# Reynaldo Grant

> Owner’s-side advice on commissioning, COD, O&M readiness and contract performance for power plants. 25 years across Costa Rica, Panama, Uganda and Laos.

Owner’s-side advisor for power generation: commissioning, O&M readiness, contract performance, risk and reporting. English and Spanish. Based in San José, Costa Rica.
Contact: reynaldo@reynaldogrant.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reynaldo-grant-cr/
Site: https://reynaldogrant.com/ (English), https://reynaldogrant.com/es/ (Spanish)

## Profile

I’m Reynaldo Grant, a Costa Rican engineer. I have spent 25 years inside power plants and industry — commissioning them, running them and reporting on them to the people who own them. My work has covered plant leadership, PPA implementation and technical amendments, electricity billing, enterprise risk and reporting to international shareholders, on three continents. I now bring that experience to owners as an advisor in my own practice. Every engagement ends in a written position, in English or Spanish.

## Practice

- **Commissioning & COD** (Is the plant ready to be accepted — and are we?) Commissioning and test strategy, punch-list control; Witnessing capacity, efficiency and reliability tests; Acceptance criteria, handover and exposure to liquidated damages. Record: Xayaburi · Torito · Bujagali.
- **O&M readiness** (Will the team on day one be able to run it?) Organization design, staffing and rotation; Recruitment, training and critical procedures; Maintenance strategy, spares and mobilization plan. Record: Xayaburi · Nam Theun 2.
- **Contract performance** (Is the plant earning everything the contract allows?) Availability and efficiency regimes, deductions and invoicing; Outage planning against contractual windows; Coordination with the utility — including ICE in Costa Rica. Record: La Joya · Torito · PPA implementation and technical amendments.
- **Safety, control & reporting** (Would your board see the problem before it costs money?) Hydro and dam safety, emergency action planning; Internal control; Reporting to lenders and international shareholders. Record: Nam Theun 2 · Hydro Safety Department, Emergency Action Plan.
- **Risk management & insurance audits** (What would an underwriter find — and what would it cost you?) Enterprise risk management aligned to ISO 31000: risk registers, controls and reporting; Owner-side insurance audits ahead of renewal: property damage, machinery breakdown, business interruption; Preparation for and follow-up of insurer risk surveys and loss-prevention recommendations. Record: Nam Theun 2 · enterprise risk, internal control and shareholder reporting.
- **ISO management-system audits** (Will the certification audit hold — and does the system actually run the plant?) Gap analyses and internal audits: ISO 9001, 14001, 45001, 55001; Integrated management systems for O&M organizations; Certification readiness and corrective-action follow-up. Record: Implementation of integrated management systems: ISO 9001 · 14001 · 45001 · 55001, with risk management aligned to ISO 31000.

## Engagement formats

- **Diagnostic** (2–4 weeks; Fixed fee): Written position, prioritized action list and a working session with your team. Best when: a milestone is close and you need an outside read.
- **Advisory retainer** (Monthly; Retainer · capped days): Document reviews, positions for the utility or contractor, presence at the moments that matter. Best when: the project runs through construction, commissioning or its first operating years.
- **Defined assignment** (Length of the phase; Milestone-based): Owner’s representation for one phase: test witnessing, handover, O&M mobilization or a contract amendment. Best when: the work has a clear start, end and deliverable.

## Leadership roles in power generation (installed capacity belongs to each project, not to the person)

- Nam Theun 2, 2022 – 2025 · Laos · Nakai Plateau, 1,080 MW. Deputy Plant Director (Feb 2022 – Jan 2025); Continuous Improvement Director (Jan – Nov 2025). Joint responsibility for operations, maintenance, warehouse, quality, safety and environment. Then enterprise risk, internal control and reporting to international shareholders as an Executive Team member. Established the Hydro Safety Department. Authored the Emergency Action Plan. Led enterprise risk, internal control and shareholder reporting.
- Xayaburi, 2018 – 2022 · Laos · Mekong River, 1,285 MW. Operations Chief Engineer (Aug 2018 – Jan 2022). Joined before commissioning and stayed through commercial operation of the first run-of-river hydropower plant on the lower Mekong mainstream. Steering Committee member through commissioning and commercial start-up. Built the Operations department: recruitment, training, critical procedures. Commercial operation reached in October 2019.
- Global Power Generation, 2011 – 2017 · Costa Rica · Uganda · Panama, 377.8 MW. Operations and Maintenance Manager (Feb 2011 – Dec 2017). Eight hydropower plants in three countries, each with its own client, contract and team. La Joya: met the 100% dry-season availability requirement every year — tied to 30% of annual invoicing. Torito: commissioned on time and on budget, in coordination with ICE. Bujagali (255 MW, Uganda): weekly client coordination, commissioning punch list closed, operations framework built. Panama: O&M across five hydropower plants.

## Earlier career (2000–2011)

- QHSE and Technical Control Manager, O&M Energy Costa Rica (2009 – 2011)
- Maintenance Manager, Toyota Costa Rica (2006 – 2008)
- Production Manager, Weststar Precision (2004 – 2006)
- Maintenance Supervisor, Grupo Nación (2000 – 2004)

Previous roles are not current client engagements. No affiliation with the companies named is implied.

## Independence

Before accepting work I disclose current engagements, and I do not advise both sides of the same contract.