PAUL D. ROMAN
SENIOR PDS PIPING CHECKER / DESIGNER.
Ph. 832-***-**** US mobile
*************@*******.***
Conroe, TX. 77302
NATIONALITY: American.
LANGUAGES: English (first)
Spanish (fluent).
KEY WORD SUMMARY
Senior 3D_PDS Intergraph Microstation Piping Checker/Designer/Layout,
Lead Piping Coordinator, Liaison for Projects & Field Assigned Piping Engineer
(Ten years of continuous working Exp. with Fluor Engineering Co.)
(32) Thirty Two years of Senior Piping Design experienced work
(20) Twenty Years of experienced using 3D PDS Intergraph Software
for 3D PDS Computer Intergraph/ Smart Plant Rel. 6.2 Software
PDMS 3D CAD software, SP3D SmartPlant Trained Software
Refineries, Pharmaceutical Piping, Offshore, LNG Plants, Hydrogen Unit
Caustic Evaporation Unit, Priller Plant
CAREER SUMMARY
Piping Specialist, Plot plan layout, Super Sketches, 3D_PDS Intergraph Software, Senior Designer, Pdms 3D CAD, Microstation 3D, 2D, PDS Piping Support Designer, Nuclear/Gloveboxes, Industrial Piping, Environmental Pipe, Work, AutoCAD, Microsoft Word, Piping Lead, Scope Definition, Field Engineer, Liaison, Piping Checker, P & ID’. s, Hydrotest Package, Strong Back Ground in Refineries, and Chemical plants.
Plant Studies, Super Sketches, Scope Definitions, Maintaining Design Changes
Field Engineer- (32)thirty Two years of Senior Piping Design experienced in the petrochemical and refining industry. Proficient in 3D PDS Intergraph software (20) Twenty Years of experienced using 3D PDS intergrapgh Software; coupled with results oriented field experienced. Fluent in Spanish.
Type of Projects;
BASF_Priller Process Unit
CBI_Reficar Refinery, LPG Tank Farms,Grassroot,Revamp
Technip_LNG, Hydrogen Grass Root Unit,
Fluor (2)Fast Track Burned Plant Jobs
(Celanese-Hoecht, Pampa,Texas
Citgo Refineries, Corpus Christi,Texas &Romeoville, Illinois,)
BPAmoco_MTA Ethylene Unit, Gas Process Modules Unit
Power Steam Turbine Unit, Metaxylene Unit,
Debutanizer Unit, Plant Steam Upgrade Study,
Ultraformer Unit, Olefins Plants Grass Roots,
Interconnecting Pipelines Piperacks,
Crude, Kerosene, Gasoline & Diesel Tank Farm
Debottlenecking Revamps for Units.
Sasol, Lake Charles, LA. LAB 2 Unit 022 Battery Limits
Valero Refinery & Tankage Plant, Corpus Christi, Texas
Corpus Christi Polymer Plant,Corpus Christi,Texas
Detailed Experienced;
Corpus Christi Polymer (PET) Plant August,2019 thru March,2020
Worley Parsons Jacobs Engineering
Request For Info.(RFI) Packages
Software:AutoCad,Naviswork,3D_PDS
Duties: Field Assignment at Polymer PET Plant,reviewing new design works from PID’,s against AFC Isometrics for Major Revamp,Refurbish Plant,Specifications of Industrial Standards,Client, RFI’.s
corrections, Field Walk-Downs matching PID’.s & AFC ISO’.s Field “AS Builts”with Material take off of modified field construction; resolving unanswered design questions with supporting construction,with the review of Equipment & Engineering Items.
Citgo Corpus Christi Refinery (East Plant 2/West Plant)
Nueces, Bay Street June2018-Present
2019 Turnaround Packages
Reliability Engineering Group
Software: AutoCad, Cadworx, CadPipe Gen.2, Version 5.1
Duties: Preparing turnaround packages under Citgo’s Engineering Group, for No.4 Crude unit 10, Unit 40 SatGas,
UniBon Merox Unit 20, anything from maintenance valve replacements, to adding piping bypasses, Pig Cleaning
Crude Heater’s Cleaning, bolts & Gaskets Restauration, heavy field work, detailed sketches, adjusting scope definition
Per Field updating matching PID’.s, meeting Plant safety & design criteria, resolving any design discrepancies,
Material takeoff, existing valves replacements package of unit, Chemical Injection Quill, existing probes inspection
Walkdowns, Hydro Test Packages of piping sytems.meeting with constant scheduling demands of seven days’ work turnarounds, of 10 hours a day for two months plus, with 12th day fatigue day off of one day, back on to support Citgo’s
Turnarounds scheduling.
