Edward Villarreal
Mechanical Piping and Pipeline Designer
A knowledgeable and dedicated professional with over 30 years of experience in the Mechanical and Civil Engineering fields, specializing in facility design projects for the oil/gas processing facilities, gas fired power plants, water treatment, and dry material industries. With extensive experience in feasibility studies, onsite investigation and measurement, P&ID walk down, FEED, site evaluation/preparation, estimating, project management, scheduling, resource management, and interdisciplinary coordination and assisting contractors during construction, and post construction, as-built documentation.
Proficient in CAD programs AutoCAD, AutoCAD Plant 3D, Civil 3D, AVEVA PID & E3D and MicroStation. Experience in windows programs Excel, PowerPoint, Navisworks, BlueBeam. Westland Group, Ontario, California November 2017 to Present Project Engineer /Design Team Lead
- Assisted design effort in development of construction and completion packages for a variety of SCG pipeline and piping projects using Autodesk Civil 3D, Plant 3D and Aveva E3D and P&ID.
- Process 3D scanner data in LFM and used resulting point cloud to back model existing equipment and facilities.
- Prepare equipment and appurtenance drawings.
- Confirm Material Take Off, ordered and tracked project materials.
- Performed substructure and right-of-way research and coordinate survey to develop base mapping on several pipeline projects.
Cordoba Corporation, Santa Ana, California July 2015 to November 2017 Designer
- Assisted on various Gas Pipeline safety projects.
- Developed design and Completion packages for the mechanical and piping portion of the BART Warm Springs station.
- Develop construction drawings for an overhead crane upgrade project.
- Develop construction drawings for water softening facilities.
- Confirm Material Take Off on various projects. Ordered and tracked project materials. Stantec formerly Processes Unlimited International Inc., Pasadena, California - September 2008 to June 2015 Principal Designer
- Supervised the Pasadena piping design group, responsible for the development of construction drawing packages, ensure compliance with company and a variety of client standards,
- Design of upstream production and processing facilities, P&ID walk down, field as-built measuring, steam generating, water separation, gas compressor stations, gas treating plants using CadWorx Plant and Equipment.
- Develop 3D models AERA Energy projects involving Oil processing, Pipe Racks, Tank Vapor Recover, water separation pumps, tanks, and loading facility using AVEVA PDMS.
- Design lead on the reverse engineering and 3D representation of a specialistized materials furnace to constructed in a new facility.
- Develop as-built P&ID’s of existing plants.
- Generate equipment appurtenance and piping layouts.
- Site development plans for FEED documents.
- Coordinate with GIS team to create CEQA and EIR documents.
- Develop base mapping from survey data, tract maps, and assessor maps using Civil 3D and AutoCAD Map.
- Develop training programs and maintain Cad standards.
- OSHA 10 hour training
Marmac Field Services, Costa Mesa, California - 1985 to September 2008 Pipeline Mapping Design Supervisor
- Managed the Pipeline department by directing personnel in completing project tasks. Check for quality and accuracy. Responsible for planning, scheduling, budget management, cost estimating. Coordinate permitting process.
- Project manager for numerous transmission and distribution natural gas pipeline projects for SCG and SWG.
- Participate in project feasibility studies.
- Directed surveyor and office staff in creating base mapping.
- Led design and computer effort for various urban and rural pipeline projects. Prepared pipeline alignment sheets, detail and crossing drawings using AutoCAD and/or Intergraph MicroStation - Utility Coordination for gas utility company.
- Prepared right-of-way engineering calculations and writing legal descriptions for the County of Los Angeles, Department of Public Works and Southern California Edison.