maintain accurate records of assumptions, results, and study limitations.

Minimum Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Power Systems, or a related field; a master’s degree is an advantage.
• Minimum 5-7 years of experience in power system operations, emergency management, or network restoration planning.
• Experience in system restoration, contingency planning, and blackout management is highly desirable.
• Execute power system studies, analyses and draft procedures, experience of working with network analysis tools (PSSE and PsCAD/EMTDC applications).
• Does not approve restoration strategies, methodologies, or sector-wide positions.