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. November 2014 to May 2016
Client: LNG Freeport, Texas
Liquefaction Facility Unit 11
Freeport LNG, Liquefaction Facility Unit 11, Freeport,Texas
Pipe Rack (740’ Long x 105’Wide)
27 x 6 Columns =156 Pipe Rack Columns
5 Working Levels (Grade, Process, Utilities, Elect. & Fin-Fans Walking Deck)
Freeport LNG, Liquefaction Facility Unit 11, Freeport,Texas
Duties: Layout of Battery Limits, Lines with Double Block & Bleed & Metering, the routing of utilities, process lines per rack levels, at Grade Inlets & Outlets Lines of HP MR Compressors, Liquefaction, Propane Compressor, & Refrigeration LP MR Compressor; also, completing layouts of design of the Unit’s Collecting Vapor & Liquefaction Ground Flare Header with Branches, & Cold Relief /Drain Flare System Header with Branches. Inlet & Outlet Lines from the above (6) Systems Air Cooler Lines throughout the main rack, alignment s & coordinating branch connections of lines, between adjacent unit working areas. Determine, & placing the right supports per piping stress callouts, as scopes expands & keeping up with changes of Process PID’.Client,& to matching Piping Supports Standards,Spec Material for Pipe & Insulation requirements for Cryogenics, Refrigerated, Free Drain, No Pockets, Sloped Lines, Plus clarifying Stress Piping & Clashing Issues thru written instructions, documenting the history of lines or providing sketches, screen shots, to other Disciplines as work develops with updated changes. Extracting all Rack Isometrics, resolving PDS extracting issues, QC checking lines for shop fabrication.
Burns & McDonnell Engineering May2014 to Nov-2014
Client: Valero Refinery
Corpus Christi, TX.
Major Revamp Project by adding 100 plus Tie-ins Thru the Plant & to Tie-ins New unit to existing Plant, & the addition of New Compressor to existing crowded Compressor Room. Work required heavy field work measurements, & dimensions plus Laser Scanner Layout to fit new additions by comparing Field notes, field photographs with Laser scanner, super imposed. Field Walk downs for Pipe Routing & identifying existing field obstructions, resolve by redesign
Updating existing drawings with New Redlines pipe layout routings. Coordination of Vendor’s comments with equipment layouts, identifying potential design problems as things develops. Picking up Stress Isometrics comments for
Shop fabrications.
Fluor Engineering Co. Sugar Land, Texas April-2013-May-2014
Sasol, Lake Charles, Cracker Project, Lake Charles, LA
Unit 022 –LAB2 (Linear Alkyl ate Benzene Unit)
Battery Limit & Interface Sketch
Duties: New Plot Plan with preliminary Equipment data requirements arrangement & development per Feed Study P&ID’. s; Adding Module Pipe Racks, inside unit & offsite interconnecting racks, To analyze & add review comments, & concerns to impact New vs. Plot Plan development to the current LAB 2 plant configuration in Augusta, (own by Sasol) Italy; would fit & meet the
Lake Charles designated Land Space Plot reserved for New LAB 2 Unit 022.
Locating Equipment Outlined Sizes per P&ID & Equipment List description.
In addition; reviewing all existing supporting Storage Tanks, Reservice Tanks with New & Revamp Process & Utilities Lines with Tie-ins required supporting new unit construction.
Linde Process Plants USA, October 2012-April 2013
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Client: OneOK Field Services Division
Project: Canadian Valley Gas Plant
Location: Canadian Valley County, Oklahoma
Software; Microstation, PDS Intergraph, 3D Smart Plant Model Review
Sr. Piping Design Checker: daily duties involved applying Client’s Model Review Comments, Field Construction’s input to all issued Isometrics for Construction to Shop, Ensured that Industry’s Code & Standards, Process & Mechanical Diagrams by Companies details inputs are applied in design, Piping Flexibility Stress requirements, Vendor’s Equipment fabrication comments to match agreed comments thru Project Phases, developments, Correspond via meetings, email, conversations with all disciplines Identifying potential problems, Reviewing & applying Material Specifications to all Issued Isometrics, for quality requirements for Shop & Field to be assembled. Equipment Layout reviewed to Industry Standards, Plot Plans for Process System Areas; Dehydration/Hot Oil, Fuel Gas, Hot Oil Heater, Dehydrators, Regeneration Gas Heater, Modules Piping Racks, Regen Gas Compressor, Demethanizer Bottoms Pumps, Product Surge Vessel Areas for Amine, Hydrocarbon Liquid, Methanol, Methane, Ethane, Refrigerated Gas, Liquid Glycol.
