JOB OBJECTIVE:

Project Engineer

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Mechanical Engineer with 32 years of experience in various types of mechanical equipment including pressure vessel (reactors, drum, column and internals), heat exchanger,pump, fire heater,boilers, shop/field fabricated tank, low temperature LNG tank package & other skid package equipment and piping design package..

Extensive knowledge of mechanical and thermal design of pressure vessel, shell and tube, plate and frame, welded, spiral heat exchangers, air coolers, aluminum brazed heat exchangers, tanks, pump skid package equipment and piping, some fired heaters and HRSG,.

Ability to perform mechanical calculation, safety/risk/fitness for service assessments for fixed equipment, relief system and rotating equipment.

More than 15 years working experience as a lead mechanical engineer/Principal Project Engineer/construction engineering lead.

Experience in field engineering, support of project management team on technical issues as well as in Planning, Estimating and Progressing status for completion of engineering deliverables

Supervising and leading a team in carrying out detailed engineering/project execution work for this project, developing budget cost, man-hour estimation and project schedules.

Involved in various Refinery, Upgrader, SAGD, Chemical, Petrochemical, LNG and Gas Processing and Utility, oil and gas pipeline projects.

Fully conversant with all aspects of design including engineering design, material selection, fabrication, NDE, inspection, testing, QA/QC, construction support, commissioning and start-up, maintenance support, reliability, PMC & EPC engineering practices, project quality assurance.

Knowledge in the operation, troubleshooting, repair of: pressure vessels, heat exchangers, tanks, piping, valves, pressure relief devices, welding, risk based inspection, fitness for service, inspection and NDE practices and techniques.

Possess a strong working knowledge of ASME Sect VIII Div1 and Div 2, TEMA R, API 560,API 650, API 610, API620,API 625,API 660, API 661,API 510/570/653/579, ANSI, ASME B31.1/B31.3, NFPA 59A, 40 CFR 193 ASTM, DEP, Aramco Engineering Standard (SAES/SAEP/SAMSS),PIP,NACE etc.

Experience with estimation of fired heaters or other similar custom-engineered heat transfer equipment using bills of material from datasheet & drawings for skids, modules, piping, valves, equipment etc.

Proficiency in using COMPRESS & PV-ELITE, HTRI, NozzlePro and API-TANK programs for Pressure Vessels, Heat Exchangers and Atmospheric Tanks design and other computer software AutoCad, MS Office, powerpoint etc.

Wide range of PMC and EPC experience with the engineering design/project management/construction of various equipment for large refinery project, larger petrochemical project and oil and gas industry such as Ethylene cracking, LNG, RFCC, Reformer, Hydrotreating, PX, PTA, Delayed Coker, Sulfur Recovery, Acid Water Treating, Oil and Natural Gas Processing, Oil Sand Upgrader project, SAGD CPF and refinery revamp project.

Professional Engineer (PE) License registration in Texas, USA

TWIC card and Texas Driver License.

WORK EXPERIENCE

LyondellBasell, Houston, Texas July 2017 – Nov. 2021

Senior Mechanical Project/ Reliability Engineer

Turn around project execution and engineering for Crude & Coker, HDS, SRU refinery capital & expense project in refinery

Developed and/or approves stationary equipment repair plans, rerates, & modifications related to expense and capital projects in their area.

Made front end development (Identify, Assess, Select, & Define phases) to detailed design and construction (Execute phase) including procurement, cost control and schedule management for refinery capital and expense project

Performs fitness for service evaluations per API, ASME or applicable industry guidelines/standards, including level 1 & 2 evaluations per API-579.

Prepared the mechanical Data Sheet, MRQ, TBE and review vendor documents.

Reviewed Piping isometric drawings and fixed equipment revamp drawings for refinery Turnaround action items

Working closely with the team for Design, Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning and Start-up.

Define/review/manage project scope, budget and schedule

Develop and implement MOCs (Management of Changes) needed for projects and provide the response for RFI (Request for Information) in construction site.

Conducted PHA, HAZOP review

Reviewed the engineering capital project engineering drawing and documents from engineering sub contractor

Performed bolted joint torque calculations and select gaskets for planning.

Participated in self audits of key reliability management systems (MOC, Inspection Database, etc.)

Provided technical support to operations,maintenance and construction execution.

Work closely with Unit Inspector(s) to troubleshoot stationary equipment issues and review Inspection & Testing Plans for piping / equipment repairs or new installations.

Developed equipment maintenance strategy documents.

