District Cooling Engineer

Title: District Cooling Engineer

Section: District Cooling Regulation

Department: Technical Regulation

Sector: E&W Regulatory Affairs

Entity: Department of Energy

Role Purpose:

• The District Cooling Engineer is in charge of assisting in the further development, maintenance, and updating of regulations, codes of operations, and standards for district cooling activities in the energy sector.

• Furthermore, the District Cooling Engineer is responsible for thoroughly understanding all technical design and operational aspects related to the operation of DC plants to support the regulatory framework, as well as conducting technical assessments and site visits to ensure compliance with the regulatory framework.

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor the performance and development of the district cooling transmission and distribution codes.

• Represent the DoE at appropriate forums, as and when required.

• Provide technical advice and recommendation on a wide range of district cooling related matters.

• Review all district cooling aspects of the sector planning statement of production, transmission, and distribution companies.

• Monitor key performance indicators and management reporting structure for district cooling production, transmission, and distribution.

• Conduct audits and site assessments to ensure compliance with relevant regulations and technical standards

• Participate in discussions with the Department of Health, Safety, and Environment at the Department of Energy about health, safety, and environmental issues relating to the license.

• Assist with the review of the annual performance report for district cooling production companies, including recommendations for optimizing the network performance of the company.

• Assist in the review of all relevant documents, which may include technical reports, regulations, codes, performance metrics, and investigation reports.

• Conduct research to support technical advice and recommendation on district cooling related matters as and when required.

Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant discipline e.g. Engineering, etc.

Core Capabilities:

• Ability to monitor regulatory frameworks and their implementation

• Ability to support development of technical regulations, standards and codes focused on district cooling

• Ability to conduct research and support projects to support technical advice and regulatory recommendations on district cooling topics

• Ability to monitor and keep up to date with the direction, developments and changes in the district cooling sector, and their consequential impact on regulatory activities

• Capacity to provide necessary support for the development of critical performance standards and the formulation of controls that ensure the measurement and compliance with rules, regulations, standard standards, and codes.

• Ability to support evaluate complex information to verify accuracy and understand implications

• Ability to scan the external environment to understand the impact of changes and developments on DoE and the sector

• Ability to respond accurately and in a timely manner to requests for information from relevant stakeholders

• Ability to ensure that applicable policies and procedures are complied with

• Ability to demonstrate good judgement in an efficient manner

Experience & Exposure

• Minimum of 3 - 5 years of operational and design experience in district cooling plants/sector

• Good understanding of the district cooling sector

• Good understanding of the Abu Dhabi energy sector and the strategic direction of the department and requirements of key stakeholders.

• Analytical, problem solving and critical reasoning skills

• Effective oral and written communication

• Attention to detail and accuracy skill