Piping Design Designer

John L. Gay

Sr. Piping Designer

**** ********* **. 713-***-**** (C)

Houston, Texas 77096 713-***-**** (H)

www.johnlgay.com ********@*******.***

Piping Designer with expertise in Refining, Petrochemical, Pipeline, Off-Shore, and others projects for the past 45 years. I started my career as a model maker in 1972 at Foster Wheeler. Then took formal Basic and Advance Piping Design training at Fluor in 1974. Design philosophy based on presentation, safety, construction & maintenance; focused on minimizing downtime and long-term maintenance/repair costs.

I am former member of the board of directors and instructor for the Society of Piping Engineers & Designers (SPED), Houston, TX. Courses taught include: Process Plant Layout; Pipe Rack Design; Structures; Tank Farms; et al. I am a level 4 (highest) with SPED’s PPN certification.

I have had 2 articles published in Hydrocarbon Magazine about Plant and Piping Design. They were about being introduce to the job site and keeping safe. The other was about basic Piping design, line numbering, instruments and designing safety in a plant.

I have been working with CAD systems since about 1984. The system that I am the most proficient at would be AutoCAD based programs. Among those, I have used the CadWorx programs for several years.

I have a web site www.johnlgay.com, however it has nothing to do with Plant Design. I am a woodworker and will use those skills to help raise money for some good groups, helping The Girl Scouts with their woodworking merit badge and selling my work at art shows.

PUBLICATIONS / PRESENTATION

February 2010, Beaumont Engineering Services – Exxon/Mobil “Home and Home Shop Safety” presentation

December 2007, Hydrocarbon Processing magazine, `Hidden Errors’.

April 2002, Hydrocarbon Processing Magazine; “Practical Tips for Field Work in Processing Plants.” I also designed the cover for that issue.

Board of Directors for the Society of Piping Engineers and Designers, (SPED) 2005 – 2009

Instructor for SPED’s plant design school. (Tank Farms, Structures and Pipe Racks.)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

I have been working with Cad systems since the mid 80’s and have used many Cad programs, including P&ID, 2D plant layouts and elevation. Through SPED, I’ve promoted and have some training, with the system to promote the system, but no experience using the latest Solidworks – E3D system

April 2011 – Internet CADworx 3D classes by Coda

Dec. 2010 – AutoCAD Plant 3D by Total CAD Systems

July 2009 - Intergraph Smart Plant training by Intergraph

Nov. 2008 - Intergraph PDS by Fluor

July 2006 – CADworx 3D training by BEK

1997, 2001 - Intergraph PDS by Society of Piping Engineers & Designers (SPED)

1995 - Process Plant Layout from Society of Piping Engineers & Designers (SPED)

1992 – PDMS training at U of H by Litwin

1988 - Intergraph PDS by Bechtel (PDS designer through 1992)

1974 - Piping Design & Advance Plant Design Schools at Fluor Engineering

1972 - Plastic Model Maker

Field Work

International; Bahrain, Sadia Arabia. With Fluor Eng. Apr-May 1980

St. Croix, Virgin Islands. With Mustang Engineering Feb-Sept 1992

State Side Ashland, Kentucky. With Jacobs Engineering Aug-Mar 2013

EXPERIENCE

Fluor (Contract through TRS Staffing) 2014-2017

Sr. Piping Designer, Plant Layout using 2-D Cad, P&ID’s

Design of (grass roots) water treatment units for Sasol at lake Charles, La.

ProSep (Contract through Global Design), Houston, TX 2014-2014

Sr. Piping Designer, using Cadworx (No Modeling, 2-D drawings, P&ID’s and isos)

Design of treatment skids (apx. 40’X14’X14’)

Azota (Contract through Global Design), Houston, TX 2011-2013

Sr. Piping Designer, using Cadworx

Hess gas plant expansion design of non-skid areas and rack tie-ins from skids, new areas Expansion of helium production and storage units

Mustang Engineering (Contract through Southwest Design), Houston, TX 2009-2011

Sr. Piping Designer, using Cadworx

Hess gas plant expansion design of non-skid areas and rack tie-ins from skids, new areas and existing piping.

Working with Special Projects Group. These are short term projects lasting from a few months to a couple of years.

Fluor (Contract through E-Technology, LLC), Sugarland, Texas 2007 - 2009

Sr. Piping Designer, trained in PDS Modeling – used AutoCAD for layouts & Stress Drawings

B.P. Whiting OCC Project-OSBL pipe racks and design of off-site units.

Corrected or designed areas using basic 2-D programs and lead checker.

