HRSG – Innovative Business Solutions is currently hiring on behalf of its client: National
Grid Company of Pakistan.

Position: Chief Operating Officer

Location: Lahore

Industry: Power

Reporting: Managing Director NGC

Key Responsibilities:

Organizational

• Own national transmission system availability, safety performance, and incident response related to transmission assets.
• Provide integrated leadership across Asset Planning & Engineering, Field Operations & Maintenance, Project Delivery, Commercial Contracts & Stakeholder Management, and enterprise security.
• Develop and execute the strategy aligned with NGC’s corporate objectives, National Transmission Plan, and system demand forecasts.
• Ensure alignment between long-term asset planning, capital investment decisions, and operational execution to optimize system reliability and lifecycle cost.
• Drive innovation and grid modernization initiatives, including SCADA, asset condition monitoring, predictive analytics, digital substations, and renewable energy integration, to enhance asset resilience, operability, and maintainability under evolving grid conditions.
• Govern operational and capital resources efficiently, balancing O&M and CAPEX to maximize value for money.
• Serve as the primary operational interface with ISMO for outage planning, asset availability coordination, and operational data exchange, and coordinate with EIDMC, DlSCOs, and other sector entities to ensure interoperability and system stability.
• Lead NGC’s response to major transmission asset failures, security events, and force-majeure incidents, coordinating restoration activities with relevant system stakeholders, to ensure rapid return of assets to service.
• Act as the enterprise owner of transmission asset-related operational risk, including equipment failure risk, outage coordination risk, and security risk, ensuring transparent reporting to the Managing Director and Board.
• Establish and enforce clear operational governance, decision rights, and interface protocols with ISMO, EIDMC, and other sector participants, consistent with international transmission utility practice.

Leadership

• Ensure availability of adequate technical, operational, and security resources to deliver NGC’s operational mandate.
• Ensure effective performance management of senior officials in Operations in coordination with the Chief People & Culture function.
• Provide recommendations on promotions, succession planning, and capability development for critical technical and operational roles.
• Develop and implement professional development plans to ensure continuous enhancement of engineering, operations, and project delivery capabilities.
• Review and assure quality of all operational services and work products to ensure compliance with approved policies, procedures, safety standards, and strategic objectives.
• Establish robust succession and continuity plans for all mission-critical operational and engineering roles to ensure uninterrupted transmission asset availability.

Functional

• Oversee asset condition monitoring, aging asset replacement strategies, maintenance frameworks, spare parts strategies, and system reliability improvement Plans.
• Ensure continuous operational readiness, safety, and security of transmission assets, in compliance with NEPRA performance and technical standards.
• Govern execution of the capital project portfolio across three distinct streams:
  • • Major Projects (New / Greenfield): New transmission lines and grid stations
    • Major Projects (Expansion / Upgrades / Brownfield): Enhancements within existing facilities
    • Programs (Asset Sustainment & Replacement): End of life replacement, system hardening, and grid modernization
• Ensure capital projects are delivered on time, within approved budgets, and in accordance with quality, safety, and environmental standards.
• Ensure disciplined stage-gate governance of all capital projects, embedding constructability, operability, maintainability, and outage coordination requirements from design through commissioning.
• Oversee integration of physical security protocols into all field operations, maintenance, and project activities in coordination with the Chief Security Officer.
• Ensure integration of physical security, cyber-physical risk controls, and insider-threat mitigation measures across all operational and project activities.
• Champion a culture of operational excellence, safety, and security, ensuring compliance with SHES (Safety, Health, Environment & Social) requirements.
• Oversee governance of key commercial and market contracts (including SLAs, BTAs, wheeling agreements, interconnection agreements, and ancillary services).
• Ensure effective stakeholder management with ISMO, EIDMC, DlSCOs, customers, and other sector entities.
• Serve as NGC’s accountable executive for operational compliance related to transmission assets under NEPRA standards.
• Oversee operational self-assessments, regulatory inspections, and independent audits related to asset performance, maintenance practices, safety, and capital execution.
• Ensure timely investigation, root-cause analysis, and corrective-action implementation for major transmission outages, asset failures, and safety incidents.
• Maintain continuous regulatory audit readiness and transparent reporting to the Managing Director and Board.

Key Performance Metrics:

• Transmission System Availability
• Forced Outage Rate
• Major Grid Incidents Causing Load Loss
• Fatalities (Employees + Contractors)
• Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR).
• Capital Projects Delivered on Time & Within Budget
• O&M Cost Variance vs Approved Budget
• Critical Assets in High-Risk Condition.
• System Coordination Incidents with ISMO
• Average Grid Restoration Time After Major Incidents
• Energy Not Supplied Attributable to Transmission Asset Failures
• Regulatory findings related to Operations & Maintenance

Key Competencies:

• Operational Leadership
• Financial Acumen
• Power Systems & Regulatory Knowledge
• Safety & Risk Management
• Digital & Technology Oriented
• Stakeholder Management
• Strategic Mindset

To apply, please submit your resume to https://search.hrsgoctofy.com/ by the 2^nd of November, 2026.

Only applications received through the identified link above will be considered.