Piping Design Specialsit

Joseph Ferraro

P.O. Box ******, Phelan, California, 92329-3076, 760-***-****,

******.****@*****.***

Objective

Pressure piping designer position, requiring extreme problem solving skills

to challenge my experience.

Summary of Experience

Specialist of mechanical piping design; plant layout and checking.

Experienced in petro-chem, co-generation, geo-thermal, refinery expansion,

upstream facilities, clean fuels modernization, grass roots and revamped

facilities. Experience with most all petro-chem equipment, such as; multi-

pass trayed distallation columns, fired heaters, reactors, reciprocating

and centrifical compressors, high pressure exchangers, high temperature

pump systems, steam turbines, and air coolers. Experience with cross-

country pipelines and well-pad equipment layout. Extensive refinery revamp

experience. Supervision of up to ten designers and checkers.

Work History

. Ramsgate Eng., Inc., Bakersfield, Ca. Mar. 2013- Feb. 2015

Design Specialist, Oil Field Production & Gas Gathering, Steam

Injection, Aera Belridge Leases, Ca.,

Layout of oil and gas gathering piping requiring extensive field

surveys. Production of contract deliverables, such as Plot Plans,

Piping Plans, Sections, Material Bills and Iso's, utilizing Autocad

2013, Cadworx 2D and Excel.

Title 5 Upgade, Plains Gas Plt, Schafer, Ca. Layout of three pairs of

compressors, routing of tie in piping requiring field surveys.

Hydrogen heater upgade. Development and production of contract

deliverables, such as Plot Plans, Piping Plans, Sections, Material

Bills and Iso's, utilizing Autocad 2013, Cadworx 2D and Excel.

. Mustang Engineering, Bakersfield, Ca. Mar. 2010- Mar. 2013

Design Specialist, Water Plant Upgrade, Extensive revamp requiring

addition of Uni-Cell, 10 process pumps, drain tank and pumps. Approx.

2 miles of X-Country Pipeline. Field surveys utilizing Trimble GPS.

Development and production of contract deliverables, such as Plot

Plans, Piping Plans, Sections, Material Bills and Iso's, utilizing

Autocad 2008, Cadworx 2D and Excel..

Compressor Upgrade Modification, Oxy, Elk Hills, Ca.

Revamp layout of 12 compressors and associated equipment. Increased

suction line from 16" to 20", new off skid suction drum, larger lube

system and cooler. Off plot piping tie ins, field survey utilizing

Trimble GPS. Development and production of contract deliverables,

such as Plot Plans, Piping Plans, Sections, Material Bills and Iso's,

utilizing Autocad 2008,Cadworx 2D and Excel.

. Fluor Corp., So.- Ca. Apr- 2006 - Feb. 2010

Marathon Oil, Delayed Coker Unit, Detroit, Mich.

Design Supervisor, utilizing autocad 2004, preformed layout of unit

plot plan, vessel orientations, pump systems, air coolers/ blowdown

system, exchanger areas and pipeway studies. Responsible for eight

designers PDS input, utilizing Smart Plant Review. Responsible for

client model reviews and client interface during design development.

Tesoro, Delayed Coker Unit, Martinez, Ca.

Lead Checker, Auditing of piping Isometricts utilizing Smart Plant

Review.

Tesoro, Delayed Coker Unit, Anacortes, Wa.,

Design Specialist, P&ID reviews and development, layout unit plot

plan, utilizing Autocad 2004.

. TJCross Engineering Co., Bakersfield, CA. Feb. 2006 - Apr. 2006

ChevronTexaco, Walnut Filter Expansion, Lost Hills, CA

Design Specialist, Revamp requiring addition of several skid mounted

walnut shell filters and layout of associated piping and tie ins.

Development and production of contract deliverables, such as Plot

Plans, Piping Plans, Sections, Material Bills and Iso's, utilizing

Autocad 2004 and Excel.

. Raymond Professional Group, Inc., Bakersfield, CA. Nov. 2005 -

Feb. 2006

U.S. Borax, Zinc-Borate Expansion, Wilmington Refinery,CA.

Design Specialist, layout of piping and equipment required for borax

expansion project, utilizing Autocad 2004.

. Fluor Corp., So.- Ca. 1974-2004

Hamaca Crude Upgrader Project, Jose, Venezuela

Design Specialist, layout and design of Amine and Sour Water Units.

Vessel orientations, pump systems, exchanger train and air coolers

using Autocad. Supervision of PDS input of off-shore office utilizing

Smart Plant Review.

Irving Oil Limited, Refinery Upgrade Project, St. John, New Brunswick,

Canada

Principal Designer, Design of blowdown system, vessel orientations.

Auditing of PDS input of off shore office using Smart Plant Review.

ARCO Products Company, Polypropylene OBL Project.

Principal Designer, Manual vessel orientations, exchanger train

layout. Auditing of Isometrics.

Unocal Geothermal, Salak, Indonesia

Design Supervisor, Routing of x-country steam gathering piping, well

pad layouts, brine separator orientations, acumlators and pump

systems. Responsible for 4 designers. Development of contract

deliverables, such as Piping Plans and Sects.,utilizing Autocad 13.

Chevron El Segundo New Generation Facility, Ca.

Principal Designer, responsible for all off plot piping tie ins.

Deliverables were manual Iso drawings.

Unocal Reformulated Fuels Program, Wilminton, Ca.

Senior Designer, Layout of regenerating reactors, exchanger system.

Providing manual sketches for cad input.

Unocal Fertilizer Plant Expansion, Sac., Ca.

Senior Designer, vessel orientations, pump systems. Complicated layout

of vessel containment area, requiring double containment with leak

detection instrumentation. Manual drafting for cad input.

ARDS Unit Fuel Upgrading Project, FINA Raffinadeij Antwerp, Belgium

Senior Designer, vessel orientations, high pressure coalessor filters.

Responsible for plastic model completion.

Extended Experience by request.

Professional References available on request

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