ALAN DORN
Spring, Tx. *****
Cell: 281-***-****
E-Mail: ******.******@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
Experienced professional seeking a contract position utilizing my skills as a piping designer, mechanical designer, and structural designer on land and offshore drilling rigs including equipment design and Petro-Chemical.
CAREER SUMMARY
Ability to work independently with little or no supervision and or very little direction
Designs all aspects of machines so that the accuracy is maintained and work is completed on time
Modeling and detailing of steel structures which include platforms, stairs, skids, substructures, drill floors
Pipe Design, P&ID Drawings, Process Piping, Electrical Schematics, Structural Design, Mechanical Design
Creates and designs large piping and structural models on all projects for review in Navis-works
Designs all types of mud systems for land and or offshore drilling rigs, frac units and blender units
Designs all Low Pressure Piping along with all High Pressure Piping on all sorts of drilling rigs
Manages and generates very large 3D BIM model designs from 200 plus parts to 10,000 plus parts
Generates clear 3D piping systems including vessels and tanks, utilizing P&ids and or Pipe flow diagrams
Creates accurate 2d fabrication drawings and detail views from 3D models and maintain bills of material
Teach others Auto-cad or any of the other programs that I am skilled at in hopes of saving time and money
Proficient using design codes such as ANSI, API 650/620, ASTM, and ASME Section VIII, B31.1, 31.4, 31.8 etc.
CRITICAL SKILLS
AutoCAD Plant 3D 2011-2014
Cad-key
Adobe Professional
AutoCAD Mechanical ver. 9-2014
Revit 2016
Navis-works
Solid works 2004-2014
Cadworx 3D
E-Drawing
Inventor 2001-2004
Microsoft Word
XPS Viewer
Mechanical Desktop 2000
Pro-E 1997
Microsoft Excel
TWIC Certified
Power Point
Drawing Editor
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Gresham Smith & Partners, Nashville, Tn. (Contract) 04/16-09/16
Industrial Process Piping Designer
Create working 3d models that I was being taught and learning Revit in creating Industrial Buildings,
and learning to use Revit as an all around tool along with Bim models.
Designing complete 3D BIM models of using Revit and Auto-cad Plant 3d for the Industrial Piping for
Tire Manufacturing Industries.
Monitored workflow and progress to ensure standards and schedules and deadlines were being met
and followed per the customer also using Navis-works for model reviews with Client and clash check.
Prepared data sheets and pipe specification in accordance with ASME/ANSI series and API
Reviewed Piping drawings to ensure compliance to codes, standards and project specification before release to fabrication
Preparation of Piping Support Layouts, Support Detail drawings for Fabrication / Shop Drawings
Develop and have full control of piping and equipment models in 3D environment using Auto-cad Plant 3D, auto-cad, Revit
Interfaced with Architectural Designers, Hvac Designers, Civil designers and electrical designers in working together as a team making all small and large projects there own master piece
Special Projects
GITI
Firestone
Bridgestone
Metlere
Gator Fabrication, Conroe, Tx. (Contract) 09/15-04/16
Piping, Structural, and Mechanical Design
Designs complete 3D models of mud system packages on land drilling rigs per customer needs.
Prepared piping flow diagrams and detailed piping drawings along with structural detail drawings.
Review all fabrication drawings before sending to fabrication and work closely with shop to solve issues.
Design and complete Management Pressure Drilling systems for customers servicing Land Drilling Rigs.
Performed material take-off and played a small role in quoting and review vendor dwgs and terms.
Design and prepared shop dwgs on CNG tanks, Air receivers, P- tanks, FWKO Vessels, Mud Tanks .
Prepare Working Vessel dwg package and Calculations and participate in ASME Certification.
Created company standard title blocks, filing system along with drafting manual and piping specs.
Special Projects
ASME Sec. VIII Div.1
MPD System
Tanks/Vessels
Retractable Festoon Skid
Nabors Offshore, Houston, Tx. (Contract) 06/08-09/15
Lead CAD Designer
Coordinated all P&ID packages from early stages of feed study to end of commissioning completions
Lead CAD Designer in charge of a team of 15 drafters working with Shell thru out the entire project.
Created working 3d models that I was charge of from the start to finish.
