Diego Cardona

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SUMMARY

Over 17 years of experience in drafting and design in the following areas PETROCHEMICAL, MECHANICAL, STRUCTURAL, PIPELINE, CONTROL STATION, PROCESS PIPE, TANK AND VESSEL, PROCESS, CIVIL, including onshore and offshore, upstream and downstream for local and international projects. Work as Lead Senior Designer, Project designer, Checker, Senior Designer and Drafter roles. Involved on the Piping / Process, Equipment/Mechanical, Structural/Civil. Ability of 2D, 3D, oversee production of projects from bid, proposal, design, through construction and delivers. Good communication skills, independent and team work including coordinating with engineering groups, field construction personnel, guidance and supervise drafting group. Responsible for the design/checking procedures, materials documentation, specifications, P&ID’s, Material take off, field work during execution of projects. Strong background in ASME, NFPA, ANSI, API20. Also technical Experience on work and School of Design Programs such as AutoCAD 2021, Autocad Plant 3D 2020, Cadworx 2018, Microstation V8, Autocad Civil 3D 2019, Vault 2014 – 2020, Inventor 2021, Solidworks 2014, Compress Naviswork 2020, Compress, Microsoft office. Ability to handle simultaneous tasks to produce a final product in optimal conditions and meeting schedule deadlines.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2018-2020

Company Process Plant

Position: Senior / Lead Pipe Designer

Responsibilities:

Senior / Lead Designer of Low Carbon Renewable Biofuel Jet Fuel Plant. Responsible to produce Piping-Equipment 3D design models, checking and approve complete design packages, construction drawings, equipment detail drawings, approve design systems including P&ID’s, from initial layout to complete 3D model including final construction packages. Verification and application of the correct material and fittings according with the required specification. Approve and implement the necessary valves according with process requirements. Monitoring and mentoring mid designers and drafters applying design criteria, meet project schedules and following engineering management. Direct responsible of model reviews and provide design. Generate equipment calculations including Design report. Under direction of Project Engineers, Estimating and Quotation; generate Layouts from sketches, 3D models, construction detail drawings, Isometries including BOM’s, Pressure Vessel / Equipment details drawings, produce fabrication shop details. Implements modifications during construction constantly communication with shop, vendors and engineering client group. Maintains appropriate data documentation and records. Identifies areas of product and process improvement and responsible for driving the product including customer modifications and construction requirements.

Worked with, AUTOCAD PLANT 3D, Compress V8, INVENTOR Navisworks, Microsoft Office products

2016-2018

Company Schlumberger

Position: Senior Designer

Responsibilities:

Responsible to prepare original complex layouts designs and drawings, modify existing layouts. Generates a multitude of designs independently and/or under direction of Engineers. Prototype and development projects are typical as well as supporting existing product design initiatives. Significant responsibility and ownership for creating feasible, cost effective designs driven by project deliverables and schedules. Prepares layout drawings of assemblies and sub-assemblies from sketches and verbal instructions. Assist in project studies including establishment of overall design requirements from project outlines and specifications to creating complex layouts of conceptual design. Performs reviewing and checking design to assure accuracy, functionality, feasibility and appropriateness. Suggests efficient and productive methods for practical and economic manufacturing and drives design for manufacturing. Completes final design and detailing on complex systems or modifies existing assemblies per instructions. Coordinates activity and requirements spanning and other departments, groups, divisions, vendors and customer when required. Supplies technical support to the organization in the same fashion. Estimates project design time. Maintains an independent, low supervision posture driven by project deliverables. Maintains appropriate data documentation and records. Identifies areas of product and process improvement and is responsible for driving the product or change through the organization. Develops programs, procedures and written instructions for CAD applications. Coordinates, assists and checks the work of others during process of design and for issue for construction. Used Xref files, TIF files PDF, Sketches.

