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Piping Designer

Location:
Houston, TX, 77449
Posted:
May 25, 2010

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Thomas M Foley

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Katy, TX. 77449

281-***-**** - Home

918-***-**** – Cell

v8t0m3@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE: To secure a career in the design/drafting field, where my skills, experience, and dedication can be used to the fullest to create opportunities for growth.

QUALIFICATIONS: My qualifications include extensive experience in the design/drafting field. Having worked on a wide array of projects form small to very large. Also use of PDS 3D, Smart Plant Review, LFM Viewer Lite, AutoCAD, FlexCAD, CADWorx 3D, OddISO and OddFLO, as well as board drafting. Field design of piping systems and sketching of piping and vessels. Use of various inspection and vessel design codes. Knowledge and use of piping specs and codes for designing piping systems. Create P&IDs, PFDs, Layouts, and ISO’s. Mark-up existing drawings or create new ones that accurately document equipment and piping.

EDUCATION

June 1987 Associates Degree in Drafting, Delta School Of Business and Technology

May 1983 High School Diploma/Drafting, Sulphur High School

EMPLOYMENT

Aug. 2007 – Oct. 2009 Fluor Corp. Houston. TX

Principal Designer / Conoco/Phillips – Sept. 2008 – Oct. 2009

Locate piping tie-ins, hang tie-in tags and make tie-in sketches in the field. Route group 3 OSBL piping from tie-in locations. Piping sections, plans and isometric drawings for the routing of the OSBL piping. Use of AutoCad, Smart Plant Review. Taking dimensions in the field for routing the piping. Design pipe supports as needed.

Principal Designer / Lion Oil – Aug. 2007 – Sept. 2008

Design of piping on Flare relief systems. Field work to route new piping. Checking of piping isometrics using Smart Plant Review, PDS 3D piping design, and LFM Viewer Lite. P&ID change coordinator. Responsible for controlling and documenting P&ID changes initiated by all the disciplines. PDS 3D training and performing isometric changes in PDS. Design of pipe supports.

Jun. 2002 – Aug. 2007 ENGlobal Engineering Lake Charles, LA

Piping Designer / Coffeyville Resources LLC & DelekUS Holdings (Tulsa, OK) – Jul. 2005 – Aug. 2007

Design of piping on Flare relief systems. Field work to route new piping. Pipe support design. Flare relief study for refineries in Coffeyville, KS and Tyler, TX. Piping isometric drawing and piping plan drawing checking and revising. Amine Unit relocation piping drawings. ULSD Unit in Coffeyville, KS. Use of AutoCAD 2004, OddIso, OddFlo, and CADWorx 3D software. Lead designer on Flare study in Tyler, TX at current time. Also use MS Excel, Word, Power Point. 3D piping design.

Piping Designer / Exxon/Mobil Chem. and Exxon Mobil Oil – Jul. 2003 – Jul. 2005

Designing of small to medium piping jobs. Taking field notes and dimensions for piping design projects. Field verification of "As Builts". Update piping ISO's and P&ID's. Extensive use of AutoCAD, FlexCAD, and Microstation.

AutoCAD, Senior Drafter / Field Sketcher – Jun. 2002 – Jan. 2003

Drawing piping and vessel sketches on AutoCAD as well as updating existing AutoCAD sketches. Field sketching piping and vessel sketches. Some field ultrasonic thickness reading. Field verify and correcting P & ID’s and construction piping ISO’s. Field sketch and AutoCAD pump drawings Citgo Refinery On Stream Inspection program.

Nov. 2001 – Jun. 2002 Unitek Houston, TX

AutoCAD, Senior Drafter / Field Sketcher

Drawing piping and vessel sketches on AutoCAD as well as updating existing AutoCAD sketches. Field sketching piping and vessel sketches. Some field ultrasonic thickness reading. Field verify and correcting P & ID’s and construction piping ISO’s. Field sketch and AutoCAD pump drawings. Citgo Refinery On Stream Inspection program.

