AL CABALLERO

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

HOUSTON, TEXAS

832-***-****

ac8vyb@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY:

Over Twenty-five years experience as mechanical/piping designer/coordinator. Thorough knowledge of conceptual front-end lay out, design and checking. Assembly details for grass roots, revamp, optimization, and modernization projects including cost estimating, project control, specifications, material takeoff and procurement in the Offshore, Polymer, Mining industry. Extensive field experience and project walk-through for facility expansions and revamps. Experienced in mechanical equipment, conveyors and piping arrangements to solve or improve existing unit production problems. Coordination with clients and contractors during conception, construction and start-up. Worked with Project Engineers to scope new projects, locate correct tie-ins and to locate equipment and vessels. Worked with operations personnel to incorporate daily operational needs to improve engineering design.

COMPUTERS EXPERIENCE:

Cadworks 3d Modeling & Piping layout, PDS, Rebis, Autoplant, Pro-E,

Autocad, Microstation, Pro-Series, Rebis, P&ID Advantage, Flexcad, and 3D-CadPipe, PDS and PDMS Training

EDUCATION:

Houston Community College – Intermediate Autocad

SPECIAL SKILLS:

Read and Write Spanish

EXPERIENCE:

06–PRESENT

Self Employed – Houston, Texas

Lead Piping and Mechanical Checker: Assigned to Checking of

All piping and Mechanical drawings for offshore skids and piping

Routing for constructability and process accuracy.

04/12– 06/14

EXCEL ENGINEERING – Houston, Texas

Lead Piping Designer: Assigned Exterran project In Brazil. Lead Designer through-out project. Currently on checking

Apache. All Offshore projects.

04/11 – 04/12

AUDOBON ENGINEERING – Houston, Texas

Lead Piping Designer: Assigned to Pioneer project. Lead

Designer through-out project.

03/10 – 04/11

UPSTREAM ENGINEERING – Houston, Texas

Lead Piping Designer: Assigned to Afren Project . Lead Designer and field assignment In Rockport, Texas to assist

with any fit-up problems required. Used CADWorx

08/07 – 09/09

FLUOR CORPORATION – Sugarland, Texas

Piping Designer: Assigned to REC Project.

Supervisor of checkers for REC 4.0 project and field assignment

In Moses Lake, Washington to help with field problems

For 3.0 duplicate project. Used PDS

03/06 – 08/07

MUSTANG ENGINEERING – Houston, Texas

Piping Designer: Assigned to Marathon and Tesoro Alliances.

Also began first Cadworks 3-D project for Mustang.

Moved over to Tesoro Alliance where all work is currently

Being done in PDS.

08/05 – 03/06

M & H ENERGY SERVICES – Houston, Texas

Piping Designer: Assigned to hurricane disaster salvage operations in the gulf. 3-D Modeling rigs for Devon that crashed to the ocean bed. Then re-enacted the crash site on the 3-D Model with real world coordinates using an underwater ROV. This helped with the salvage operations to safely recover equipment and provide safe routes for underwater divers. Used CADWorx

04/02 – 08/05

SOLAR TURBINES – Houston, Texas

Piping Designer: Layout and design of Turbine skid units for offshore platforms and plant facilities. All design, layout and modeling was done in Rebis 3d.

06/01 – 04/02

ABB LUMMUS - Houston, Texas

Piping Designer: Assigned to Proposal and new projects department.

02/00 – 04/01

RAYTHEON/WASHINGTON GROUP – Denver, Colorado

Checker: Assigned to FMC Alliance for the Pocatello, Idaho phosphorus mining facility. Lead Checker for facility EPA compliance Phase 1 project. Initial design and equipment layout for second phase all done in 3D Cadpipe. Completed assignment in April. (AutoCAD release 2000 software)

1997 – 01/00

KVAERNER PROCESS – Houston, Texas

Piping Lead: Assigned to Alcoa projects in Jamaica, the West Indies and Point Comfort, Texas. Worked directly with Alcoa to solve design and process problems for the One Million Ton Upgrade projects including material handling equipment, conveyors. Prepared mechanical layout and detailed piping, vessel and conveying systems drawings, developed P&ID’s, estimates and material takeoff. Checked piping drawings and ISO’s, P&ID reviews, installation and fabrication dimensions, and material specification compatibility and fabrication feasibility. Assigned to the Jamaica job site to coordinate construction crews, insuring design criteria was being followed per engineering drawings. Assigned as a piping designer for the Pemex project for the offshore division. Duties included equipment location and piping layout. (AutoCad 13,14,Microstation, PDS training and PDMS training)

1997 to 1998

S & B Engineers – Houston, Texas

Sr. Pipe Designer– Assigned to Phillips project in Sweeny, Texas. Worked on site Drawing iso’s for the field and routing lines as required to finish up project.

1996 to 1997

ABRAMS TECHNICAL SERVICES – Houston, Texas

Sr. Pipe Designer– Assigned to Methanex project (Train 2 & 3) in Chile. Project was done in metric. Worked with all disciplines checking all rack drawings.

1994 to 1996

TAYLOR AND HILL, INC. – Houston, Texas

Sr. Pipe Designer – Assigned to the Albermarle Corporation. Worked with Project and Process Engineers to prepare detailed layout and piping drawings, developed P&ID’s, installation drawings, and materials of construction to improve existing unit production problems. Field verification of all existing piping and equipment and tie-in points. (Flex-cad software Release12

1990 to 1994

WYNN CONSULTANTS – Houston, Texas

Sr. Pipe/Mechanical Designer/Coordinator – Assigned to Solvay Polymers preparing plant layout and design. Responsible for consulting and assisting unit engineers in development of P&ID’s, piping and mechanical specifications, conveying systems for powdering units, demolition packages, and equipment location. (Pro-pipe software

Release 12, P&ID Advantage)

1987 to 1990

PARSONS – Houston, Texas

Pipe Designer – Responsible layout and piping and mechanical design for Cat- Cracker unit at Shell’s, Deer Park Plant. On-site maintenance and revamp projects.

(Pro-pipe software Release 12)

1986 to 1987

PUMP DESIGNS – Houston, Texas

Pipe Designer - Responsible for the design of pumps and piping systems for Petro-Chem and mud slurry duty applications including field work and shop fabrication. Experienced with machine parts and creative solutions to problems directly related to custom-build pump skids for extreme services.

1985 to 1986

INTERNATIONAL SWITCHBOARD CORPORATION – Houston, Texas

Designer – Responsible for electrical schematics and illustrations for naval projects.

1982 to 1985

C & D Consultants – Houston, Texas

Pipe Designer – Duties included piping design and layout for offshore Jack-Up Rigs and Submersibles for Exxon Co. U.S.A. Offshore

1981 to 1982

PYRAMID MANUFACTURING – Houston, Texas

Pipe Designer – Designing piping systems for land rigs, Responsible for drawing and field checking of piping systems during construction on site.

1979 to 1980

TEXAS PIPE BENDING – Houston, Texas

Pipe Drafter – Preparing spool drawings for fabrication shop. Learned to read piping plans and sections and draw isometrics.

1978 to 1979

KENTRON INTERNATIONAL – Houston, Texas

Drafter – Responsible for drawing electrical schematics and illustrations for the Space Shuttle Program.

REFERENCES: Stephen Johnson.…Supervisor Upstream Engineering: 281-***-****

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