Worley Parsons - Jan 2012 to Sept 2012
Client: BASF
Project: Process Priller Unit
Software: 3D PDS Intergraph
Duties:
Process Unit Layouts of 3D Equipment & Piping routing, modeling of equally spaced Upper Ring (4) nozzles Lancers, & Lower Ring (9) Nozzle Micropriller product feed lines, Priller Tower, Feed Drum, Pre-Feed Filters, Feed Line Pumps, where supplied utilities Steam, & Nitrogen, Condensate lines require the proper mixture of Product & utilities to ensure proper design layouts. With accompanying Three (3) Exchangers for proper heating up & cooling of product.
Extensive Client input & interphase of design & developing process.
Equipment Vendor design input, supports, design modifications.
Heavy Client 3D Model Review meetings, picking up constant client modifications to meet their criteria of design. (Filters, Pumps, Drums, Tower, Exchangers, interphase with Vendor’s Skid Mounted Equipment.)
Chicago Bridge & Iron, Lummus Oct 2010 to Dec 2011
Client: Reficar Refinery, Location: Cartagena, Columbia
Project: LPG Spheres Tankage Farm Area 146
Software:3D PDS Intergraph
Duties:
Layout, Design, Pipe routing, resolving scope definition, documenting, planning,
Coordinating with project & other disciplines workout discrepancies, impact of changes, extracting Isometrics, Fast Pace, meeting the 60% model review as target. Ten New Spheres Tanks, Pumps, Flare Tankage System integrated with existing LPG unit. (30 Exist. Tanks, over 120 Tie-ins,7 Manifolds coordinated)
Located Tanks Clips support & supply Tank vendor drawings locating nozzle
Location, orientation, details, tank’s, platform configurations.
Fluor July 2008- Feb2010
Sugar Land, Texas
Client: Taneco Refinery Chemical Plant
Project: Diesel Tank Farm Interconnecting Rack Lines, Pump Station Fac.
Nizhnekamsk, Russia
Senior PDS Intergraph Piping Checker, for the diesel tank farm area with heavy Smartplant Software 6.2 rel. usage & Interphasing with Fluor’s New Dehli, India office to ensured all piping standards, design procedures, Flow Sheets changes & mark-ups by Process, and Clients rep “VNP” Russian Engineering has been incorporated in 3D PDS models. Checker & liaison of all Russian & industry Standards are met. Participant of 3D model reviews by client & New Delhi India.
Crude, Kerosene, and Diesel pump Station layouts, pipe routings to match P&ID.’s enhancements by Client.
Linde Process Plants LLC, November 2007-July 2008
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Client: Williams Field Services
Project: Willow Creek Gas Plant TXP-1
Rio Blanco County, Colorado
450MM SCFD GAS PLANT
QC_Senior Checker /Designer PDS 3D Intergraph Software Project,
Piping PDS Checker responsible for Areas 60, 56, 52 & (20) Interconnecting Piping Rack Modules,
Equipment modeling, Piping Checking for Hot Oil Facilities Module,
Residue Gas Compressor System Modules, PID’. s Modules Estimating of Pipe,
Verification of designs standards, specifications, drafting procedures.
PDS Piping Checker for the Slug Catcher, Scrubber, Micron Filter’s, Coalesce Area, and Rich/Lean Amine Stills Area equipment & piping areas.
Duties included Layouts of Modules, Isometrics Extractions & Troubleshooting
Troubled Isometrics. Work entitled minimum supervision, communication verbally, as well in writing via email with other coordinating disciplines.
Ambitech Engineering: July 2007 -November 2007
Client BP Amoco, Refinery Whiting Indiana
Pipe Still #11 Unit A_T5 Pressure Vessel Relief Lines to Warp Flare Header
3D PDS Intergraph software, LFM Server, LFM Viewer, Laser Scanner software)
Field Work Verification
Responsible for all Layout of Relief Line to Warp Header in Pipe Rack.
Crowded area requires field work & Laser scanner to finalize design,
PDS Equipment model, Isometric Creation, Routing, Extraction of Iso’. s
Resolving all piping clashes,
Coordinate work with related disciplines,and document project for ever changes by Client comments, and standards.
Oxy Chemical Taft, Louisiana: Apr 2006 -July 2007
KOH Conversion Project
Technip Engineering USA
Position: Senior PDS Piping Designer/ Piping Layout Design
( 3D_PDS Intergraph Software,
LFM Server, LFM Viewer, Laser Scan software)
Appling the Laser software to our design, and matching Tie-in Point with Laser Scanner Field survey.