Feb. 1998 – Nov. 2001 Petrocon Engineering (EnGlobal) Lake Charles, LA

AutoCAD, Senior Drafter / Field Sketcher

Drawing piping and vessel sketches on AutoCAD as well as updating existing AutoCad sketches. Field sketching piping and vessel sketches. Some field ultrasonic thickness reading. Field verify and correcting P & ID’s and construction piping ISO’s. Field sketch and AutoCAD pump drawings. Citgo Refinery On Stream Inspection program.

Jan. 1994 – Feb. 1998 Mesa Technical Services, Houston, TX

Field Sketcher/Inspector / Elf Atochem-Beaumont,TX

Responsible for field verifying and sketching of all vessels as well as piping in a chemical plant. Data acquisition, verification and entry into “MIMMS“ program for traceable inspection records in accordance with OSHA 1910.119. Involved in inspection and verification of fabrication of new pressure vessels and piping systems. Worked extensively with API, AMSE, and AWS codes as well as plant specifications. Interpreting radiographic film. Was responsible for supervising a 2-4 man tagging crew that was tagging vessels and piping systems with traceable TML inspection points. Set-up of plant Inspection program.

Nov. 1990 – Apr. 1993 CDI-Stubbs Overbeck & Associates Sulphur, LA

Field Sketcher / Senior Drafter

Responsible for field verifying and sketching on Citgo P & ID update project for 2 years and Vista P & ID update project for 4 months. Compiled field sketches into Cad ready drawings. Responsible for Quality Control of other field sketcher drawings as well as the CAD completed drawings for accuracy.

Apr. 1987 – Nov. 1990 Industrial Design Services Inc Lake Charles, LA

Field Sketcher / Cad Operator / Conoco Refinery

Responsible for updating P & ID’s, I/E Loop diagrams, one-line wiring diagrams, surveying elevations, and microfilming of drawings and documents. Had light designing experience on various piping projects. Worked 1 to 2 years on “HOLGUIN” CAD program.

List of Recent Projects

Fluor – OJSC TANECO – Grass Roots Refinery – Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan, Russia

Create detail design drawings consisting of piping plans, sections, and isos from P&ID’s for utilities and offsite piping. Checking piping plans and sections. Creating and maintaining piping interface tie-in list and tables. Squad check vendor and other EPC’s drawings. Mentoring junior designers.

Fluor – ConocoPhilips – Coker and Refinery Expansion – Roxana, Illinois, USA

Locate piping tie-in’s and create tie-in sketches. Take dimensions and gather information to route utility and offsite piping from P&ID’s to create detailed piping design packages, including piping plans, sections, and isometrics.

Fluor – Lion Oil Refinery – Refinery Expansion – Eldorado, Arkansas, USA

Field routing and gathering data to create detailed design package consisting of piping plans, sections, and iso’s for flare header. Routing of piping from P&ID’s. Check piping plans, iso’s , and section drawings. Check and mark P&ID’s for changes. Monitor all P&ID changes. Mentor to junior designers.

Englobal Engineering – Delek Refinery – Flare Study - Tyler, Texas, USA

Field verification of flare relief piping & P&ID’s. Create detailed design packages consisting of piping plans, sections and iso’s to upgrade flare relief piping system. Lead designer on this assignment. Create and maintain list, & tie-in list.

Englobal Engineering – Coffeyville Refinery – Flare Study – Coffeyville, Kansas, USA

Field route and gather data to create detailed design packages consisting of piping plans, sections, and iso’s to upgrade flare relief system piping. Create and maintain line list and tie-in list.

Englobal Engineering – Coffeyville Refinery – ULSD Unit – Coffeyville, Kansas, USA

Detailed design on Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel Project. Mark-up P&ID’s, revisions to drawings. Check piping iso’s for accuracy.

Engloibal Engineering – ExxonMobil Chemical – Onsite design team – Beaumont, Texas, USA

Part of the on-site design team for detailed design of piping system for modifications. Create piping iso’s, piping plans, and section dwgs. As-built revisions to existing drawings. P&ID changes and revisions.



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