General Manager – Power & Utilities

About the role

The General Manager – Power & Utilities will lead all power generation, electrical distribution, and utility functions at our manufacturing plant in Sheikhupura. This senior leadership position ensures safe, reliable, and efficient plant operations while driving energy optimisation and cost‑control initiatives.

Key responsibilities

• Lead operation, maintenance and continuous improvement of power generation systems, substations, compressors, water systems and critical utilities.
• Conduct root‑cause analysis of breakdowns to improve overall equipment effectiveness.
• Develop and execute preventive, predictive and reliability‑centered maintenance programmes.
• Manage plant shutdowns, commissioning, capacity expansions and modernisation projects.
• Oversee energy optimisation, loss reduction, power quality analysis and harmonic mitigation.
• Prepare technical reports, performance dashboards and detailed maintenance, CAPEX and operating budgets.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (required).
• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering (required).
• Registered Professional Engineer (PEC) in Pakistan.
• Minimum 25 years experience in industrial power generation and electrical maintenance.
• Experience in sectors such as textile, plastics, chemical, cement, paper or steel.

Required skills

• Power generation systems including BESS, solar, gas engines, diesel generators, gas turbines and cogeneration plants.
• Substations, transformers, switchgear and electrical protection/relay coordination.
• Industrial automation (VFDs) and power quality/harmonic mitigation.
• Preventive, predictive and condition‑based maintenance methodologies.
• Energy management, utility optimisation and project execution/commissioning.
• Advanced reporting using Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.
• Budgeting, CAPEX proposal preparation and cost‑benefit analysis (ROI, payback).