Donald L. Tobias
Hockley, Texas 77447
Lead Piping Design / Checking /Coordination
Cell: 281-***-****
E-mail: adbtou@r.postjobfree.com
Summary of Qualifications:
Don has worked for over twenty years as a design professional, for engineering and construction companies. He has completed assignments involving offshore drilling and production, and onshore plant facilities, skid design, and piping layout, for assorted petrochemical projects. He has physically located equipment on bare platform decks, and been present while fabrication and installation proceeded, to answer questions. He is proficient in operation of CADWorx 3D. Auto CAD 2D and 3D, and Bentley 3D (Autoplant). He is also proficient in Word, Excel, and Outlook, and is approximately eighty percent Spanish fluent.
Areas of expertise include:
Compressor station design for Florida gas, PDVSA, and others
Gas plant design - modular and/or onsite construction
Offshore production platform design and layout, and walk down
Offshore drilling platform detail design, and field coordination
Small group supervision and coordination between disciplines
Project & Vendor coordination (U.S.A., and Venezuela)
Refinery, Storage, and petrochemical facility site experience
PFD, P& ID preparation for onshore/offshore facilities
Pressure vessel design and detail, of trayed towers, separators, drums, tanks, etc.
Skid package design for horizontal/vertical separators, reboilers, drums, pump packages, etc.
Tank farm layout with associated transportation / metering & piping per API
Experience:
JML Design, Houston, Texas
Piping/ As built Checker, Autodesk Autocad 5/15/2019 to 11/20/2019
Check of “As Built” P&ID’s relative to field changes to Compression facilities
Check of Model and Paper space piping plans
Modification of Piping/ Equipment model forPaper space changes
Distribution of “markups” to project drafting personnel for revision
Check of all drawings for compliance to drafting line/text specs
Tellepsen Engineering, Pasadena, Texas
Senior Piping Designer /Checker CADWorx 3/15/2017 to 08/26/2018
Check of Design Issue P&ID’s
Check location of equipment in plant model
Distribution of work to project design personnel
Layout of gas plant equipment, associated with pipe rack
S & B Engineering, Houston, Texas
Senior Piping Designer /Checker CADWorx 6/15/2015 to 11/29/2016
Check of Design issue P&ID’s
Check location of storage tanks, and metering equipment in plant model
Distribution of work to design group personnel, involved in project
Holloman Engineering, Houston, Texas
Lead Piping Designer /Checker CADWorx 9/8/2014 to 1/9/2015
Isogen extraction of piping from gas treatment facility model
Completed material extraction from plant model
Gulf Interstate Engineering, Houston, Texas
Senior Piping Checker CADWorx 3/30/2014 to 9/3/2014
Check of P&ID's, and piping plans, sections, isos, and line lists
Project was design of three “Sabal Ridge” compressor stations
Bergaila and Assc. / Technip, Houston, Texas
Senior Piping Designer CADWorx / Plant 3D 10/30/2013 to 3/30/2014
Conceptual CADWorx 3D model of existing Shell offshore platform adding new decks,
Launcher, Receiver, and piping for 22”, and 24” 2500# piping with 3 an5 D bends
Material extraction from platform model
Launcher and receiver models using “Equipment module” for Xref into model
PPI, Houston, Texas
Piping Lead CADWorx / Plant 3D 8/17/2012 to 10/28/2014
Assignment of work to piping personnel for various compression plant facilities
Work up estimates for new, small, piping project proposals
Check of project drawings, and issue to client
Prepare layouts for locating new compressors, piping, and walkway scheme for offshore installation
Freeman and Curiel Engineers, Houston, Texas
Senior Structural/ Mechanical Checker CADWorx / Plant 3D 10/2011 to 8/17/2012
Initial check of pipe racks and compressor foundations
Location of Gas plant equipment for Boardwalk Pipeline, Edna, Texas
Set up of sixty six piping plans for piping and equipment, within plant boundary
Responsible for bulk of equipment locations, and sizing pipe rack.
Set up and defined piping drawing limits.
CDI Inc., Houston, Texas
Senior Designer CADWorx / Flexcad 3/2011 to 10/2011
Rework of assigned 3D piping model for a Cyanide production facility
Extraction of piping isometrics using Isogen, and Flexcad for other projects
DCP Midstream, Midland Texas
Senior Designer CADWorx 6/2009 to 3/2011
Revamp of DCP Gas process facilities
Design of facilities using CADWorx 3D model
In plant layout of new airfin coolers, piping, and High pressure pumps
KBR Inc., Houston Texas
Senior Designer CADWorx 1/2009 to 6/2009
3D modeling of process vessels
Physically locate equipment at plant site
Design of cavern storage facilities for NGS Using CADworx 3D model
Education / Certification:
St. Pius X high school - Continuing Education:
Durham drafting college - basic drafting
Cad Cam Center - basic Autocad
University of Houston - Advanced Autocad
Bentley Courses / Instructors at Chart – Bentley auto plant 3-D user
Autodesk auto plant – plant design 2013