Saad Hafeez
Chartered Mechanical Engineer and Deputy General Manager of Power Generation at OMS, with 15+ years in Pakistan’s power sector — leading performance testing, maintenance and owner-side engineering for large power plants.
Overview
I am a Chartered Mechanical Engineer with a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering (2009) and a Master’s in Engineering (Energy Systems) from NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi. My work sits across the four disciplines that decide whether a power plant succeeds: maintenance, mechanical engineering, performance, and project management.
My rule is simple: high-stakes decisions must be driven by verified evidence. That applies whether the question is how a plant is performing, what is limiting it, or what it will cost to keep it running — and it is the basis on which I advise owners, stakeholders and regulatory bodies.
Where I have worked
I have worked with K-Electric, Omni Group and OMS — across utility generation, multi-plant operations and owner-side consultancy.
What I bring
Maintenance management
Preventive, predictive and condition-based programmes, major overhauls and shutdowns — built around availability and reliability, not just activity.
Performance testing & thermodynamic analysis
Testing to ASME PTC 46 / PTC 22, with heat-rate and efficiency analysis that gives owners and regulators a defensible picture of a plant.
Rotating equipment
Gas turbines, steam turbines, reciprocating engines, HRSGs and balance of plant — the machines at the centre of the plants I have worked on.
CMMS implementation & optimisation
SAP PM and MS Dynamics AX — including a plant-level SAP PM roll-out, from functional locations and equipment hierarchy to work orders and permits.
Asset management & reliability
Asset management to ISO 55001, reliability improvement and process safety under DuPont PSM.
Project management & commercial
Project management and detailed engineering design, bid evaluation, OPEX/CAPEX budgeting, and vendor and contract management.
Tariff, regulation & renewables
Tariff and regulatory work, and renewable energy integration — the commercial and policy side that plant decisions have to survive.
How I lead
I have led plant teams, performance-test teams and multi-plant operations, and managed a power station disposal as site manager. In each case the work came down to the same things: a clear scope, accountability in the team, and decisions taken on measured evidence.
Much of my work is owner-side: giving owners, stakeholders and regulators a precise, unambiguous picture of asset performance, so that strategy is rooted in data — to optimise lifecycle costs and safeguard asset profitability.
The wider picture
I keep my eyes on the broader macro energy picture — tariff structures, regulatory shifts, renewable integration, and regional grid challenges — because plant decisions don’t happen in isolation, and technical operations have to align with long-term commercial viability.
Beyond plant work
Outside plant work, I keep a hands-on, self-taught interest in computing, networking, software and AI — this website and my home server are my own builds. You’ll also find me cycling, on the badminton court, or guest-lecturing at university.
Credentials
Education
M.E. Engineering (Energy Systems) — NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi (2012)
B.E. Mechanical Engineering — NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi (2009), First Division
Professional memberships
- Chartered Engineer & Member, Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), UK — No. 80537723
- Registered Engineer, Pakistan Engineering Council — Reg. No. MECH/24880
- Member, International Register of Professional Engineers (UK Section)
Certifications & training
- Asset Management System ISO 55001:2014 — Bureau Veritas
- Condition Based Maintenance — SKF Pakistan
- GT Engine Borescopic Inspection — PIA Engine Overhaul Shop
- Risk-Based Process Safety Management — URS Technical Advisory Group
- Maintenance Management — Hippocampus Industrial Training & Consulting
- Certificate in Project Management — AUC Technologies
- AWS Certified AI Practitioner
- NEPRA Power Safety Code — K-Electric HSE G&T
The full detail is in my CV — or see selected work on the Projects page.