Rod Thomas
Piping Designer/BIM Coordinator
Phone 630-***-****
*********@*****.***
Professional Profile
Provide 3D Designer support services to assigned Engineering Teams. Designer support services include engineering analysis, 3D Modeling using Plant Design System (PDS) software, design development, and generation of design output documents including but not limited to: Piping; layouts: Site Layout and Vendor Document Reviews. Apply reverse engineering concepts to established drawings. Layout detail piping to pressure vessels, pumps, and skid mounted equipment. Evaluate and design considering process flow, thermal expansion, supports, vibration, and fabrication. Detail drawings of pipe supports and bill of materials for pipe supports.
•Field: Field measure existing equipment and piping for modifications. Design piping and new equipment installations to fit for quick turnaround installations in existing facilities.
•Design: Draft piping spool drawings in sufficient detail for fabrication. Create isometric sketches for field repairs, pipeline routings. Create material take-offs from piping drawings.
•Diversified: Work with process, mechanical, and other discipline engineers to create and draft PFD’s and P&ID’s. Propose and draft equipment locations and facilities layout and primary flow piping systems. Make contributions and recommendations as related to best trade practices and standards.
•AS-built: Generate as-built drawings of existing facilities. Perform field walk-down, pre-job walks and field change requests.
•Technical abilities: Utilize Intergraph PDS, MicroStation, SmartPlant 3D, AutoCAD, Navisworks Manage, Revit
EXPERIENCE
ORNL (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Oak Ridge TN 01/27/20 to present
PPU (Proton Power Upgrade) BIM Coordinator (Building Information Modeling) Navisworks Manage/Revit
Support the development, coordination and maintenance of contractor BIM/Navisworks Manage models.
Coordinate with PPU Construction Manager, Project Manager(s), BIM Manager, Engineer(s), Designers, to ensure discipline envelope guidelines are followed.
Review 3D models from subcontractors for compliance with BIM process requirements and compare new design against constructions (previous) model.
Audit and review contractor models utilizing Navisworks Manage.
Perform and manage project level clash detection (interferences between models i.e., arch., electrical, HVAC, mechanical, waveguide, etc.…
Create AutoCad dwgs to updated DCNs.
Communicate regularly with Project Management and subcontractor BIM Manager/Field Superintendent. Receive and review weekly models from subcontractor.
Field sketch piping systems and equipment in Beam Line 13 EB-1.
Conducted field verification of stay-out zones, cable tray locations, spill way (waterfalls), new grid elevation. RF ongoing field support.
Provide equipment arrangement verification of electrical cabinets/panels, Klystrons, TRC Carts, Loads and Circulators.
DEL-AIR Mechanical Knoxville TN 04-17 to 01/24/20
BIM Coordinator (Building Information Modeling) Revit
Possess strong mechanical and conceptual aptitude. Responsible for compilation and storage of information that include details of design and construction techniques.
Excellent understanding of integrated project workflows.
Create field sketches and implement to Revit utilizing SysQue libraries. Locate tie-in points to specific equipment, generate equipment/ general arrangements; line/ valve lists, create specific supports for unique steel configurations. Create/update BOM list. Design conceptual piping design to include pipe support.
JSG (Johnson Service Group) UPF Oak Ridge TN 07-16 to 09-16 contract
Smart Plant 3D Designer
Assisted in push effort to complete red-line corrections while working with VIDs within the HVAC group. Participated in squad checks to ensure compatibility of HVAC deliverables with other discipline deliverables. Back-checked VIDs and verified dwgs. for approval.
CB&I (Knoxville TN) 10-15 to 07-16
AutoCad Designer
Executes changes to existing plant drawing packages thru the company’s ECO process. Applied reverse engineering concepts to drawings.
Create engineering models and drawings using computer aided design.
Successfully interpret PFD and P&IDs.
Create and updated Mechanical detail drawings. Created and modify Piping/Equipment general arrangements using AutoCad. Update Process and Mechanical PIDs. Work with discipline staff, creates and modifies detailed mechanical drawings Piping/HVAC using Auto CAD software. Introduced to AutoCADD Smart P&ID and create new libraries job specified.
US Nitrogen (Midway TN) 01-15 to 06-15 contract
Field walk-down PIDs and isometrics. Markup Master PID and Valve List when necessary. Create field sketches and update Bill of Materials according to the Piping Specification.
Kiewit (Lenexa, KS) 07/14 to 12/14 contract
SmartPlant 3D Power
Identify and place notations for missing components on large and small bore systems. Back check ISOs.
URS (Knoxville, TN) 01/11 - 05/14 contract
PSDS/ SP3D Piping Designer Nuclear
Responsible for routing and designing all of utility and process lines in designated areas while assigned to UPF. Equipment arrangements, architectural furnishings, creating ISO metrics, and modeling temporary steel are also within the scope of piping designer responsibilities.
Chesapeake Energy (Elmira, NY) 11/10-01/11 contract
AUTOCAD Designer Natural Gas
AutoCAD 3D Designer Natural Gas while working in the Marcellus Shale Play, I was responsible for compressor station verification (walk-downs) Created field drawings for asbuilt
Worley Parsons (Westchester, IL) 12/08-09/09 contract
PDS Piping Designer Power
Implemented field sketches and modeled to PDS.
Produced complete and accurate working plans and detail drawings from field sketches.
Chicago Bridge and Iron (Plainfield, IL) 02/08-12/08 contract
PDS Piping Designer Chemical/ Power
Assumed responsibilities for all underground sump drains, natural gas utilities and fire water lines along with creating general arrangements for a wastewater treatment facility on site. Created cut sheets and details for added equipment. Responsible for modeling storage tanks, pumps, heat exchangers and other miscellaneous equipment. Interpreted PID’s and applied markups.
Fluor Daniels (Greenville, SC) 05/07-02/08 contract
PDS Piping Designer Chemical/ Petrochemical/ Oil and Gas
Designed routes for fire protection in chemical plant. Contributed efforts to eliminate and clear clashes. Ran interference detection and produced isometrics and orthographic dwgs.
Amec (Atlanta, GA) 09/06-05/07 contract
PDMS Piping Designer Pulp and Paper
Field verified “walk down” existing piping and equipment. Performed conceptual layout of equipment and piping with minimal direction from lead. Constructed “as built” drawings of project area in plant and modeled in PDMS. Updated and maintained layouts, general arrangements and piping orthographic drawings. Created manual isometric drawings using AutoCAD as well as extracting isometrics from the PDMS model using Isogen.
Lockwood Greene / CH2M Hill (Atlanta, GA) 12/03-09/06
PDS Piping Designer Petrochemical/ Chemical/ Pharmaceutical/ Power
Heraeus Phase I and II, Long Beach California
Generated equipment arrangements and section views using AutoCAD. Laid out pipe racks and generated piping orthographic. Field located tie-ins and collected field measurements in existing mineral processing plant to support office design.
Splenda Sugar, Singapore
Designer for a grass roots plant, duties involved space planning, equipment placement of plate and frame and shell and tube heat exchangers, pumps, along with rack routing and pipe design. Utilized Intergraph Windows NT PDS software for specification generation, piping, equipment and structural frameworks modeling, isometric extraction, and interference detection.
EDUCATION
• Graduated with honors from Gwinnett College of Business Lilburn, GA
Associate in specialized Technology – Mechanical Drafting/Design, Utilizing AutoCAD
• Company based training in PDS CH2MHILL/LOCKWOOD GREENE
Piping design and Equipment modeling.
• Company training in PDMS Amec.
• Noncommissioned Officers Academy, 24th, Infantry Div. (Mech) - Ft. Stewart, GA