Ahmed Alkhalifah

Promoted to Project Engineer I with responsibility for delivering power systems protection projects across the full project lifecycle, ensuring compliance with customer standards and IEC / IEEE requirements.

Experienced in scope of work evaluation and contract review, providing technical alignment and risk awareness throughout project execution. Contributed to technical proposal preparation and the engineering selection of protection system solutions, including protection philosophies, relay selection, and system architecture.

Strong technical background in protection engineering, with experience in:
• Busbar protection (low-impedance and high-impedance)
• Transformer, motor, and feeder protection
• Automatic Transfer Schemes (ATS)
• Breaker failure protection

Hands-on involvement in FAT, site testing, commissioning, and energization, including disturbance analysis using digital fault recorders. Played a key role in project planning, coordination, and site management, ensuring safe, timely, and high-quality project delivery.

Delivered protection projects for major customers including GCCIA, Saudi Aramco, SABIC, Saudi Chevron, EWA, ALBA, YASREF, SASREF, KJO, and NEOM, with proven experience across the Saudi Arabian and Bahraini power markets.

Associate Project Engineer with experience delivering protection and control projects across utility, petrochemical, and oil & gas sectors. Actively involved in all project phases, from Kick-Off Meeting (KOM) through engineering, execution, testing, and project closing, ensuring compliance with technical, safety, and schedule requirements.

Key responsibilities and experience include:
• End-to-end project involvement from KOM to final handover, including planning, execution, and close-out activities.
• Protection design engineering, including review and preparation of protection philosophies, single line diagrams, schematics, and relay settings in line with client standards.
• Site management experience, coordinating site activities, subcontractors, and vendors while enforcing HSE and quality requirements.
• Supervision and execution of site installation, testing, and commissioning for protection and control systems.
• Strong hands-on experience in retrofit and brownfield projects, including relay replacement, panel modification, wiring integration, and minimizing operational downtime.
• Interface management with utility operators, EPCs, and end users in petrochemical and oil & gas facilities.
• Support FAT, SAT, and site troubleshooting, resolving technical and execution challenges to achieve successful project delivery.
• Close coordination with engineering, automation, and commissioning teams to ensure smooth system integration and client satisfaction.

Automation Engineer with hands-on experience in power system automation solutions based on SEL (Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories) technologies. Involved in the full project lifecycle, from design and testing to site commissioning, ensuring reliable and secure substation and plant automation systems.

Key responsibilities and achievements include:
• Execution of Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) for protection, control, and automation systems in accordance with project specifications and international standards.
• Testing and commissioning of automation panels, and communication networks at site.
• Configuration, testing, and analysis of Digital Fault Recorders (DFR) for event, disturbance, and fault analysis.
• Integration of Substation Automation Systems (SAS) including protection relays, HMI, gateways, and SCADA/DCS interfaces.
• Experience working with DCS systems, signal interfacing, and communication protocols for seamless control and monitoring.
• Troubleshooting communication, protection logic, and system integration issues to ensure system reliability and availability.
• Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, vendors, and clients to deliver projects safely, on time, and within scope.

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