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Senior Mechanical Engineer with 11+ years’ experience across power generation, water assets, and large‑scale industrial infrastructure in safety‑critical environments.
Approved as a Member of Engineering New Zealand (MEngNZ) and curently on the pathway toward Chartered Membership and CPEng registration.
I specialise in asset operations, maintenance, performance, plant optimisation, and regulatory and contractual compliance, with a strong track record of improving reliability, efficiency, and O&M discipline across multi‑site portfolios.
Currently lead portfolio‑level technical and commercial performance for a ~1.8 GW cogeneration fleet and ~19,470 m³/day desalination capacity.
My background includes shift leadership at site level, with accountability for safe operations, maintenance coordination, and QHSE governance across multiple power generation plants ranging from 0.25 to 0.9 GW.
I bring hands‑on experience spanning gas turbines, HRSGs, steam turbines, RO/desalination systems, and grid‑connected HV operations, combined with a safety‑first mindset and strong O&M discipline.
I have a practical understanding of how engineering and O&M decisions translate into long‑term asset value.
Alongside my core power and utilities experience, I am developing capability in renewable energy, grid integration, and energy storage systems, and I am motivated to contribute to organisations focused on reliability, efficiency, decarbonisation, and long‑term infrastructure resilience and asset stewardship.
Ash Sharqiyah Operation & Maintenance Company (Marubeni Consortium)
January 2026 – Present, Saudi Arabia
• Oversees portfolio-level techno-commercial performance and governance across 1.8 GW cogeneration fleet and 19,470 m³/day sea-water desalination capacity supporting mission-critical Saudi Aramco oil and gas facilities.
• Analyses asset performance and leads optimation initiatives, achieving up to 1.5% plant heat-rate improvements and measurable energy savings through strategic maintenance programs and modifications.
• Oversees contractors, consultants, and project timelines for major infrastructure projects, including a rich‑gas to sales‑gas switchover programme, enabling approximately USD 16 million per year in additional value for the asset owner.
• Established a portfolio-wide KPI governance framework and Power BI dashboards to enhance transparency, data‑driven decision‑making, and performance culture.
• Authored standard Power, Steam and Water Performance Test and Net Dependable Capacity Test procedures aligned with ASME PTC to ensure contractual and regulatory compliance.
• Manages Scope-1 and Scope-2 GHG emissions calculations and reporting, maintaining full compliance with zero observations.
• Produces fiscal and contract-year portfolio forecasts, enabling on-time Long-Term Operating Plans and business plans.
• Conducted Root Cause Analysis (RCA) using TapRooT, reducing unplanned outage time and ensuring high asset reliability.
• Led annual thermal and environmental performance submissions to Saudi Arabian regulatoy authorities (SERA, SEEC, NCEC), achieving zero audit observations and sustained compliance.
Ash Sharqiyah Operation & Maintenance Company (Marubeni Consortium)
Dec 2021 – Dec 2025, Saudi Arabia
Ash Sharqiyah Operation & Maintenance Company (Marubeni Consortium)
August 2017 – November 2021, Saudi Arabia
• Supported commissioning, performance and reliability testing, and successful O&M takeover of a three‑asset (880 MW) cogeneration portfolio, enabling a safe transition from construction to steady‑state operations following handover.
• Directed shift O&M and QHSE processes, acting as on‑shift focal point for planned and unplanned outages, with accountability for safe operations, maintenance coordination, and work execution to meet availability, reliability, efficiency, and utilisation targets.
• Held critical safety authorisations under UK National Grid Safety Rules, including permit‑to‑work control, HV/LV switching, and mechanical/electrical isolations, enabling safe outage, maintenance, and recovery activities.
• Applied ISO‑aligned HSE management systems (ISO 45001 & ISO 14001) and SAP‑based permit‑to‑work systems to control outage execution, contractor activities, and high‑risk maintenance work, maintaining zero lost‑time incidents and zero safety violations.