Reviewed requests for installation of Leak Repair Devices, such as bolted engineered enclosures, composite wraps, valves body injections, etc.

Reviewed the design of pressure vessel, furnaces, boilers, heaters, flares, burners, refractory, insulation, high temperature materials, tanks, exchangers and piping.

Lead or participated in incident investigations and root cause failure analysis.

Being responsible for leading the evaluation and implementation of strategic reliability improvements that support improved reliability and optimized total cost of ownership. Interacted with other technical groups on site (process engineering, maintenance, and capital project groups), corporate technical networks and peers, and vendors/suppliers as needed to resolve problems and improve plant reliability and performance.

CB&I Houston, Texas, USA

Principal Mechanical Engineer March, 2015 – February, 2017

Project involved:

LACC EP project 1000 Kta Ethylene Plant, Lake Charles, Louisiana

Total Petrochemical & Refining USA, Inc. 1000 KTA side cracker project

Freeport LNG Liquefaction project (Detail engineering), Freeport, Texas, USA

Preparing mechanical data sheets,technical specifications, MRQ and technical bid evaluation/technical recommendation/MRP for pressure vessel (Columns, Internals, Drums) & pump Packages

Preparing mechanical calculations for pressure vessel with COMPRESS software.

Reviewing vendor documentation

Coordinating with other disciplines, client and vendor to make solutions, optimize design and save equipment cost and meet delivery schedule.

LACC EP project 1000 Kta Ethylene Plant, Lake Charles, Louisiana (Detail engineering). (December, 2015 - Feb. 2017) as a mechanical package engineer

Preparing mechanical data sheets for pressure vessel & Package equipment data sheet.

Preparing mechanical calculations for pressure vessel with COMPRESS software.

Prepare Material Requisitions for Pressure Vessel, package equipment such PSA, Process water treatment package, filters, Mixters, silencers etc.

Preparing the technical clarifications, technical bid evaluations and technical recommendations to procurement.

Review vendor documentation for pressure vessel/package equipment such as PSA, process water treatment etc.

Coordinating with other disciplines to make solutions & complete.

Vendor document review.

Project:

Total Petrochemical & Refining USA, Inc. 1000 KTA side cracker project (FEED). Port Arthur, Texas (Jan.2016 – August. 2016) as a mechanical package engineer

Responsibilities includes:

Preparing mechanical data sheets pressure vessel and other mechanical package including Filter & Colaescer package, Process Water Treatment package and PSA package etc.

Preparing MRQ for pressure vessel and other mechanical package including Filter & Colaescer package, Process Water Treatment package and PSA package etc.

Preparing the technical clarifications, technical bid evaluations and technical recommendations to procurement.

Project:

Freeport LNG Liquefaction project (Detail engineering), Freeport, Texas

(March, 2015 – Jan. 2016)

Responsibilities includes:

Preparing mechanical data sheets for pressure vessel & shop fabricated tank data sheet.

Preparing mechanical calculations for pressure vessel with COMPRESS software.

Prepare Material Requisitions for Pressure Vessel, Pressure vessel Internals, Shop fabrication tanks.

Preparing the technical clarifications, technical bid evaluations and technical recommendations to procurement.

Preparing mechanical data sheets IFP and material requisition IFP for pressure vessel, internals & shop fabricated tank.

Review vendor documentation for pressure vessel/pressure vessel internals/shop fabricated tanks/low temperature LNG tank package (Subcontractor package).

Coordinating with other disciplines to make solutions & complete.

Vista Project Limited Calgary, Canada

Senior/ Lead mechanical project engineer April 2011 --- March, 2015

Project involved:

Cenovus Christina Lake SAGD Expansion F/G Phase Project

ConocoPhillips Canada Resources Corp. Surmont 1 SAGD CPF Debottlenecking Project

Canadian Natural Resources Limited Kirby In-Situ Oil Sands Project

Preparing technical specifications, mechanical data sheets, MRQ, technical clarification, technical bid evaluation & technical recommendations to procurement, MRP for pressure vessels, pump, shell & tube heat exchangers including Helix baffle licensed, spiral heat exchangers and glycol air coolers.

Using COMPRESS and HTRI to proceed pressure vessel strength calculation and thermal design for shell and tube heat exchangers

Participating in Design and Constructability review, Model review and HAZOP review.

Participates in planning, cost development, management, and scheduling for assigned projects.

Reviewing design and documents for all static equipment produced in mechanical team.

Providing technical support and guide to the Project Management Team (PMT) on Static Equipment issues.

Lead responsibility and technical directions to the entire static equipment group.

