NEOM Green Hydrogen Company Limited (NGHC)
NEOM Green Hydrogen Company (NGHC) is on a mission to make a carbon-free, climate-safe future a reality. We are building the world’s largest plant to produce green ammonia at scale, providing humankind with a cost-efficient solution that will accelerate the worldwide green hydrogen economy. Located in NEOM and supporting Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, NGHC will be integrating up to 4GW of onshore solar and wind energy to supply up to 650 tons of green ammonia per day for transportation globally. Operations will go onstream in 2026. NGHC brings together the technology, operational efficiency and know-how of ACWA Power, Air Products and NEOM in a joint-venture partnership with over 80 years of combined experience in the fields of hydrogen, energy, renewables and global networks.
JOB DETAILS
Division: Power Elements (PWE) BESS
Group: O&M PWE – BESS
Liaise/Cooperate With: NGHC PWEs O&M Team, OEMs, Contractors, APEPC Team, EPMS Team-NGHC EHS Team, GHE O&M & EHS Team.
POSITION SUMMARY
BESS Control Room Operator shall be responsible for managing the operations of the 450MW Battery Energy Storge System (BESS) in NEOM region. The main objective is to ensure & perform the smooth, reliable & efficient operation of the BESS Plant by ensuring the safety of plant personnel and plant assets.
NATURE & SCOPE
The main functions of this position are:
- Optimized Operation practices of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) along with associated systems & sub systems in compliance with OEM recommendations, approved SOP, and schematics.
- Actively participate in plant O&M activities, Commissioning activities & safety compliance workshops.
- Enthusiastic to propose the Continuous improvement suggestion to keep elevating the best plant O&M practices.
- Ensure the implementation of the developed O&M system strategies and practices to encourage continuous workflow improvements and increase the asset productivity, efficiency & lifecycle.
- Proactively develop system and practices to encourage continuous workflow improvements and increase the asset productivity and efficiency.
- Establish diligent Coordination among power elements (Wind/Solar/OHTL) & Hydrogen production plant in NEOM region.
- Plant Performance reporting & Its analysis. Deriving the key improvement area along with O&M team to optimize the Plant performance as per plant O&M KPIs benchmarking.
- Timely Escalation of system information to relevant team or department as per communication matrix.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSBILITIES
Quality Operation Practices:
- Responsible for Monitor & operate the plant operation of BESS, including start-up, shutdown, and energy dispatch as per Standard Operating Procedures, Energization/ De energization switching sequences.
- Responsible to raise the notification for BESS fault alarm & warning, diagnosing the cause to Maintenance team ensure that the team is continuously adhering to optimum response time towards a corrective action.
- Monitor, maintained & restore the BESS i.e., Inverters within the minimum time frame by performing necessary, appropriate & correct troubleshooting methods in line with OEM recommendations.
- Ensuring the system fault/incident log are maintained properly with a proper corrective action perform by maintenance team on daily basis either the in the CMMS system or manual.
- Monitor and manage the environmental conditions of the BESS facility, such as temperature and humidity, to ensure optimal operating conditions for the batteries.
- Coordinate the PWE team dispatch of stored energy from the BESS to the grid or load, ensuring compliance with operational schedules and maximizing efficiency.
- Familiar to effective usage of the Plant CMMS system to build the historical data base for real analytics.
- Responsible to propose continuous improvement programme, which is contributing to wards safe, reliable, productive & cost-effective O&M practices.
- Support the commissioning activities to be performed in compliance with approved procedures, method statements & risk assessment.
- Responsible to maintenance and updates of SCADA, including software and hardware upgrades, to ensure optimal performance and reliability of the control system.
- Ensure that the Maintenance are performed with proper simulation checks & verification after every maintenance to ensure the equipment operational healthiness before Energization.
- Proactively Identify the Operational risks & share with them with management to have appropriate mitigation plans in place.
- Coordinate & provide the necessary data & documents to Engineering team.
- Participate in continuous improvement initiatives, contributing to the enhancement of SCADA systems and overall, BESS operations.