• Directed safe start‑up, shutdown, and load adjustment in line with real‑time dispatch instructions from Saudi Aramco and the National Grid, including controlled shutdowns for maintenance outages and safe recommissioning within technical, contractual, and environmental limits.
• Led operational, maintenance, and QHSE scopes for planned maintenance outages, including readiness checks, isolation management, operations–maintenance–contractor interface coordination, and safe recommissioning, achieving all critical safety, schedule, and quality success factors.
• Reduced forced‑outage frequency through early detection of abnormal conditions, initiation of unplanned outage response, coordination of corrective maintenance, and support to defect resolution and return‑to‑service activities.
• Activated Emergency Response Plans and served as Incident Commander during emergency and abnormal events, including unplanned outages, ensuring safe incident resolution, personnel protection, and asset integrity.
• Supported post‑outage and trip investigations, contributing to root‑cause identification, corrective action tracking, and continuous improvement through procedure updates and lessons learned.
Ash Sharqiyah Operation & Maintenance Company (Marubeni Consortium)
Feb 2016 – Jul 2017, Saudi Arabia
K‐Electric (248 MW CCGT)
July 2015 – Jan 2016, Pakistan
• Promoted from Trainee Engineer into an operations leadership support role, contributing to the commercial operation of a 248 MW combined‑cycle power station within K‑Electric’s generation fleet.
• Supported steady‑state commercial operations and post‑conversion stabilisation following the open‑cycle to combined‑cycle upgrade.
• Coordinated safe plant start‐up, shutdown, and operational routines in accordance with Load Dispatch Center (LDC) real‐time instructions, maintaining safe and reliable generation to support Karachi’s transmission and distribution network.
• Maintained authorised roles under the SAP‑based permit‑to‑work system, including Issuer, mechanical and LV electrical isolations and atmospheric gas testing, enabling safe execution of high‑risk isolation, permitting, and restoration activities during shift operations.
• Liaised with maintenance teams to diagnose faults, coordinate corrective actions, and verify safe restoration, reducing downtime and preventing repeat equipment issues.
• Planned and executed the operations scope of planned maintenance outages, including system isolations, readiness checks, operational risk assessment, and post‐maintenance recommissioning.
K‐Electric (248 MW CCGT)
June 2014 - June 2015, Pakistan
• Supported commissioning, performance and reliability testing, and successful takeover of the 248 MW CCGT expansion project at the Korangi Power Complex, contributing to the conversion of 2 × GE LM6000 gas turbines from open‑cycle to combined‑cycle operation through installation of a dual‑pressure HRSG and a 28 MW steam turbine, adding capacity to the grid while improving overall combined‑cycle efficiency.
NED University of Engineering & Technology
July 2025–Present, Pakistan
• Core Modules: Renewable Energy Systems & Environment, Designing of Wind & Solar Power Plants with Electrical Infrastructure, Integration of Renewable Energy Technologies with Conventional Power System, Energy Storage Systems & Control, Pricing & Emissions Electricity.
National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)
2014–2018, Pakistan • 3.8/4.0
• Thesis: Gas Turbine Inlet Air Cooling Impact on the Power & Steam Output of Hawiyah Co-Generation Power Plant (Saudi Aramco).
NED University of Engineering & Technology
2010–2014, Pakistan • 76.77%
• Final Year Project: Operation and maintenance optimisation study of Pak‐Arab Refinery Ltd. cross‐country pipeline network.
Asset management, Plant commissioning and operations, Plant Maintenance, performance optimisation, performance testing, regulatory compliance, and QHSE management
ISO 45001:2018, ISO 14001:2015, IOSH Managing Safely (UK), Permit‑to‑Work & Isolation Systems, Root Cause Analysis (TapRooT)
Microsoft Power BI, KPI frameworking and Data Analytics
Gas Turbine, HRSG, Steam Turbine, RO & Desalination Systems
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