Ahmed Gamal AbdelMeged

Key Projects Asset Integrity Development Program – OQ RPI

Led a comprehensive Asset Integrity enhancement initiative across multiple facilities, driving structural, technical, and cultural transformation aligned with corporate objectives.

• Spearheaded a full Asset Integrity gap assessment and delivered a structured improvement roadmap covering systems, processes, and governance.
• Developed and implemented the Asset Integrity Management Framework (AIMF), supported by targeted awareness campaigns to enhance engagement among employees and stakeholders.
• Orchestrated organizational restructuring of the Asset Integrity function based on the SPATE model (Strategy, Planning, Assurance, Technical, Execution Authorities) to strengthen accountability and decision-making clarity.
• Designed and deployed departmental KPIs and performance monitoring systems, ensuring alignment with company vision, mission, and performance standards.
• Led the standardization of inspection and integrity procedures across all OQ RPI facilities to ensure consistency, efficiency, and compliance.
• Established inspection strategies for non-RBI assets, with focused methodologies to address non-age-related damage mechanisms.
• Acted as focal point for Process Safety documentation management system enhancement, contributing to improvement in company CCPS performance score.
• Developed a competency matrix and performance-based reward system for Asset Integrity personnel to strengthen capability and retention.
• Coordinated leadership engagement and integrity culture campaigns, enhancing stakeholder awareness and reinforcing a proactive integrity mindset.edge.

Facilities Low-Value NDT Optimization & Non-Intrusive Inspection (NII) Initiative Key Achievements

Led a value-driven initiative to optimize inspection practices and reduce operational disruptions through advanced methodologies.

• Developed and implemented a standardized methodology for low-value NDT optimization, eliminating inefficiencies and focusing resources on critical areas.
• Integrated optimized NDT methodologies into the Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) framework, ensuring risk-informed decision-making.
• Established and deployed Non-Intrusive Inspection (NII) methodologies as alternatives to intrusive inspections, reducing downtime and improving safety.
• Delivered training and awareness programs for Asset Integrity personnel to ensure effective adoption of new methodologies.
• Defined and implemented value realization criteria, enabling measurable tracking of cost savings, risk reduction, and operational benefits.

Key Achievement

• Successfully led inspection execution teams across multiple facilities within Sohar Refinery, delivering results across varied timelines and operational conditions.
• Played a key role in transitioning RBI methodology from semi-quantitative to API 581 quantitative approach, enhancing risk accuracy and decision quality.
• Managed end-to-end turnaround inspection activities, including scoping, execution, and reporting, with strong focus on safety, quality, and schedule adherence.
• Led critical integrity studies including corrosion loop development, piping circuitization, and identification of mixing/injection points and dead legs, strengthening inspection effectiveness.
• Issued quarterly Asset Integrity reports to stakeholders, highlighting top threats, mitigation strategies, priority focus areas, and KPI performance to support informed decision-making.

Key Achievement

• Served as lead interface for Static Equipment Integrity with SABIC Corporate MCE and inter-affiliate audit programs, while directing KPI governance and executive reporting to ensure alignment, compliance, and clear risk visibility.
• Led end-to-end inspection and RBI governance, including approval of risk-based inspection plans, management of inspection outcomes and corrective actions, and coordination of the RBI Steering Committee to drive risk-informed decisions and strategic priorities.
• Directed and developed a team of 6 RBI facilitators delivering RBI analyses and inspection programs across six plants, while successfully leading the transformation from Shell RBI (SRBI) to Meridium RBI (MRBI)—overcoming technical, data, and resource challenges to achieve project targets.
• Directed fitness-for-service (FFS) assessments and remaining life evaluations, defining forward strategies for aging assets to ensure safe operation, optimized lifecycle management, and sustained reliability.

Selected Achievement

Delivered multi-client Asset Integrity and inspection assurance assignments as a Senior Inspection Engineer, providing consulting, verification, and execution oversight across diverse operating environments, with each engagement driving targeted technical and business value.

• For UGDC (United Gas Derivatives company), supported AIMS implementation and inspection program execution, managing on/off-stream inspection schedules, supervising NDT contractors for CML programs, and issuing monthly integrity reports highlighting key threats and prioritized actions—strengthening inspection governance, data reliability, and risk-based decision-making.
• For Burullus Gas Company, acted as Independent Verification Authority (IVA) for in-service hot tapping, ensuring full compliance with material specifications, welding qualifications, pressure testing, and NDT requirements—safeguarding asset integrity during critical live operations.
• For ALTUBE pipeline project (82 km, 20” API 5L), led third-party vendor inspection activities, overseeing manufacturing quality, supervising inspection teams, and issuing EN 10204 3.2 certification—ensuring product compliance, traceability, and adherence to international standards.

Projects:

Independent water & steam power plant (IWSP) - KSA - Rabigh City
Gas-Oil separation, Khafji Field Development (KFD) - KSA - Khafji City.

Key Tasks

• Ensured full welding quality compliance across piping systems and pressure vessel installation, overseeing WPS/PQR/WPQ qualification, fit-up, welding execution, and final acceptance in line with ASME/API standards.
• Led site welding inspection and NDT coordination, managing RT, UT, PT, and MT activities, resolving non-conformities, and driving high first-pass acceptance rates while minimizing rework and schedule impact.
• Controlled material traceability and welding documentation, including MTC verification, weld mapping, and turnover dossiers, ensuring complete QA/QC records for project handover and client approval.
• Acted as key interface between construction, engineering, and client inspectors, expediting approvals, resolving technical issues, and maintaining alignment with project specifications and quality requirements.
• Contributed to safe and timely project delivery by enforcing welding quality standards, identifying risks early, and supporting efficient installation of piping and pressure vessels under demanding site conditions

Key Tasks

• Performed incoming material verification against Purchase Orders and project specifications, ensuring full compliance, traceability, and documentation integrity at receiving stage.
• Reviewed and approved Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs) for piping, pressure vessels, and structural steel, ensuring correct inspection stages, hold points, and quality requirements.
• Conducted welding and dimensional inspections across piping, vessel, and structural steel fabrication, ensuring compliance with drawings, WPS requirements, and dimensional tolerances.
• Verified NDT completion and acceptance in accordance with applicable codes and project specifications, ensuring full traceability and compliance of inspection activities.
• Coordinated test packs, punch lists, and mechanical completion activities, ensuring timely closure of outstanding items and readiness for system handover.
• Verified hydrostatic testing activities and acceptance criteria, ensuring compliance with specifications, safety standards, and client requirements.
• Issued Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs) for deviations and ensured proper follow-up and closure of corrective actions.
• Prepared Vendor Dossiers and Manufacturer Data Records (MDRs), ensuring complete and compliant turnover documentation for client handover.
• Supported final mechanical completion and commissioning handover, ensuring all quality and documentation requirements were fully achieved