Major Plant Revamp with over 700 Tie-ins, and over 100 pieces of Equipment to Layout to existing system as well as Grassroot units.
Responsible for all my equipment modeling in my areas assigned
(Heavy 3D PDS equipment modeling)
Developing Layouts of Caustic Evaporation, Hydrogen Cooler, Caustic Cooling Tower Pumps areas. Generating Pipe routing to match existing & new areas.
Coordinating the usage of Laser Scanner software of all Tie-ins.
Interphasing with Client’s comments thru 3D Smart Plant Model Review, defining scope of work and Identifying Potential Change Orders from original scope of work.
Valero St. Charles, Norco, Louisiana Jan 2005-Apr 2006
Hydrogen Unit (60M) Module Built Unit
Technip Engineering USA
Position: Lead Piping Design Coordinator / Senior 3D PDS Piping Designer/ Piping Layout Design
(3D PDS Intergrapgh, SmartPlant 3D Viewer Software)
Hydrogen Grassroot Project-
Responsibilities involved Plot Plan Development, Plant Studies, and Equipment Layout per Industry & Client Standards, Defining Scope, and incorporating Client’s comments.
As the only Piping Liaison & Senior Designer assigned to this project, intiating all
Activities, comments or implementing Project Management Decisions,
Also, coordinated between the main office, and the Outsource office of India with final details engineering, supporting procedures, and solving key issues daily as the project reached its completion.
Technip Engineering USA
Recording Meeting Notes, Coordinating Work Process for Piping Documents, Line List, Tie-In’. s for Issued for Design & Construction. Work Procedures, Checking List. Smart Plant 3D Model Review with Client. Duties included Pipe Racks Modules Layouts for Dual unit Battery Limits Shut down Valves.
Emails Correspondence with Vendor, Subcontractors, documenting changes, design instructions, resolving design problems.
River Protection Project /Waste Treatment Plant Nov2003-Nov 2004
DOE_Richland, Washignton
Bechtel National Inc.
Software: Bentley Plant Space 3D Microstation
Title: Senior PDS Piping Designer/ Piping Layout Design
During this Assign period, I have continued to provide Routing of all Filter Cave Tubing Lines/Reworked lines to miss new Structural Steel Platforms.
I have provided verification, checking to the current needs of wall boxes in Filter Caves Equipment Dwg’. s
I have continued to Reworked HVAC V&ID’. s tubing lines on Melter Cave to connectors and assigned temporary Line Numbers.
I have performed Modeled Equipment per vendor data as required; Blowers, Rld Pumps, Filter Cave nozzles, HDH Canister Handling Sys.Tanks, etc.
I have promptly Red marked vendor’s Dwg’. s assigning nozzles orientations for Melter Filter Caves Equip.
I have continued to Rework all RLD’. s to match P&ID’. s resonant extract Isom’. s for Issue Purpose.
I have continued to be modified RLD’. s Radar Connectors Reworked Isometrics.
I have performed Layout Routing of sloped lines in the HDH Canister Decontamination Sys.Modeled (HDH-TK-00002 &00003) to Floor boxes connections.
I have performed Reworking Spool Pcs. For Rld’. s Pumps Lines revisions
Per Vendor’s Revised Data.
I contributed to the group’s efficiency by identifying known conflicts and deficiencies, and providing suggestions to improve project procedures and design criteria to my co-workers, supervisor and manager. Further, I maintain a positive attitude and close working relationship with my team members by sharing ideas, both technical and procedural, to improve work quality and promote efficiency.
Client: Saudi Yanbu Petrochemical, Co. Jun2003-Sep2003
Project: Yanpet Expansion Project, MTA Ethylene Unit 210
Company: ABB Lummus Company
Position: Senior 3D PDS Piping Designer/ Piping Layout Design
3D PDS Intergraph Microstation Software Program
Responsible for All Layouts & Routing of High Pressure Vapor Relief Header System with Expanding (ten) PSV’. s Stations. Client’s interphase thru Design Review to Meet Standards From IDP’. s Reports to Extracting AFC’. s Isometrics, Matching Final Plan Dwg’s. Ensuring other Disciplines Follow Through.
Aramco Oil & Gas Separator Gosp02 Unit June 2002-April2003
Qatar, Saudi Arabia
TPA Howe-Baker Engineering Co.
Chicago Bridge Iron Company
Position: Senior 3D PDS Piping Designer /UG Slope Lines Design
3D PDS Intergraph Microstation Computer Program
Responsible for all 3D Modeling of Gravity & Pressurize Underground Piping Systems, Oily Water, Gravity Water, Sewer Water, Raw Water, Utilities Lines
Developed and extracted 2D Plans & 3D Isometrics drawings of Sloped piping lines systems per Clients Standards, worked under challenging work schedules.