- Ensure that every site activity is executed with approved procedures (SOPs), WMSRA, Risk Assessment (RA), check list (if needed) or any other supporting document if recommended.
- Ensure during shift handover all the information; data & records has been Passover to next shift with complete details & accuracy. No communication gap should evolve during shift handover.
- Proactively involve in finding the gaps in plants performance in coordination with another PWEs & Engineering department.
- re-verification of LOTO in critical maintenance works; before any PTW is approved by operators.
- respond on time for any emergency call outs requirements.
- Responsible for all BESS equipment O&M Manual Review with BESS engineer.
- prepare BESS Operation required tools list, LOTO & PPEs List.
- Providing the support to Maintenance team time to time if required for executing any critical maintenance or overhaul.
- Providing the support to Maintenance team to prepare the tracking for RCA and Equipment Warranty defects.
- Managing the BESS OEM operational requirement limits/parameters and set points to maintain the asset lifecycle.
- Collecting & Closing witness of O&M Punch list for BESS equipment.
- Verifying the BESS SCADA signal list validation with EPC/OEM.
Team Management & Training
- Encourage & guide the team to wards best O&M deliverables & how company objective is aligned with each individual employee objective.
- Engagement in all training programme as per company training matrix.
Warranty Management
- Responsible for generating warranty claims related to operation to various suppliers under warranty period.
- Ensure required information; data & documents has been maintained & submitted to supplier if requested.
Reporting Matrix & Documentation
- Prepare Operation, performance & analysis Report as per reporting matrix.
- Ensure that every operation document records must be duly signed (if required) & recorder properly.
Interdepartmental Communication & Coordination
- Extend the required support & proper communication to other departments & PWEs in timely manner to ensure smooth & effective operation of the company.
- Keep close & necessary Interaction with site operation & maintenance team to avoid communication gap & delay in equipment restoration.
HSSE
- Follow the control of work methods as per WMSRA & HSE Plan/ PTW.
- Ensure the O&M team & sub-contractors/ suppliers obtained PTW for each job and monitor them onsite for HSE compliances mitigations.
- Ensure safety talks (TBT) for correct, safe use of tools/equipment and PPEs are rendered as per WMSRA/ SOP’s.
- Engage with site team for identification of new hazards from ongoing tasks or any new task.
- Participate/ Assist to review/ revise the task risk assessment (TRA) time to time.
- Participate actively in emergency response plan as per approved ERP.
- Support in executing the emergency response drills.
- Assist when needed in the HSE incidents/ accident investigation.
- Ensures PTW’s for all activities are issued as per approved WMSRA/ PTW/LOTO system.
- Ensures the isolations/ deisolation and LOTO applications are applied as per SLD/ switching sequence.
- Ensure live work permit procedure is followed for testing on energized equipment or components.
SKILLS / TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AREAS:
Professional in Microsoft Operating System (MS office).
- Electric/Electronic components fundamental knowledge for basic testing & troubleshooting analysis.
- Leadership skill, negotiation skills & interpersonal skills.
- Proactively describe the Plant Performance Issues in short & effective way to management.
- Knowledge of Battery Energy Storage System Operation & Maintenance philosophy.
- Knowledge of different battery chemistry types & their maintenance strategy.
- Knowledge of BESS technology challenge such as response time, battery discharging & charging cycles etc.
- Advanced analytical, technical skills.
- Knowledge of BESS system electrical & electronics components along with their testing equipment’s.
- Deliverables on Time, Leadership & Adaptability: - Be Enthusiastic & energetic to provide required deliverable within the time frame with quality standard.
- Lead & guide his team in line with company objectives & deliverables.
ESSENTIAL YEARS OF EXPIERENCE AND EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED
- A high school diploma or bachelor’s degree in electrical, Instrument or Electromechanical Engineering with minimum 7+ years of experience in Leading the team of Operators within a solar plant capacity greater & equal to 100MW.
DESIRED EDUCATION and/or QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED
- A high school diploma or bachelor’s degree in electrical, Instrument or Electromechanical Engineering with minimum 7 years of experience in Leading the team of Operators within solar plant capacity greater & equal to 100MW.