Worked with a variety of tools such as Autocad Plant 3D 2017, Cadworx 2017, Inventor 2018, Vault 2018, Microsoft Office products

2014-2016

Company: ATSI / Golder Associates

Position: Senior Pipe Designer Lead

Responsibilities:

Responsible for the design and drafting of Process Piping Projects, Meter Station units, Interconnect Stations, Pipeline from Port Reading Terminal, Heap Leach Facility. Produce 3D models and 2D drawings, design of P&IDs, section and details drawings for bid and final construction packages. Produced structural detail drawings, pipe spool including BOMs, created specs, drawings standard per client. Supported and provided guidance to drafters during projects. Worked closely with engineering group and provided support from start to completion for design drafting per project necessities. Designed pump stations, pipe supports including foundation and structural details, Launcher and Receiver, filter separator, produced a 3D grading, alignments, used Xref files, TIF files PDF, Sketches. Worked with a variety of tools such as Autocad Plant 3D 2016, Cadworx 2015, Microstation V8, Autocad Civil 3D, Daily use of Microsoft Office.

2012-2014

Company: Forum Energy Technologies

Position: Senior Designer VI

Responsibilities:

Developed complex projects in the area of mechanical, piping and structural design. Worked closely with engineers, drafters, estimators, clients, vendors and shop supervisors to execute in a complete and quality order to delivery of projects.

Worked as a Senior Designer team member to train, producing 3D model and construction dwgs, check and distribute project areas to staff members (designer and drafter); to produce proposals, quotes and details. Generated P&ID’s, PFD’s, 3D model of equipment, piping, structural, for each individual project. Including, Indirect Line Heaters and Heater Theaters, Gas Dehydration skid mounted units, Metering Skids, Gas Production Units, Wellhead, Separation, Glycol Dehydration, High Pressure vessels, Heat

Exchangers, compressor skid units, towers including platforms with adequate supports and the required structures, Horizontal filter separators packages, fuel gas scrubbers, Absorber tower with integral. Produced P&ID’s, PDF’s, 3D model, construction drawings in 2D, vessel calculation including: GA’s, Equipment drawings (vessel design, BOM, details), Structural (BOM, details), Piping (Isometrics, Double and single line with BOM’s) Created and modified valves (ball valves, check valves, gate valves, pressure relief valves), Performed calculations using COMPRESS for existing and new equipment. Generated simulations for structural and piping. Modified update and created P&ID’s. As built drawings to complete a delivery packages. Strong relationships with customer, vendors and proposal groups to provide the necessary support for all design purposes. Handle simultaneous projects and achieved the company production objectives. Use of Autocad, Cadworx 2012, Solidworks 2012, Compress, Naviswork and Microsoft office tools.

2011-2012

Company: S&B Infrastructure

Position: Project Pipe Design

Responsibilities:

Oversees the implementation and completion of all phases of assigned projects, for process plants.

Responsible for a group of designers/drafters assigned to a single project or working in a specialized field, including performance and salary evaluation Establishes design criteria for all phases of a project requiring the application of basic engineering principles, material properties. Regularly assigns tasks from lower-level to mid-level design personnel, provides technical guidance, and reviews completed assignments for accuracy. Participates in performance appraisal process by conduction periodic coaching and progress review sessions with employees assigned to projects.

Prepares detail and layout drawings and sketches of unusual, complex, or original designs requiring the application of theoretical and practical engineering knowledge. Assignments regularly include determining material, produce of equipment, detail equipment drawings including: flare, heat exchanger packages, furnaces equipment drawings, line heaters, separators, horizontal filters, tank farms, pump station skid units, heaters and boilers, horizontal vessels / accumulators, Reboilers, Depropanizer overhead condenser, accumulators to get approval vendors for project requirements.

Supports field assignments and leads field walk downs as required.

Reviews manufacturers’ or fabricators’ prints for conformance with contract specifications and including update information for different models. Provides team leadership to lower-level design/drafting personnel with design sketches, information such as field sketches, for preparation of finished design drawings, general layouts, and guidance in refining technical requirements.

Regularly interfaces with other departments, clients, estimators, vendors, and project engineer in order to support project production and to resolve conflicting priorities.

Performs other related tasks such as 3D model (create, review), isometric (generate, check and approve), piping plans and sections (produce, check and approve) Participates in the interviewing, selection and training of new employees.

Use of Autocad Plant 3D 2012 (structural, civil, p&id, pipe), cadworx plant 2011, naviswork simulate, Microsoft

office tools.