SNC-LAVALIN GDS, INC., Houston, Texas, US 2006 - 2007

Sr. Piping Designer using FlexCAD and AutoPlant (Rebis) and AutoCAD

Flare Expansion, Total Petrochemicals, Deer Park, Texas, US

Locate tie-ins on flare lines and route lines to Thermal Oxidized, also route Fuel Gas lines.

D.K.R.W., Synfuel Project, Wyoming, US

Principal piping designer to do layouts on grassroots project to make synthetic fuels from coal, oil shale and tar sand.

Independent/Corporate Contractor 1994 - 2005

Piping Designer / Checker / Layout / Area Lead, Manual and CAD Systems

BE & K, Houston, Texas, USA (6/05-3/06)using Cadworx

Layout and design new Boiler Water Treating Unit for Marathon Oil, Detroit, MI., USA

Design of Compressors Area for De-Sulfur Treating for Valero

CBI / HOWE-BAKER, Tyler, Texas, USA (7/04-6/05)using Rebis and AutoCAD

Layout, design and checking of modular units and pipe racks on Sulfur removal and treating project for Suncor, Canada

Checking piping isos on Sulfur Removal Modules for Premcor Lima Refinery, Ohio, USA

JACOBS ENGINEERING, Baton Rouge, LA, USA (8/03-2/04) used PDS Model/ Manual Drawing and sketches.

Field routing of new piping systems and Field checking of new office drawings on Turnaround and Expansion project for Marathon Oil, Ashland, Kentucky, USA

Manual drafting, responsible for down loading and isolating views for 3-D PDS model.

EDG ENGINEERS, Houston, Texas, USA (3/02-5/03) Using Micro Station

Locate Flare, Blowers and K.O. Drum on offshore platform for Marathon Oil

ALBERT-GARAUDY, Houston, Texas, USA (12/00-2/02) Using Rebis

Design of Diesel and Jet Fuel Storage Tanks and Loading Project for ExxonMobil, Africa

Add and revamp gas compressors and pig launchers for gas pipeline for ExxonMobil, King Ranch, Texas, USA

VECO ENGINEERING, Anchorage, Alaska, USA (8/00-10/00) using AutoCAD

Checking High Pressure Steam System for North Slope Unit

JACOBS ENGINEERING, Houston, Texas, USA (4/98-3/00) using AutoCAD

Design of Propylene Train Loading Platforms and routing of new propylene lines

M.W. KELLOGG, Houston, Texas, USA (8/97-3/98)manual Drafting & PDS

Layout of 10% bid package for Sync-Rubber Plant for Goodyear

Field Designer – Prepare demo packages, hydro test packages; update and re-issue existing isos; design new piping systems for Olefins Unit that was destroyed by an explosion and fire one week earlier for Shell Oil, Deer Park, Texas, USA

F.L.S. MILIJO, Houston, Texas, USA (10/96-8/97) using Rebis and AutoCAD

Plant Design Chief – layout, design, draw, check and issue drawings for a 100 Metric Tons Coal Dust Recovery Unit from an electrical power plant in Taiwan

S & B ENGINEERING, Houston, Texas, USA (7/95-9/96)

Piping design of Propylene Expansion Unit at Phillips Sweeny, Texas

Layout, design and check piping systems for Skid-mounted Experimental Ethylene-Oxygen Production Unit for Shell Oil.

JOHN BROWN ENGINEERING, Houston, Texas, USA (1/95-6/95)

Re-route Reactor piping for larger Dryers at OxyChen, Deerpark, Texas

FISH ENGINEERING, Houston, Texas, USA (6/94-1/95)

Design piping for Gas Compressor to Pipeline.

LITWIN ENGINEERING, Houston, Texas, US 1991 - 1994

Sr. Piping Designer / Checker

Hess Oil, St. Croix, V.I., USA

Layout - Design of 3 flare systems for new Cat-Cracker Expansion and locate tie-in points, routing of lines to Tank Farm and Docks as well as other off-site work.

9 month field trip to St. Croix to do Mechanical Punch

3 month field trip for field design for a major turnaround in Purvis, Mississippi.

Trained on PDMS. Due to drafting skills was selected for offsite units and the jobsite with manual drafting.

Bechtel Engineering, Houston, Texas 1979 -1991

Sr. Piping Designer / Checker /Area Lead / Field Lead

Flour Engineering, Houston, Texas 1974-1979

Piping Designer / Checker / Field Piping Designer

Foster Wheeler 1972-1974

Model Maker

EDUCATION

University of Houston, 1972 – 1976

Mechanical Engineering major/Art minor

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