Citgo Refinery Conversion Optimization Project Sep2001- June 2002
Lake Charles, Louisiana
Fluor Daniel Engineering Co.
Senior PDS Piping Designer/
Fast track, (High Pressured Schedule) Burned Job
3D PDS Intergraph Microstation Software
COP Unit & Tier 2 new units all OSBL tie-ins process, utilities lines, and Flare Systems, Knock Out Tanks-for both grass root units.
Citgo Refinery Fire Rebuild Lemont, Illinois
Fast Track Project to rebuild fire in Crude Process Unit, heavy overtime required
Responsible for Induced Air Fans Coolers piping, utilities stations, steam tracing manifold systems.
Holland Energy Facility-Shelby County Illinois July 2000-Sep 2001
Parson's Engineering Co.
Senior Piping Designer/ Power Plant Design
3D PDS Intergraph Microstation Software
Steam Turbine Building Facility
PDS Intergraph Microstation Computer Program
Responsible for Layouts, Pipe routing, and checking of Steam surface condenser, two stage vacuum ejection systems, Steam drains, Cooling water system, Main oil coolers, Oil tank coolers, and Auxiliary water cooling systems.
From beginning of concept to finalizing details Iso’. s extraction, and trouble
Shooting design problems, and computer’s Interference hit’s Reports of models.
Dept. Of Energy- Savannah River Site 1999-2000
CLWR-TRITIUM EXTRACTION FACILITY FURNACE EXTRACTION
AND WATER CRACKER SYSTEMS
Aiken, SC
Senior Piping Designer/Glove boxes
3D PDS Intergraph Microstation Software
Responsible for 3D PDS Intergraph, Microstation 2D Drawings, Equipment Layout Arrangements.Glovebox (GB-1) External and Internal frame work, with required piping /tubing design work for the Tank, Pump Glovebox for the Water Cracker System in the (TEF) Project. U-Beds, Waste Tanks, Accumulation Tanks
Small bore piping and SS tubing design routing, with required supporting.
Kellogg Brown and Root Co. April 1997-Oct 1999
Senior Piping Designer
3D PDS Computer Intergraph Training Program
3D PDS Intergraph Microstation Computer Program
Project: Phillips 66 Chemical, Pasadena, Texas
Pds Intergraph computer designer for the purification unit
Performed equipment modeling for piping layout in (3D) models.
Project completed on time and to customer satisfaction.
Coordinated process diagram modifications to match final design work for shop/field construction.
Kellogg Brown and Root Co.
Senior Piping Designer/ 3D PDS Intergraph Microstation Software
Project: Exxon Sop Olefins, Jurong, Indonesia
PDS Intergraph Microstation Computer Program
PDS Intergraph computer design modeling of interconnecting pipe racks lines.
Resulting in computer generate complex microstation’s piping plan drawings.
Developing isometrics drawings from the computer’s program for shop fabricators. Ensured flow sheets for quality check against piping modeled units throughout the plant.
Fluor Daniel Co., Houston, Texas May1988-October1997
Principal /Specialist/ Piping Designer
Project: Amoco Oil Refinery/Amoco Chemical, Texas City
Supervised up to (8) eight piping designers.
Coordinated all fieldwork with office design work to meet fixed turnaround schedules.
Acted as liaison between the engineering departments and the client representative of Amoco.
As a Lead Field Engineer supporting construction during plant unit’s turnarounds.
Trouble shooting fieldwork in aggressive scheduling for revamps projects.
Collected and updated the necessary existing engineering documents.
Developed piping plan layouts, isometrics drawings with the required bill of materials.
Qualifications:
Associate Degree, Piping Design Technology, Houston Community College
Technical Training:
Kellogg Brown & Root, 3D PDS Intergraph Training Course 6.0
Bentley Plant Space(R)Design Series 3D Microstation 07.01.05.05
CAD CENTRE: PDMS Basic Piping Design & Equipment Modeling
AutoCad Rel.2017,CadWorx Rel.2014
Smart Plant 3D Model Review Training Course 11.2,
LFM Server Series 3 Version 3.80, LFM Viewer Lite Series Version 3.80
Laser Scanner Software, Intergrapgh SmartPlant Reviewer 5.0 Version
Trained: SP3D SmartPlant Software SP3D_2010_Houston Community College
FLUOR SP3D Training Class: Piping Routing, Equipment Fab. Software SP3D_2013
Model 3D Review Software,Naviswork