On-Site Electrical Designer

David James Billings

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Houston, Texas 77084

Telephone:281-***-**** cell.

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SUMMARY

Over twenty five years experience in the electrical, instrumentation and process automation field for onshore and offshore petrochemical facilities:

Design/Draft E&I construction packages for various jobs consisting of instrumentation, electrical (high and low voltage) and pneumatic applications.

Providing support for on-site field personnel during construction phases and maintenance for various jobs.

Responsible for field walk downs and producing field sketches and as-built of drawings within petrochemical facilities.

Providing design, shop fabrication and on-site start-up support for process instrumentation, control panels, switch gear, MCC and various power distributions panels.

Designed, manufactured and installed custom control panels for Shell, Exxon Mobil, Entergy, Ocean Energy, Chevron-Texaco, Phillip-Conoco and other petrochemical companies.

Experienced with ANSI, IEC, NEC and ISA standards.

Created/revised P&ID's, wiring diagrams, loop drawings, motor schematics, conduit and cable tray routing plans, installation details, one lines, pump/motor control schematics, control panel layouts, power distribution, grounding, lighting details and various other types of drawings required to produce E&I construction packages.

Experienced in producing drawings in CAD using Microstation, Autocad and Intools(SPI).

Experienced in material procurement with some specifications.

Experienced in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, Power Point and Access. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Contech Control Services, Inc.

I&E Designer September 2024-Present

Developed electrical and Instrumentation drawings and documentation for a complete design package for construction within the Refinery/Chemical Plant.

The assignment consists of creating design packages for maintenance, small capital and turn around construction projects. Advantage Technical

Assignment with Phillips 66 Sweeney, TX

I&E Designer July 2023-September 2024

Developed electrical and Instrumentation drawings and documentation for a complete design package for construction within the Refinery/Chemical Plant.

The assignment consists of creating design packages for onsite maintenance, small capital and turn around construction projects. CDI Engineering

Assignment with Shell/Pemex Deerpark, TX

Electrical Designer March 2023-July 2023

Developed electrical drawings and documentation for a complete design package for construction within the Refinery/Chemical Plant. The assignment consists of creating design packages for onsite maintenance and turn arounds construction projects. D&P Ventures, LLC

Commercial Property Manager/ Owner – Houston, Texas June 2015-December 2022

Link Oil & Gas – Houston, Texas

Assignment with Dow Chemical (HDC) – Houston, Texas Electrical Designer, December 2012 – June 2015

Developed electrical drawings and documentation for a complete design package for construction within the “Buildings Group”. Assignment consists of creating design packages limited to commercial buildings within Dow Chemical properties. TASC – Houston, Texas

Assignment with Shell Technology Center (Westhollow) – Houston, Texas Electrical Designer, June 2011 – December 2012

Developed all necessary I&E drawings/documents for the research facility modifications and new research facilities (pilot plants, laboratories and most electrical and automation maintenance within the technology complex. Kelly Engineering – Houston, Texas

Assignment with Dow Chemical Global Engineering Center(HDC) – Houston, Texas Electrical Designer, April 2010 – June 2011

Developed electrical drawings/documents for a complete design package for construction of RTIP(Ras Tanura Integration Project). H&M Engineering – Houston, Texas

Lead Electrical and Instrumentation Designer, February 2009 – April 2010 Developed electrical drawings and documentation for a complete design package for construction for the following project assignments:

Pump System Upgrade – Vopak, Deerpark,

Texas

Developed all instrumentation and electrical drawings for a complete design package. Coordinated field construction activities for installation and start-up.

Air Recovery System Upgrade – Bayer, Pasadena, Texas Developed all instrumentation and electrical drawings for a complete design package. Coordinated field construction activities for installation and start up.

Ethanol Railcar and Truck Loading Rack Project – Vopak, Deerpark, Texas Developed all instrumentation and electrical drawings for a complete design package. Coordinated field construction activities for installation and start up.

Train 23 Process Heater System Upgrade – Vopak, Deerpark, Texas Developed all instrumentation and electrical drawings for a complete design package. Coordinated field construction activities for installation and start up.

Kelly Engineering – Houston, Texas

Assignment with Dow Chemical Global Engineering Center – Houston, Texas Electrical Designer, September 2008 – December 2008 Developed all electrical drawings for a complete design package for construction of new APEX plant in Michigan. Clement Controls Systems – Metairie, Louisiana

Lead Electrical and Instrumentation Designer, October 2005 – September 2008 On-site Lead E/I Designer – Monsanto Chemical, Luling, La. Lead E/I Designer. Managed on-site design group for all projects within the plant. Coordinated with plant engineering on all electrical and instrumentation projects.

Safety Instrument System Upgrade – Murphy Oil Refinery, Meraux, La. E/I Designer for the installation of a new Triconex Control System. Responsibilities included field verifying instrumentation and developing a drawing package for construction. Provided construction supervision and start-up assistance. Control System Upgrade – Murphy Oil Refinery, Meraux, La. E/I Designer on the development of the Front End Definition Package for upgrading the existing pneumatic control system to Yokogawa DCS control system. Responsibilities included field verify existing instrumentation and recommendations for instrument upgrades. All area P&ID’s were as-built and existing documentation was collected for project books. Developed a drawing package for proposed installation of equipment and new centralized control room. Kelly Engineering Services – Hahnville, Louisiana

Assignment with Dow Chemical – Hahnville, Louisiana Electrical and Instrumentation Designer, December 2004 – October 2005 Draft/design Electrical and Instrumentation construction projects for the polypropylene unit, polyethylene unit and the latex unit. Test – Marrero, Louisiana

Lead Instrument and Electrical Technician, November 2002 – December 2004 Worked closely with Engineering and Project managers to manufacture client control panels including but not limited to production controls, safety systems, electrical distribution systems, and substation control panels for industrial facilities. This also entailed some field redesigning and redlining of Electrical and Instrumentation drawings for engineering modifications during construction. Responsible for FAT checkout as well as onsite installation and startup. Ruelco – Marrero, Louisiana

Instrument and Electrical Technician, January 2002 – November 2002 Manufactured and maintained control panels including but not limited to production controls, safety systems, electrical distribution systems, and substation control panels for industrial facilities. Automation USA – Marrero, Louisiana

Instrument and Electrical Technician, August 1996 – January 2002 Manufactured, maintained and installed control panels including but not limited to well control and compressor panels, production controls, safety systems, electrical distribution, generator controls, switch gear, and motor controls for industrial facilities. United States Navy – Rota, Spain

Avionics Technician, November 1993 – June 1996

Installed, maintained and repaired avionics on naval aircraft including but not limited radios, radar, flight computers and various avionics.

CTS Electronics – Metairie, Louisiana

Electronics Technician, January 1991 – November 1993 Installed and maintained custom telephone, audio, video, burglar, fire, and surveillance equipment for residential, commercial and industrial facilities.

EDUCATION

ITT Technical Institute – St. Rose, Louisiana

Associate in Computer and Electronics Engineering Technology, 2003 – 2006 Avionics Technical School – Millington, Tennessee

Certificate in Avionics Technology, 1993 – 1996

CREDENTIALS AND CERTIFICATIONS

Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Association of Reciprocal Safety Councils, Inc. Basic Plus

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