Project Designer
Resume:
Fred Delapeña Senior Structural Designer/Checker
Innovative structural design professional with extensive design experience within highly competitive markets to include Oil, Gas and Chemical (OGC), pulp and paper, pharmaceuticals, industrial, commercial, power, and nuclear. Keen ability to successfully verify the design, detailing, and field engineering of structural steel platforms, stairs, ladders, building framing and concrete slabs, pads, foundations and pre-cast concrete, and checking of structural fabricators’ drawings, including modular and stick-built steel. Global experience in a multitude of various industries.
Design and Drafting
Communication
Multi-tasking Skills
Global Projects
Team Player
Project Management
Construction
Leadership
Problem Resolution
Experience & Notable Contributions
AMEC FOSTER WHEELER USA CORP Houston, TX 7/2014-8/2015
Senior Structural Designer
Key Accomplishments:
Created structural steel and concrete drawings and details for the Civil/Structural department for the Lyondellbasell Corpus Christi Debottlenecking Project.
Verified all drawings and provided design and drafting support for the Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc., Revamp Project.
Established and maintained a professional rapport with all internal and external customers, internal teams, and suppliers over the production of drawings within agreed deadlines and specifications.
Confirmed the accuracy of all drawings and ensured exceptional design and drafting support for the Axion Energy, Compana Refinery new DCU Construction Support project.
Provided expertise and creative input from the inception stage of drawings to their final production.
TECHNIP USA Houston, TX 6/2013-7/2014
Principal Structural Designer
Key Accomplishments:
Implemented exceptional industry knowledge through appointment as lead structural checker for the Williams Energy Canada, Inc. Horizon Liquid Extraction Plant Project in Alberta Canada, ensuring the accuracy of structural steel and concrete drawings against project specifications.
Supervised several senior checkers and designers to insure consistency of design.
Introduced innovative detail designs to engineering that were adopted as part the project, which involved the extensive use and knowledge of "Smartplant" to measure and collect information from all other disciplines and to guarantee approval across other departments.
Used extensive knowledge of "Microstation V8i" and "Frameworks" to check work being performed by designers and draftsmen. Was involved in verifying close to 100 modules consisting of pipe racks, ladders, stairs, electrical and piping supports, assorted pads and foundations, and pile locations and pile caps.
CBI Houston, TX 10/2012-6/2013
Senior Structural Designer
Key Accomplishments:
Oversaw the design and drafting support of a multitude of requirements to include Architectural, Civil, and Structural regarding the Freeport LNG Plant in Freeport, Texas.
Delivered strong structural material estimating support for stairs and platforms on the Dominion Cove Point project.
Successfully modeled foundations, stairs, and platforms for the Exxon/Mobile Kearl Phase 2 project.
Personal time off • Houston, TX • 6/2011-10/2012
FLUOR CORP Sugar Land, TX 9/2007-6/2011
Principal Structural Designer
Key Accomplishments:
Managed the design and drafting support for on-site facilities and module construction for the Exxon/Mobile Iraq, Ltd. Iraq West Qurna 1 Project.
Coordinated MDS’s and module modeling efforts regarding the expansion of the gas handling and water treatment facilities for the Exxon Neftegas Limited Chayvo OPF Expansion Project at Chayvo, Sakhalin Island, Russia. Verified structural steel modules and stick-built and concrete drawings.
Confirmed all structural steel and concrete drawings for the BP Whiting Operation Canadian Crude Project in Chicago, IL.
Managed the verification of all concrete and steel drawings, modeled structural steel pipe racks and foundations, created 2D drawings for IFC issues, and resolved clash and interference issues for the Taneco project in Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan, Russia.
Appointed as primary checker and designer for the Marathon, FCCU Alky project, planned field trips to the site, and supervised designers and drafters for creating steel and concrete drawings. Participated in the project closeout.
BECHTEL CORP Houston, TX 8/2006-9/2007
Principal Designer
Key Accomplishments:
Created concrete and structural steel models and extracted PDS drawings for the Reliant project in Jamnagar, India. Oversaw the verification of the design of existing models and collaborating with the design engineer and other disciplines to ensure project requirements and the accuracy of the models were met.
Career Note: Frameworks PDS Designer, Jacobs Engineering, 3/2006-8/2006; Senior Structural Designer, BE & K Engineering, Inc., 11/2004-3/2006; Structural Frameworks Designer, The Washington Group, International, 4/2004-11/2004; Senior Structural Frameworks Designer, Jacobs Applied Technology, Inc., 9/2003-11/2004; Senior Structural Designer, Tourgee & Assoc, Inc., Feb. 2/2003-6/2003; Senior Structural Designer, Burns & McDonnell, Inc., 3/2001-10/2002; Senior Structural Designer, Black & Veatch, Pritchard, Inc., 7/1993-8/2000; Structural Designer, Carolina Power & Light Co., 9/1991-7/1993; Structural Designer, Pritchard, Inc., 1/1991-9/1991; Senior Structural Designer, Merck Pharmaceuticals, 3/1990-1/1991; Structural Microstation Designer, Rust International Corporation, 5/1988-3/1990; Structural steel detailer 1979-1988.
Education
MICROSTATION CERTIFICATION Kansas City, MO - 10/1997
AUTOCAD CERTIFICATION Kansas City, MO - 1/1993
BALTIMORE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE Baltimore, MD – 6/1969
Technical and Computer Skills
Frameworks, Smart Plant PDS, MicroStation V8i, AutoCAD, PDMS
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