Reviewing P&ID drawings, piping isometric drawings and valve list

Reviewing vendor engineering design documentation.

Working closely with procurement, QA and vendors and monitoring their fabrication quality and schedule.

Detail Engineering Supervision from conceptual design, detailed engineering, manufacturing, up to the installation and commissioning

PETROFAC Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Principal mechanical project engineer April 2009 --- April 2011

Project involved

Karan Utilities and Power Co- Generation Project

(Natural gas processing) Aramco Overseas Company B.V

Supervising and leading a team in carrying out detailed engineering/project execution work for this project, developing budget cost, man-hour estimation and project schedules.

Working closely with the team for Design, Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning and Start-up.

Define/review/manage project scope, budget and schedule

Preparing/reviewing mechanical data sheets, MRQ, technical clarification, technical bid evaluation / technical recommendations to procurement, MRP for pressure vessel, heat exchanger, column internals, API Pumps, filter, mixer, API tanks and packaged equipment like HRSG, chemical injection package etc.

Using COMPRESS and HTRI software to proceed pressure vessel strength calculation and thermal design for shell and tube heat exchangers

Reviewing the vendor documentation

Providing guide to the Project Management Team (PMT)

Fitness for service evaluation per API 579 for existing static equipment and piping

Visit vendor shop for inspection, technical troubleshooting and coordination for delivery schedule.

Troubleshooting for construction phase

Fluor Canada Limited Calgary, Canada

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer July 2007 --- Feb. 2009

Project involved

Irving Oil Limited, Project Solutions Project, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Project including RFCCU, GDS, Dehex. and Alky. Unit

MEG Energy Corp. Christina Lake Regional SAGD Project Phase IIB Alberta, Canada

Preparing/reviewing technical specifications, mechanical data sheets, MRQ, technical clarification, technical bid evaluation / technical recommendations to procurement, MRP for pressure vessel & internals, heat exchangers, API Pumps, API tanks and packaged equipment like HRSG, OTSG etc.

Using Compress and HTRI software to proceed pressure vessel strength calculation and thermal design for shell and tube heat exchangers

Preparing the rerate documents and rerate calculation for existing pressure vessels

Fitness for service evaluation per API 579 for existing static equipment and piping

Reviewing vendor documentation.

SNC-LAVALIN INC., Calgary, Canada

Senior Mechanical Engineer Nov. 2005 July 2007

Project involved

North West Upgrading Inc., North West Bitumen Upgrader, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada

Involving crude & vacuum unit, hydrocracking unit, hydrotreating unit, sulphur recovery unit, Utility & Offsite unit.

Preparing mechanical data sheets and technical specifications, RFQ, technical bid clarification/evaluation/recommendations, MRP for pressure vessels including heavy wall reactors, large columns, drums and internals etc

Completing strength calculation for pressure vessels including drum, column/reactor with applicable engineering software such as COMPRESS,

Reviewing/approving the general arrangement drawings for long lead item pressure vessels including large columns and heavy wall reactors.

Luoyang Petrochemical Engineering Corporation (LPEC)/SINOPEC, Luoyang China

Lead/Senior/ Mechanical Engineer 1983 – 2005

Supervising and leading a team of engineers and designers in carrying out detailed engineering work for this projects, developing budget cost, man-hour estimation and project schedules.

Coordinated with other disciplines, venders and clients in the detail design phase

Preparing/reviewing mechanical data sheets, MRQ, technical clarification, technical bid evaluation / technical recommendations to procurement, MRP for pressure vessels including various large columns and reactors, heat exchangers, air coolers, column internals, API tanks and packaged equipment

Prepared the key equipment layout, mechanical design technology rules and specification

Completed the basic design and detail design of pressure vessel such as column and internals, drum, heat exchanger, reactor, air cooler, expansion joint, waste heat boiler using AutoCAD and other computer applicable program

Using COMPRESS and HTRI software to proceed pressure vessel strength calculation and thermal design for shell and tube heat exchangers

Reviewed vendor technical documentation, visit vendor shop to inspect/test/make solutions and coordinate the delivery schedule during the fabrication of pressure vessel, tank and heat exchangers.

Detail Engineering Supervision from conceptual design, FEED, detailed engineering, manufacturing, up to the installation and commissioning.

