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Plant Manager

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San Francisco, CA
Posted:
December 22, 2014

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Steven W. Amalfitano

*** ******* ****** ******

League City, Tx 77573

281-***-****

acg4kp@r.postjobfree.com

TITLE: Senior Piping Designer/Plant Layout and Revamp Specialist

Education:

. University of Delaware - 60 credit hours towards BSME

. Texas Institute of Technology - Computer Programming - Diploma

. University of Houston - PDS (Plant Design System software) -

Certificate

. ASME Pressure Vessel and Heat Exch. Design - Ferguson Ind. -

Certificate

. Piping Design Components - Barnard and Burk Engineers - Certificate

. Auto-CAD Design Software - Horn CAD Center, Houston, Tx - Certificate

. Pro-Pipe Design Software - Horn CAD Center, Houston, Tx - Certificate

. CAD-Pipe Design Software - Jacobs Engineering - Certificate

. Flex-Pipe Design Software - Arkema Chemicals, OJT

. Cadworx Design Software - Ineos Styrenics, OJT

.

CAD Experience:

. 20 years Auto CAD (currently using version 2011)

. 8 years Bently/Microstation

. PDS training at the University of Houston

. Various 3rd party software's mentioned above

Military Service: Vietnam Era Veteran - 3 years active duty Army,

Honorable Discharge at Buck Sergeant.

Mr. Amalfitano has more than 20 years experience in piping design and plant

layout. His specific experience includes, but is not limited to

Refineries, Chemical plants, Power plants (fossil and nuclear), Off Shore

Platforms, Process plants, toxic waste disposal units and water treatment

facilities. Responsibilities have included detailed piping design drawings

either done manually or on CAD; checking an area after design of a unit is

completed; doing definitive estimates for clients prior to doing real work;

and Area Lead Designer which involved manpower supervision and scheduling.

Representative Assignments include:

Lead piping designer, Train 9 PolyPropylene unit, Fina Chemical Crop.,

LaPorte, Texas. Responsible for the total layout and design of the upper

seven levels of the Flash Co-Poly Unit. This area included over 30 pieces

of equipment and generated 27 plans and 600 Iso's. All drawings were

totally intelligent using CAD-Pipe Design software.

Representative Assignments include: - cont'd

Lead Piping Designer, Xylene Splitter Expansion Project, Valero Chemical,

Corpus Christi, Texas. Responsibilities included layout and design of all

underground systems such as oily water, storm and fire protection. These

were done on the computer using CAD-Pipe software. Other duties included

checking a tower and related pump area (plans and Iso's). Also helped

scrub CAD plans and Iso's to make ready for I.F.C. (issue for

construction).

Lead Piping Designer, Polypropylene Line 3 Project, Solvay Polymers Inc.,

Deer Park, Texas. Responsibilities included layout of initial plot plans,

equipment layout two loop reactors, orientation of nozzles and platforms on

towers, developing plans and Iso's on CAD using CAD-Pipe Software and also

spent time at the job site routing tie-ins and off-site piping.

Senior Piping Designer, Polymer Project, Vista Chemical Plant, Lake

Charles, Louisiana. Responsibilities included off-sites portion of the

project. Supervised five other designers. The majority of the piping

involved on this project was Dow PPL lined pipe.

Senior Piping Designer, New MTB Unit, CITGO Refinery, Corpus Christi,

Texas. Responsibilities included layout and design involving a salt dryer,

four pumps and various pieces of equipment. This was done on the computer

using MicroStation software.

Senior Piping Designer, New Hess Refinery, St. Croix, Virgin Island.

Responsibilities included Piping Inspector during construction. After

installation, the system was checked to verify conformance to all drawings

and specifications. Once installation was satisfactory, hydrotesting was

authorized.

Senior Piping Designer, Offsites Revamp Project, UNOCAL Refinery, Los

Angeles, California. Responsibilities included locating and routing tie-

ins.

Lead Piping Designer on the following projects: - Responsibilities

included engineering, procurement and over see construction until start-up.

. Titanium Dioxide Plant, Kerr McGee, Hamiliton, Mississippi.

. Styrene Plant Expansion Chevron Chemical, Donaldsonville, Louisiana.

. Poly III Plant Expansion, Uniroyal, Geismar, Louisiana.

Special Fields of Knowledge:

AutoCAD (Vers. 2011)

Cadworx

PRO-pipe

CAD-Pipe

Flex-Pipe

Microstation

PDS (University of Houston )

ASME CODES - Sect. 8 & 9, B31.1, B31.3, PFI standards, API standards.

Employment History:

Preferred Engineering Sept. 2014 - Present

1322 Space Park Drive

Suite B216

Nassau Bay, Tx 77058

Project Lead Designer

Burrow Global Engineering March 2012 - July 2014

4400 Highway 225, (Direct Employee)

Deer Park, Tx 77536

Piping Dept. Manager

Styrolution (Plant Location) June 2007 - Jan. 2012

2800 FM 519 E. (Direct Employee)

Texas City, Tx 77592

Plant Design Manager

Arkema Chemicals, US (Plant 2005 - 2007 (Contract)

Location)

2231 Haden Rd.

Houston, Tx

Plant Design Manager

Fluor Daniels Short Term Contract Assignment

At Flint Hills Chemical Plant

Chicago, Il

Sr. Designer

Shaw Stone & Webster Short Term Contract Assignment

1430 Enclave Pkwy.

Houston, Tx 77077

Sr. Plant Layout Designer

CCC Group, Inc. 2002 - 2003 (Contract)

5797 Dietrich Rd.

San Antonio, Tx 78219

Piping Supervisor over construction

C & I Engineering 1999 - 2001 (Contract)

Louisville, KY

Project Coordinator and Sr. Piping

Designer

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. 1995 -1999 (Direct)

Houston, Tx

Senior Piping/Plant Layout Designer

Bechtel Engineering 1994 - 1995 (Direct)

Houston, Tx

Senior Piping/Plant Layout Designer

Litwin Engineering/Ratheon 1992 - 1994 (Direct)

Houston, Tx

Senior Piping/Plant Layout Designer

Barnard and Burk Engineering 1988 - 1992 (Direct)

Baton Rouge, La

Piping Designer

Employment History: - cont'd

Ferguson Industries Inc. 1985 - 1987 (Contract)

Dallas, Tx

Pressure Vessel Designer

B.F. Shaw Power Piping 1983 - 1985 (Direct)

Wilmington, DE

Critical Pipe Estimator



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