Plant Manager
Resume:
Steven W. Amalfitano
League City, Tx 77573
**********@*********.***
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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