2009-2011Company: Phoenix Pump

Position: Project Designer

Responsibilities:

Responsible on the proposal, preparation, execution, revision, as built design packages, deluge valve skids, diesel transfer units, vertical /horizontal pump units, skid packages fire pump jockey pumps units, platform arrangements and detail drawings compressors skids. The produce drawings are based on specifications and customer requirements: P&ID’s with correct legend sheet, description, valves, equipment, and instrumentation. GA’s including: center of gravity, location/elevation of

Equipment (engines motor, vertical/horizontal pump, gears, discharge heads, driveshaft, scrubber, vessel, battery box, and controllers) description of each item on BOM’s. Structural drawings (skid, engine supports, equipment support, and pipe support) with structural details drawings including views, weights with a complete BOM’s, pipe details drawings with correct views,

Lengths, fittings, valves and a full description on BOM’s. Pipe spools, pipe section drawings pipe details as built following P&ID’s. Equipment design drawings (fuel tanks, air receivers, sound enclosures, filter coalesce, furnaces with details for construction) with BOM for construction using sketches and customer requirements. As built drawings generated by existing

Projects. Responsible to select material and provide the correct pressure on piping systems; also generated drawings based on customer requirements, sketches, site investigation, plot plans, field group, engineering group. AUTOCAD 2009, CADWORX,

Microsoft office, office equipment.

2008-2009

Company: Burns & Mc Donell

Position: Mechanical/Pipe Designer III (contract)

Responsibilities:

Upgrade a Central Heating and Cooling plant for NASA Johnson Space Center. Upgrade Boiler Blow down system. Replace equipment, structure and pipe system. A direct contact with client to develop a complex following deadline time and schedule, submittal progress. The scope of the project was to replace chiller steam turbine with new steam turbine chiller. Replace and update eight water pumps and motors, including equipments, pipe, structure and detail drawings including: update and create

a P&ID’S, plot plans, sections, isometric pipe, detail drawings with BOM for construction, Create and update structural detail drawings, GA, calculation and description for a construction; electric diagrams from existing documents.. Constant coordination with engineers and other groups of different areas. Field survey, data collection. All drawings were generate using, Cadworx, Autocad. 3D and 2D representation, reference system, x ref, TIF files, electronic drawings, drafting tools.

Microsoft office.

2004-2006

Company: Exterran

Position: Pipe Designer II

Responsibilities:

Design of revamps for local and international skid mounted gas units. Involved on different projects at the same time. Generate GA’s for three and more stages including equipment, structure, pipe isometric and section drawings including BOM, dimensions, and details and description. P&ID’s generated and changes. Continues visits to the field and buildings shops to collect information from welders and pipe fittings to coordinate some small projects. Offshore design including platform for oil and gas exploration, and drilling platforms such as converted jack up barges, fixed tower structures, Tension Leg platforms

(TLPs), Stationary floating SPARs. Applying structural analysis of new or used platforms using STRUCAD SACS, PV ELITE, CADWORX, and AUTOCAD. 3D and 2D representation. Used Xref files, TIF files PDF, Sketches. Microsoft office.

2001-2003

Company: Technical Design Plus

Position: Pipe Designer

Responsibilities:

Responsible to update P&ID’s, and create isometric pipe, pipe sections based on as a built projects, some modifications on Gas where it was required, and details on structural drawings. Domestic projects only. O field work survey job to collect information to update data for projects. A constant coordination with project engineering. Also maintain documentation to be submitted to the client, and handle a constant

Communication with customers following revisions, schedules on each project. Microsoft Office, Autocad

EDUCATION:

-Associate Degree in Drafting and Design-Process Piping and Equipment Design.

Houston Community College/Houston, Texas

-Computer Aided Design Operator / Drafting Certificate, Architectual, Civil/Structural Discipline.

Lone Start College/Houston Texas

-Associate Degree in Drafting and Design-Process Piping and Equipment Design.

Houston Community College/Houston, Texas

-Process Engineering Design Certification

Houston Community College /Houston, Texas

-Solidworks Design process Certification

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