Major project involved:

1800kt/a FCC MIP-CGP Revamp unit, 3000kt/a FCC unit and 400kt/a shell sulfolane process unit for Zhenhai Refining and Chemical Co. Ltd /SINOPEC, Ningbo, China 1994 -1998

160kt/a Para-Xylene unit and 225kt/a PTA unit for Luoyang Petrochemical Co. Ltd/SINOPEC, China 1998-2000

70kt/a Sulfur Recovery unit and 1400kt/a FCC unit for Shanghai Refinery /SINOPEC, China 1999-2000

400kt/a Delayed Coker unit for Shandong, Shengli Petro-chemical Corp./SINOPEC, China 2001-2002

Acid water treating unit for Lanzhou Petro-chemical Complex/Petrochina, China 2002-2003

Completed the technical bidding of 1000kt/a Hydrocracking unit for Kuwait refinery 2003-2004

1800kt/a RFCC unit and New Lubricating-oil refining project, Chiba refinery, Japan December, 1992-May, 1993

1400kt/a RFCC Revamp project for Jilin Petrochemical Complex /Petrochina, China 1994 - 1995

30kt/a Sulfur Recovery Project for Lanzhou Petrochemical Complex /Petrochina, China 1995 – 1996

800kt/a Hydrotreating Project for Lanzhou Petrochemical Complex /Petrochina, China 1984 -1986

800 k t/a Catalytic Reformer Project for Zhenhai Refining and Chemical Co. Ltd /SINOPEC, Ningbo,China 1985 - 1988

1,000 k t/a FCC Project for Nanjing Petrochemical Corporation 1984 -1985

Jingmen 400 kt/year medium pressure hydrotreating unit. 1983-1984

JGC Yokohama, Japan

Mechanical Engineer March 1991- November 1992

Preparing the key equipment layout, and technical specifications

Preparing mechanical calculations for pressure vessels, mechanical data sheet, RFQ, technical bid evaluation/recommendation for pressure vessels and heat exchanger packages and issuing PO documents.

Reviewing vendor technical documentation including drawings, calculation/procedure/PQR/WPS etc.

Visit vendor shop for inspection/test and making solutions.

Major project involved

Pertamina EXOR- Project, 3600kt/a RFCC unit, 1000kt/a Reformer unit and 1800kt/a Hydrotreating unit in Indonesia, worked in JGC, Yokohama, Japan

SKILLS

Well-developed interpersonal verbal and written communication skills

Excellent project management and time management skill. Mentors and trains junior Mechanical Engineers

Willing to study new technique and good attention to details

Mechanical Design per ASME Section VIII-Div.1 and Div.2, TEMA with design software - Compress, PV-Elite, NozzlePro

Thermal Design of S & T Heat exchangers, Air Coolers with software HTRI

Working knowledge of pressure vessel (Drum, Column and internals),shell and tube heat exchangers (unfired), boilers, compressors, pumps, compressors, flares, trays, distributors, packing, mixers, filters, silencers, shop/field fabricated tank and LNG low temperature tank, boiler and heaters (fired)& other package equipment

Datasheets of Vessels, vessels internals, Heat Transfer equipment, tanks and packages, request for quotation (RFQ) packages, Technical and Commercial bid tab evaluation (TBE), Purchase Orders (P.O), etc. Reviewing vendor documentation including drawings, mechanical/thermal calculations, fabrication/inspection/test/welding procedure etc. for vessels, vessels internals, heat exchanger, tanks and packages.

Rerating of vessels and heat exchangers, fitness for service evaluation of static equipment and piping per API 579 (FFS)

EDUCATION

Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor Degree,

East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China Sep.1979 July,1983

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2007 P.Eng. Professional Engineer Membership, Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists of Alberta (APEGA), Canada, Registration No. M93000

2017 Feb. PE. Texas Board of Profession Engineer, Texas, USA, Registration No.125870

2001 Project and Construction Manager Training Certificate, National Construction Committee, Beijing, China

1998 Pressure Vessel Design Auditor Certificate, China Quality and Technology Supervision Bureau, Beijing, China

AWARDS

2006 Certificate of Recognition, Valuable Contribution in Mechanical Engineering of Fabricated Equipment, North West Upgrading Inc., Calgary, Alberta, Canada

2003 Silver Medal for the National Excellent Design Project, National Construction Committee, China

2002 Golden Medal for the Excellent Design Project, SINOPEC, China

TRAINING

Pressure Vessel Stress Analysis Training,

China National Pressure Vessel Technical Committee, Beijing, 1996

Project Management and Project Manager Certification Training, SINOPEC, Beijing 2000

International Petrochemical Engineering Project Execution Procedure Technical Training,

JGC Corporation, Yokohama, Japan, March, 1991 Nov. 1992

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