available · open to director-level conversations v.2026.05 · Saudi Arabia

Senior PM · Hydrocarbon Infrastructure · 22 years

I run hydrocarbon programs. And I build the digital tools that run them better.

Senior Project Manager delivering hydrocarbon infrastructure for a Tier-1 NOC through Worley. $160M+ in capital programs delivered. Zero LTI across the career. Pioneering AI-enabled controls now adopted across multiple business units.

$0M+ Capital Delivered
0 yrs O&G · Zero LTI
0+ Engineers Led
0% AI Efficiency Gain

The Console

Working tools, not slideware.

A glance at three of the systems running locally — no cloud, no telemetry, no vendor.

running locally

Scope Document → Structured Estimate

Engineering Estimation Engine

Reads a FEEED scope package and produces a calibrated estimate package — basis-of-estimate, confidence band, full audit trail back to the source paragraph. The two-day argue-with-spreadsheet ritual compressed to ninety seconds, then handed back to the senior engineer for judgement.

01Ingestscope document
02Extractstructured tags + citations
03Calibrateagainst industry methodology
04Outputestimate package + BoE

Live Pulse

  • STATUScalibrated
  • CONFIDENCE±8.4%
  • CALIBRATIONindustry standard
  • RUNTIME91s · local
  • AUDITcitation per tag
  • VENDORnone

↳ output goes into the engineer's hands, not their inbox

Workforce State · Reconciled in Real Time

Resource Planning Dashboard

Models every staffing event — mobilisations, transfers, leave, demob — as a discrete record, then re-aggregates the workforce shape on demand. Turns the WhatsApp-truth that project controls quietly maintains into the official truth, without losing the audit trail.

BASELINENOWFORECAST

Today's Events

  • transfer-in reconciled
  • annual leave logged
  • five mobilisations confirmed
  • demobilisation closed out
  • histogram audit · ok

↳ S-curve drift is computed, not approximated

Archetype → Project Org · in Minutes

Organisational Design System

A position-template library with archetype layers for different engagement modes. Pick the archetype, set the scale, override the few positions that are project-specific. The two weeks of mobilisation effort reinventing an org chart that nine other projects have already built — gone.

Span-of-control validated · matrix overlay supported · archetype-aware

Built for the project. Run on the laptop. No cloud egress. All five tools →

// Manifesto · 001

I am not a consultant. I am not a coder. I am a PM who ships.

— Ahmed Kareem Hydrocarbon Infrastructure · 2026

Three Pillars

The shape of the practice.

Each pillar earns its place because of the others. The discipline came first. The leverage was built when the discipline ran into the spreadsheet ceiling. The edge is what comes next.

01 The discipline

Hydrocarbon Project Management

Twenty-two years across SELECT / DEFINE / EXECUTE — FEEED, EPC, and PMC delivery from offshore pipelines through onshore mega-programs. PMP, Tier-1 NOC Registered PM (GES+ Preferred Roster).

  • $160M+ delivered across 8+ Tier-1 NOC capital programs
  • 100% on-time milestone · 8% average cost underrun
  • Zero LTI sustained across 22 years (field + engineering)
  • 120+ engineers led across KSA, Egypt, GCC
02 The leverage

Digital Transformation in EPC

Replacing the spreadsheet layer with structured systems — estimation, resource planning, deliverables tracking, compliance dashboards. Built by a PM who has run the programs, not by a consultancy that has only watched them.

  • Pioneered AI scope-framing tool: 25% time reduction per cycle
  • Automated deliverable tracker — eliminated manual review loops
  • Power BI dashboards · Python automation · model-based design review
  • Five working systems deployed across estimation, planning, organisation design, and compliance
03 The edge

Applied AI for Engineering Workflows

Local-LLM scope extraction, retrieval-augmented norms libraries, predictive risk modelling, agentic dispatch for QA gates. Working tools, deployed locally — no vendor lock-in, no cloud egress, no telemetry.

  • Predictive risk model: 14 critical path risks identified 3 months ahead
  • $8M+ cost avoidance attributed to early risk identification
  • 85% efficiency gain across deployed AI-enabled workflows
  • qwen2.5 (4.7 GB) running locally on engineer laptops

Track Record

Programs I have run.

$160M+ in delivered hydrocarbon-infrastructure value across 22 years — Saudi Arabia, Egypt, GCC. Zero LTI sustained since 2004. Project codes withheld; scope and outcomes are real.

01

Tier 1 NOC · Upstream Mega Program (current)

Hydrocarbon Infrastructure Package — Gas Compression Facilities & Cross-Country Pipelines

Leading the package across two parallel mega-programs — 120+ multi-disciplinary resources, FEED strategy shaping $2B+ downstream EPC award criteria. Pioneered AI-enabled scope framing tool delivering 25% time reduction.

$60M+ 2024 – Present
02

Tier 1 NOC · Crude Oil Network

Cross-Country Crude Oil Delivery Upgrade

Prevented critical-path delay through vendor-data acceleration with client + EPC procurement. Integrated pumpstation facilities across 11 locations without dedicated operational shutdown.

$28M 2017 – 2024
03

Tier 1 NOC · Downstream Sulfur Handling

Sulfur Handling Facilities — Solidification Design

Innovative solidification design reducing OPEX by $1.1M/yr. Delivered API 650 compliance across the storage train.

$22M 2017 – 2024
04

Tier 1 NOC · Cross-Country Network

Refined Products Pipeline FEED

Managed 280 km cross-country pipeline FEED to enterprise-grade control architecture. Multi-discipline coordination across two global offices.

$18M 2017 – 2024
05

Greenfield Petrochemical · Pre-FEED / FEED

Greenfield Complex Layout Optimisation

Shaped facility layout optimising plot-space utilisation by 18%. Coordinated 12 discipline teams across two global offices.

$15M 2017 – 2024
06

Tier 1 NOC · Terminals

Tank Dewatering System Upgrades

Coordinated simultaneous execution across two major terminals. Zero impact to terminal operations during tie-in activities.

$12M 2017 – 2024
07

NATGAS Egypt · Site Leadership

Industrial Gas Distribution Networks (×18)

Led construction of 18 gas distribution networks (~230 km total). Sustained zero LTI safety record for 6 consecutive years across multidisciplinary teams of 30+ personnel.

$15M+ 2006 – 2013

Plus eight additional Tier-1 NOC programs across pipeline integrity, gas gathering, sales-gas networks, and terminal infrastructure — 2014 onwards.

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