WALTER G. SHAW JR
*** ****** **** ****, ******, Texas 77535
Cell: 409-***-****, Email: ************@*****.*** SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE:
Thirty-Nine (39) years of engineering and construction experience with area of concentration in pipe design / fabrication. Skilled in Auto-Cad release 2022, CadWorx 2022 (3D Piping Modeling), Navis Works, MicroSoft Office, Rebis/Bently Autoplant Piping (3D Piping Modeling)
EDUCATION:
Associate of Applied Science in Computer Drafting Technology, Lamar University, May, 1990, Beaumont, Texas. Graduated May, 1986, Nederland High School, Nederland Texas. Other Courses On Continuing Education:
Microstation 95 (San Jacinto College), Process Plant Layout and Piping Design (Society of Piping Engineers and Designers), Fundamentals of Pipe Stress (S&B Engineers and Constructors), Autoplant 97 Piping (Autoplant), SAP Training (Solvay Polymers Inc.), EDMS Training (Solvay Polymers Inc.) CadWorx 2015 online classes. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
(9/2023 to 12/2024) Piping Lead, Pipe Designer – Triple C Projects, Mont Belvieu, Texas Estimating, Checking piping packages, Designing pipe, Utilizing laser scans for ensuring accuracy of piping designs, Pulling field dimensions, Meeting with clients to ascertain scope of work, Coordination with Draftsmen and other Designers Software Used: Auto Cad 2020 / 2022, Cad Worx 2020 / 2022, Microsoft Office, Navis Works
(2/2021 to 9/2023) Piping Lead, Pipe Designer – J-TAM Engineering., Houston, Texas Job duties included estimating, checking piping packages, and designing pipe with Cad Worx, and utilizing laser scans to insure accuracy of the piping designs. Pulling Field dimensions, shooting elevations, meeting with clients in the field to ascertain scope of work Coordinating work with other Draftsmen and Designers. Software Used: Auto Cad 2020 / 2022, Cad Worx 2020 / 2022, Microsoft Office, Navis Works
(2018 to 2020) Pipe Checker, Pipe Designer – Worley., LaPort, Texas Job duties included estimating, checking piping packages, and designing pipe with Cad Worx, and utilizing laser scans to insure accuracy of the piping designs. Software Used: Auto Cad 2019, Cad Worx, Microsoft Office, Navis Works
(2015 to 2018) Lead Pipe Designer – Taylor & Hill., Texas City, Texas Job duties included estimating, planning, and scheduling / coordinating for designers in various disciplines, insuring that the projects stayed on budget and schedule, writing change orders to justify changes in budget or schedule, checking construction packages, designing pipe. Software Used: Auto Cad 2016, Cad Worx, Microsoft Office, Documentum
(2012-2015) Lead Pipe Designer – Ventech Engineers., Pasadena, Texas Was working as the lead piper on a 90,000 barrel oil refinery with an SRU unit for TTOPCO. Job duties include status reporting, doing model reviews with clients, meeting with clients to define work, coordinating the work between my checkers, designers, and drafters in the USA and my designers in the Philippines. I have also been meeting with and helping our construction company in Turkey that is actually building the Refinery in IRAQ. This is a complete EPC project with a lot of logistical challenges. I have been coordinating and planning the efforts of 10 checkers, 6 designers, 6 drafters, pipe engineering/ pipe stress dept., MTO dept., Piping document distribution dept., writing variances, coordinating a team of 10 to 15 designers in the Philippines thru a lead piper there. Software: Cad Worx piping, FARO scans with KUBIT software, Isogen, Auto Cad 2013, Microsoft Office, Navis Works
(2012-2012) Pipe Designer – Englobal., Houston, Texas Job duties include status reporting, designing pipe, meeting with clients to define work, field work, assisting junior designers. Software Used: Auto Plant piping, FARO scans with KUBIT software, Isogen, Auto Cad 2010, Microsoft Office
(2008-2012) Lead Pipe Designer – Babcock Eagleton., Houston, Texas Job duties included status reporting, coordinating drafters, checking construction packages, designing pipe, meeting with clients to define work, field work.