Checked all of the team’s drawings and got them issued for Fabrication.
Designed complete 3D BIM models of mud system packages on offshore drilling rigs including all low pressure and high pressure piping for cementing 15k and frac systems 15k and mud Systems 7.5k .
Mentored team members and monitored workflow and progress to ensure standards and schedules and
deadlines were being met and followed per the customer.
Design and complete Management Pressure Drilling system for customers (Shell) Off-shore Drilling Rig.
Prepared data sheets and pipe specification in accordance with ASME/ANSI series and API.
Review all piping dwgs to ensure compliance to codes, and project specs before sending to fabricate.
Drafted estimated man-hour charts and formulated schedules to provide well coordinated execution.
Design and complete a G-Seal Recovery system for customers (Shell) Off-shore Drilling Rig.
Preparation of Piping Support Layouts, Support Detail drawings for Fabrication / Shop Drawings.
Developed and had full control of piping and equipment models in 3D environment using Auto-cad Plant 3D, auto-cad, Cadworx, and PDMS generated ISO’s, PFD and P&ID.
Interfaced with drilling rig team and top sides team at load out working together as a team mating up 21 different piping systems at the largest drilling rig up yard at Kiewit in Corpus Christi, Tx.
Special Projects
Shell N88 Olympus
Chevron M400
ATP M202
Conoco M201
Loadcraft Industries, Brady, Tx. (Contract & Direct) 11/05-06/08
Piping Design and Mechanical Design
Designs complete 3D models of mud system packages on land drilling rigs and work over rigs including all low pressure and high pressure piping, including frac units and 2000 hp draw-works.
Prepared piping flow diagrams and detailed piping drawings along with structural detail drawings.
Checked and reviewed all fabrication drawings to reflect actual general arrangement drawings before sending to fabrication shop to prevent rework.
Performed material take-off then monitored materials for procurement to ensure designed quality.
Prepared purchase recommendation and reviewed vendor drawing and terms of references for bidding.
Customized customers drilling rigs from something old to a new and improved rig with latest technology
Special Projects
2000 hp draw-works
1100-TE drilling rig
Frac units
1100-TM drilling rig
Frac-Tech, Cisco, Tx. (Contract) 05/03-11/05
Mechanical Design/Purchasing/Shop Manager
Designed complete 3D model of Frac Equipment including all low pressure and high pressure piping
Gathered information from customers for improvements to better improve our equipment
identify potential problems and proactively identifying solutions to address them in advance
Continued to streamline as much as possible to improve Productivity by 50% 2 years in a row and saved roughly $10,000 on each new frac unit
Prepared all Purchase orders, reviewed all vendor drawings, and followed up on all delivery orders make sure dates are held to hold our yearly count of 36 units per year
Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and under pressure
Strong attention to detail and focus on task completion
Special Projects
Frac Units
HP Manifold Trailers
Product Blenders
Sand King Trailers
Heartland Rig Int., Brady, Tx. (Contract) 03/00-05/03
Piping Design and Mechanical Design
Designed complete 3D models of mud system packages on land drilling rigs and work over rigs and all low pressure and high pressure piping, including a hydraulic driven drilling rig for North Slope
Prepared piping flow diagrams and detailed piping drawings along with structural detail drawings
Tote Kinetics Burleson, Tx. (Contract) 05/98-03/00
Mechanical Drafting
Design complete 3D models of pharmaceutical blenders and mixers, pharmaceutical Hoppers and tanks
Prepared structural detail drawings along with Assembly drawings and created bills of material
Osmonics Inc Minnetonka, Mn. 03/95-05/98
Pipe Drafting/Electrical Drafting
Design complete 3D models of reverse-osmosis skids utilizing auto cad ver. 12 and 13
Prepared piping flow diagrams and detailed piping drawings along with structural detail drawings
EDUCATION
Minneapolis Design Institute Crystal, Mn. 1996-1997
Mechanical Design 3.8/4.0 1600 hr certificate
Staples Technical College Staples, Mn. 1990-1992
Electro-Mechanical Drafting w/Machine Shop Courses 3.5/4.0 A.A.S. Degree
AutoCAD Plant 3D 2011-2014
Cad-key
Adobe Professional