Ahmed Montaser

• Prepare inspection plans and the best practices for In-service, Turnaround, and Shutdown inspection, and share them with my team to eliminate and control damage mechanisms and organize inspection activities.
• Conducted defect’ assessments by using RP API 579 FFS “Fitness for Service” and devised new repair procedures that led to a 40% increase in productivity and 60% decrease in recurrence of the same flaws.
• Share with the taskforce team in failure analysis investigations.
• Control and coordinate the re-rating, alteration activities & maintenance inspection of static equipment.
• Experience in Power Boilers, Utility Boilers, Storage Tanks, Pressure Vessels, Piping, Pressure Relieving Devices, Reformers, Reformer Tubes, and Reactors, Furnaces, Columns, and Heat Exchangers inspection.
• Review the feed Documents for EPC major projects, Pipelines, Piping, Pressure Vessels, Tanks, and RTRP Piping.
• Ensure the integrity of the plant's facilities and equipment with applicable codes, KOC specifications, and design requirements during fabrication/manufacturing (procurement), and installation/construction (projects).
• Recommended a new material selection for piping components that had a frequent damage mechanism, and supported my company to reduce its turnaround interval by 75% and re-schedule the inspection plan.
• Developed the periodic external, internal, and on-stream inspections by 100% for the underground drain piping system by changing the materials from CS to RTRP according to the applicable procedures and company specifications.
• Develop generic and specific Inspection and Test plans “ITP” for external, internal, and on-stream inspections/ testing that help the company to avoid or reduce un-expectable failure and ensure reliable operations.
• Suggested changing the valve trim materials to CRA and satellite faces, which helped in increasing the valves’ remaining life by 60%, and reverted the results with the contract procurement team.
• Investigated a frequent damage mechanism in SDSS materials, and I successfully identified the root cause, and advocated solutions by adding additional tests at the procurement stage to avoid reoccurrence.
• I was a member of Taskforce for initiating the KOC standard for Line pipe materials of flow lines and pipelines and helped the company to release four new Company Standards/Specifications.
• Trained and motivated inspectors to be fully qualified when the company assigns me for the same. However, I used to provide assistance and transfer my experience to them for either site work or document review and reporting.
• Supervise and follow-up installation of new equipment and on repairs proposals of static equipment.
• Perform new project inspection; quality assurance & quality control functions, welding, destructive & non-destructive testing, painting, metallography, construction, pre-commissioning, and manufacturing stage.
• Implement the Safety Task Assessment (STA) before issuing any new tender package to avoid/mitigate potential hazards and associated risks (HAZOP STUDY).
• Evaluated and organized many technical documents for various new projects and provided comments related to engineering, and inspection requirements as per project specifications and code requirements.
• Attend Pre-inspection meetings at the vendor/global manufacturing facilities, and I always have the ability to take action for any problem could raise by the vendor, and I provide answers to any questions raised by the attendees.

• Provided technical support and required innovation to PM team in resolving problems concerning inspection methods and procedures for completing work within the scope and intent of applicable codes and standards.
• Resolved inspection-related problems, or appraise the adequacy of inspection and safe operation at the construction sites and conduct repairs and hot tapping in-service by using lesson learnt best practices.
• Conducted in-service inspection on-stream and off-stream for towers, heat exchangers, pressure vessels, storage tanks, and piping as per API 510, API 570, and API 653.
• Evaluated modification (MOC) related to static equipment and support technically.
• Reduced the budget of PQR/WPS by reducing the total number of required PQR for the company’s projects using the optimization method in selecting material thicknesses and other parameters.
• Trained new welders and save more costs/expenses rather than employing more than 30 new welders in the company by helping the existing manpower to pass welder’s qualification tests.
• Monitored and evaluated critical static equipment to increase equipment reliability and performance.
• Participated in HAZOP, SIL, and PSSR Studies review and implement a site verification for the highlighted issues.
• Implemented QMS, EMS & OHSMS internal Auditing as per ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 & ISO 45001:2018.
• Collaborated and carried on the third-party audits as required by my company’s top levels.
• For existing Pipelines and Flow lines, I have prepared the necessary repair welding procedure and saved 50% of the company expenses.

• Witnessed pressure setting before and after repair, and during any re-calibration campaign.
• Supervised, monitored, and guided Inspectors, and the NDT team.
• Witnessed, reviewed and interpret NDT tests and reports on fixed equipment and piping systems.
• Prepared and reviewed Welding Procedure Specification (WPS), Procedure Qualification Record (PQR), witnessed Welder Qualification Test (WQT), and investigated test packages.
• Perform visual inspection and NDT methods examination.
• Incorporated in Asset Integrity management and Asset Integrity programs for plants, and offshore installations.
• Shared lessons learned at the site by posting by e-mail the incidents and the near miss reports to the other projects.

• Assisted in corrosion monitoring work by supervising retrieving corrosion probe data and online/offline renewal of corrosion coupons and probes and prepared progress reports.
• Advised corrective actions for repairs, and witnessed and supervised the repair activities and execution.
• Developed and maintained QMS, EMS, and OHSMS (ISO 9001, 45001 & 14001), planned and ensured continued compliance with the relevant standards.
• Performed and coordinated periodic auditing and verify the implementation of QC processes for the project.
• Attended vendor’s pre-inspection meetings, weekly QA/QC Minutes of Meeting, and reported findings during the manufacturing of pipes, pressure vessels, pressure piping fabrication, construction of pipelines, and storage tanks.
• Share and develop risk assessment study.
• Perform visual inspection, and conventional or advanced NDT.

• Handled the Integrity Operating Windows (IOWs) program (e.g. development, implementation, review & response plans, reporting, updates)
• Monitored corrosion coupons and probes and develop & sustain corrosion control documents.
• Supported the continuous improvement of business processes, standards, procedures, and work instructions.
• Checked and approved the company’s QMS, Quality Assurance Plan (QAP), Quality Procedures, and various Inspection Test Plans (ITP) for various Projects.
• During the design stage of projects, I showed great skills to identify the proper quality control requirements in accordance with the Company Quality Management System and ISO Standards.
• Contributed many ideas during the construction works of projects, and proposed it to other departments in the form of project construction & inspection report.

• Performed welding inspection surveillance of piping and structural steel, and non-destructive tests.
• Witnessed mechanical tests, tensile, bend, notch toughness, and hardness for qualification samples.