Software Used: CadWorx 2010 piping, Flex Cad piping, Navis Works, Auto Cad 2010, Microsoft Office
(2008) Lead Pipe Designer – Taylor & Hill., Houston, Texas Job duties included estimating, planning, and scheduling / coordinating for 5 designers, checking construction packages. Software Used: Auto Cad 2008, Microsoft Office,
(2006-2008) Pipe Designer – Worley Parsons, Houston, Texas Job duties were on site piping and mechanical design. Software Used:, Auto Plant Piping / Iso, / P&ID, Auto Cad 2008, Microsoft Office
(2006) Pipe Designer – GDS, Houston, Texas.
I worked on an alliance between Worley Parsons and GDS at Exxon/Mobil in Baytown. Duties were on site piping and mechanical design. Software Used: Auto Cad 2006, Microsoft Office
(2005-2006) Lead Pipe Designer – Chemic Engineers, Hitchcock, Texas. I worked on several projects at Solutia and General Electric layouts for 15 plants in Mexico. Software Used:, Auto Plant Piping / Iso, / P&ID, Micro Station, Auto Cad 2006, Microsoft Office
(2005) Lead Pipe Designer – S&B Engineers and Constructors Lmtd., Houston, Texas For Dow Chemical in Freeport. Job duties included estimating, planning, and scheduling / coordinating for 17 designers. Software Used:, Auto Plant Piping / Iso, / P&ID, Auto Cad, Microsoft Office
(1998-2005) Pipe Designer / Lead Pipe Designer – S&B Engineers and Constructors Lmtd., Houston, Texas, For Solvay Polymers. As a Pipe Designer at Solvay my primary purpose was to take capital maintenance projects ($100k projects to $4 million projects) from beginning to completion. This includes helping the Process and Project Engineers develop a scope of work, drawing and updating P&ID’s, locating tie-in’s, pulling field dimensions, shooting elevations, laying out piping and equipment, drawing models, plans, elevations, isometrics, developing bills of material, writing purchase requisitions, updating line list’s, up-dating existing piping drawings, and developing complete construction packages. Also included as duties, is going to approval meetings, construction meetings, coordinating work with civil/structural, instrument/electrical, pipe stress, vendors, operations, and construction. Software Used:, Auto Plant Piping / Iso, / P&ID, Auto Cad, Rastor Design, EDMS, SAP, Microsoft Office
(1997-1998) Pipe Designer - Taylor Technical Services, Houston, Texas. I was employed on the following assignments: Pipe Designer - Onyx Engineering, Inc., Houston, Texas for Diamond Shamrock. Job duties included pulling field dimensions to tie-in a new propylene splitter unit. Drawing as-builts of existing piping and walking down piping systems to develop P&ID’s. Soft Ware Used: Auto Cad, Microsoft Office Pipe Designer - NANA Engineering, Anchorage, Alaska For ARCO. Job duties included designing piping for wellhead skids using P&ID’s. Flying to the North Slope to pull field dimensions to tie-in the new skid and wells. Drawing Plans & Elevations to develop Isometrics, using ACAD. Drawing ISO’s & producing bills of material for construction, using Rebis Pipe. Coordinating all design efforts with Client, Engineers, I&E designer, Civil Structural designer, Construction, and Purchasing. Software Used:, Rebis Piping, Auto Cad, Microsoft Office
(1986-1997) Pipe Fitter – Pipe Sketcher, For various Construction Companies.
(Brown & Root, Mundy, S&B, Austin, West-Cal, etc….) During this time period I worked on Grass roots and in plant Maintenance. Fabricated pipe, installed pipe, re-built columns and heat exchangers, drew fabrication isometrics and earned an associates degree in Cad drafting.