Plant Piping
Resume:
Reginald K. Smith, CD (PPD III)
(ADDA Certified Mechanical Drafter)
(SPED Certified Professional Piping Designer Level III)
TWIC Card Holder
Houston, TX 77047
Mobile 832-***-****
**********@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
Computer-Aided Design Drafting and/or Field Engineering position (off-shore, land, in the field), with growth-oriented company offering opportunity for advancement and professional development.
SUMMARY OF SKILLS
Ten plus years of Computer-Aided Drafting and Design. Experienced with 2D and 3D AutoCAD. Completed Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD Workshops. Proficient in creating, dimensioning, and lay out assembly and detail drawings. Certified Mechanical Drafter of the American Design Drafting Association (ADDA), the PREMIER ASSOCIATION for Design - Drafting - Graphic Arts - Digital Design - Technical Illustration. I hold a Professional Piping Designer Level III Certification from the Society of Piping Engineers and Designers (SPED). Completed American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) B31.3 Process Piping Course. CADWorx Plant/P&ID Certified. AutoCAD Plant 3D/P&ID Certified. AVEVA PDMS/E3D Certified. Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Card Holder.
EXPERIENCE
NES Global Talent, Houston, TX
Piping Designer, 06/2018 – 12/2018
At the Limetree Bay Terminals plant in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, took existing plant piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&ID’s) to validate the actual plant facilities. Highlighted any discrepancies on the P&IDs to account for actual field conditions. Reviewed all highlighted notes on the P&IDs and edited to ensure that all comments were legible/accurate and could be fully understood by third parties.
PinnacleArt, Pasadena, TX
Field Drafter, 03/2018 – 04/2018
Assisted a team of inspectors, technicians, and data entry team members in field drafting isometric drawings for a set of units within the Lyondell Basell Houston Refinery.
CDI Engineering, Houston, TX
Designer, 04/2014 – 02/2015
Created piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&ID’s) from engineers’ sketches. Incorporated redlines into P&ID’s, instrumentation and electrical (I&E), and isometric (ISO) drawings. Worked with operations and technical personnel at Lyondell Basell Manufacturing Complex in LaPorte, TX.
Compliance Assurance Associates, Inc., Friendswood, TX
Piping Designer/Drafter, 03/2010 – 11/2013
Performed P&ID field walkdowns at several Enterprise Products plant facilities in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Louisiana. Incorporated redlines into P&ID’s and PFD’s. Created P&ID’s and PFD’s. Incorporated redlines into I&E drawings. Located pipe runs in an existing morass of equipment, on projects to satisfy the company’s commitment to the client with regard to schedule, cost and qualitly. Worked with operations and technical personnel.
Yoh Engineering, Houston, TX
Piping Drafter, 03/2008 – 06/2008
Drafted plans for installation of plumbing and piping equipment for a chemical processing plant. Created piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&ID’s) from newly created process flow diagrams (PFD’s) for an engineering company. (Contract work)
Linbeck, Houston, TX
Field Engineer, 07/2005 – 03/2008
Peformed line and grade, control points, quality review and control on projects to satisfy company’s commitment to the client with regard to schedule, cost and qualitly. Additionallly, monitored and assisted in controlling line and grade, plumb and square of all aspects of each project.
Buentello Inc., Houston, TX
Survey Tech/CAD Operator 01/2002 – 03/2005
Surveyed commercial and residential land, which resulted in CADD drawings.
Technical Scanning Systems, Rosenberg, TX
Piping Drafter/Inspector, 01/1996 – 01/2002
Inspected and worked with AutoCAD software for an NDE Specialist contracting company at a chemical processing plant; Worked in field measurements, located pipe runs, positioned pumps in an existing morass of equipment, and investigated sewers with a flashlight to determine the direction of flow. Developed isometric drawings. Worked with operations and technical personnel.
U. S. Navy, Ft. Meade, MD
Cryptologic Technician, 04/1983 – 02/1995
Engaged heavily in computer collection, processing, and dissemination of non-morse communication signals for one of the Navy's most technically advanced systems; Received the JOINT SERVICE ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL award.
EDUCATION
ITT Technical Institute, Houston, TX
A.A.S., Computer Drafting and Design, May, 2003
GPA: 3.50, Major GPA: 4.00. Associate of Applied Science Degree. Honor student.
Houston Community College
Commercial Arts, June, 2005
Certificate of Completion awarded for creation of business forms and documents.
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Architectural Engineering, 1979 - 1980
Studied undergraduate basic requirement courses. Football Scholarship. Member of 1980 Orange Bowl Championship team.
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