SANDRA J. MANNING
Katy, Texas ****0
Cell 713/204-1685
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OBJECTIVE
A responsible and challenging position as an electrical designer utilizing Smart Plant 3D, PDS, Microstation, AutoCAD, Orthogen, AGI 32, Smart Plant Review, Infoworks and Project Wise to produce electrical drawings. The years spent working in other capacities with various project responsibilities allows a unique project perspective that is valuable to overall project goal achievements.
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
Twenty plus years’ experience in the LNG, petrochemical, cogeneration and offshore platform industry working as an electrical designer/drafter producing drawings utilizing Smart Plant 3D, Microstation, AutoCAD, PDS, Orthogen and Smart Sketch. CAD coordinator/support for the electrical design team of 36 designers and 33 engineers at project peak utilizing Smart Plant 3D. Maintained all electrical data in SP3D including folder structure hierarchy, monitoring all electrical model components and ensuring that the electrical components are modeled and placed in the appropriate folders. Solely responsible for handling clashes, interferences, model tags, etc. for the electrical group. Ran MTO reports, center of gravity and other reports for project team. Working in PDS EE Raceway to run/annotate simple conduit, duct bank and cable tray. Created 2D files via Drawing Manager section cuts and Orthogen hidden line/spot scale. Continue to be point of contact for assistance with various problems from designers/engineers throughout the company utilizing Smart Plant 3D, Microstation and Smart Plant. Proficient in Microsoft Office 2003 Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, InfoWorks and Project Wise v8i. Working knowledge in Microsoft Project and Visio.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
5/07-1/16 Bechtel Corporation Houston, Texas
Electrical Designer
Queensland LNG (Queensland, Australia)-Two Trains (8.46 mtpa)
Created as-built drawings utilizing Microstation v8
Escondido Water Supply(Chile)-Sea Water Desalination Plant, 4 Pump Stations, 115km high voltage transmission lines, seven substations
Modeled cable tray and transformers in SP3D
Created/Revised drawings in Project wise/Microstation v8i
Responsible for coordinating drawing signatures and issuing drawings between Houston and Santiago, Chile office.
Wheatstone LNG EPC(Asburton North, Western Australia)-Two trains (8.9 mtpa) and DomGas (On project from study to EPC – over 6 years)
CADD Coordinator - Supported 36 plus designers throughout project phases from various option studies, FEED to EPC
Set up all designers with access to the projects’ Smart Plant 3D model including teaching how to model in Smart Plant 3D, modeling cable trays, segmenting and sequencing cable trays, modeling junction boxes, hand switches, space volumes, transformers and extracting drawings to Smart Sketch for conversion to Microstation.
Created/modeled 4 different transformer sizes in Smart Plant 3D
Set-up the customized Chevron Microstation environment for all designers and some engineers
Created cell libraries for electrical drawings
Set up over 33 engineers with Smart Plant Review and taught them how to utilize SPR (the model was so large the SPR session files were split into 15 different sessions)
Worked with engineers to create one line diagrams during studies, FEED and beginning of EPC Phase
Motiva – Naphtha Unit(Port Arthur, TX)-113k bpd
Cut 3D cable tray drawings from PDS Drawing Manager, Orthogen drawings, prepared drawings for issue.
Worked in SetRoute(Bechtel conduit & cable schedule program)
Designed cable tray, assisted drawing and revising 2D electrical drawings.
Shell Scotford Upgrader Expansion 1, RHC Unit (Residual Hydrocracker) Oil Sands Project (Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada), 270,000 bpd
Modeled cable tray, lighting fixtures, panels, receptacles and disconnect switches. Extracted 2D drawings utilizing PDS Drawing Manager and Orthogen.
7/06-5/07 Amec Foster Wheeler (formerly Foster Wheeler USA) Houston, Texas
Electrical Designer
Chevron El Segundo Refinery Revamp (El Segundo, CA) Coker Unit & #4 Crude Unit Revamp, sulfur Revamp and Turnaround
Responsibilities included producing and revising 2D drawings on existing all Unit facilities as required.
7/05 – 7/06 WorleyParsons – Resources and Energy Houston, Texas
Document Control Technician/Client Project Secretary
4/02 – 6/05 LoneStar Deepwater, LLC Houston, Texas
Project Controls/Scheduling/Invoicing/Document Controller
3/01 – 11/02 WorleyParsons (formally Parsons Engineering & Constructors) Houston, Texas
Electrical Designer
6/98 – 3/01 Foster Wheeler USA Corp. Houston, Texas
Senior Document Control Technician
9/96 – 6/98 Technip (formally KTI Fish Engineering Inc.) Houston, Texas
Senior Document Control Technician
5/96 - 9/96 Patch Inc. (formerly BPEI) Houston, Texas
Electrical/Instrument Designer
4/95 - 5/96 Northern-Monenco AGRA, Inc. (formerly Northern Engineering, Inc.) Houston, Texas
Document Control Technician
7/94 - 4/95 Optimized Process Designs, Inc. Katy, Texas
Project Secretary / Document Control / Project Support
4/94 - 7/94 OMEGA Technical Corporation Houston, Texas (Contracted to ABB Vetco Gray)
CADD Operator
2/91 - 2/94 NEI AGRA, Inc. (formerly Northern Engineering, Inc.) Houston, Texas
Electrical / Instrument Designer
3/88 - 2/91 Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. Houston, Texas
AutoCAD Draftsman
EDUCATION
Houston Community College (48 hours) 1984 thru 1992 (classes included core curriculum for a B.A. degree, PLC Logic, Electrical Code, & Electrical Design I)
University of Houston (30 hours) 1986 thru 1988 (classes included core curriculum and courses towards B.A. degree)
Southwestern Paralegal Institute 1989 thru 1990 (paralegal certificate)
Smart Plant 3D Training August, 2009 – certificate
AGI 32 Training July, 2010
PDS Equipment Modeling Training November, 2006 – certificate
PDS Raceway Training September, 2007 – certificate
AWARDS
Received 6 Awards from electrical chief, electrical engineering supervisor and co-workers. More specific information available on request.