Senior Civil Structural Designer and Drafting Specialist
Resume:
Robert N (Butch) Sutton
Houston, TX USA 77084
Mobile Phone - +1-832-***-****
email - ************@*****.***
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:
More than twenty years of experience in Civil Structural design, drafting, field engineering, construction support and checking. I am proficient at 3D modeling using E3D Model & Draw, Cadworx Structure and MicroStation. I have used LFM Laser Scan to verify locations of equipment, piping and electrical during design and checking. My experience is in layout, design and final detail drafting of complex steel structures, access platforms and pipe/equipment supports. My experience includes design and drafting of concrete structures and foundations. Also, I have done site grading and area paving and drainage design and drafting, as well as roads and bridges. I have worked checking design drawings and shop drawings. I have extensive field work experience. Field work duties include support of fabrication and construction groups, design of field changes & corrections and follow up to ensure completion of installation. My experience is primarily on refineries, chemical plants, offshore platforms and oilfield production facilities. I have some power plant and LNG experience. CAD: Cadworx Structure, AutoCAD 2D & 3D, PDMS/E3D Model and Draw, Microstation & Frameworks Plus.
OTHER SOFTWARE: Navisworks Freedom, LFM laser scan, Word & Excel 01/2024 to 08/2025: WOOD PLC
Civil Structural Designer IV
Willow Project
3D modeling of all structural aspects of modular structures for a new oil drilling and production site in the Prudhoe Bay Alaska oil fields. I produced design drawings from these models. This done using E3D model and draw. Some coordination of work between the Houston office and Chennai & Bogota work share offices.
9/2022 to 01/2023: H + M EPC
Senior Civil Structural Designer
Multiple Small Projects for various clients along the ship channel modeling steel equipment support structures and access platforms using Cadworx Structure. Modeling concrete foundations and containment areas using Cadworks. Producing 2D design drawings from these models. 04/2019 to 09/2020: SNC-Lavalin
Senior Civil Structural Designer
Lyondell Bassell Projects – Substation Replacement Project Lead role coordinating workshare efforts between designers in the Mumbai office and the Houston office. Checking Civil and Structural design drawings. Modeling of existing and new civil and structural elements of the project using CADworx Structure. Generating design drawings using Cadworx. Interface with other discipline leads. Brief Civil 3D training.
07/2017 to 06/2018: Wood Group (contract)
Senior Structural Designer
Husky White Rose Project – Houston, TX USA:
Modeling and producing drawings of various topsides structural components including wave run up steel and access platforms for an offshore platform. This done using PDMS Design and Draft.
Statoil Peregrino Project – Houston, TX USA: Modeling and producing drawings of various topsides structural components for an offshore wellhead platform. This done using PDMS Design and Draft. Revising standard drawings using AutoCAD.
04/2015 to 03/2016: Wood Group Mustang (contract)
Senior Civil Structural Designer / Checker
Flint Hills Resources Domestic Crude Project – Houston, TX USA: Checking concrete, structural and civil design drawings. Checking drawings of modular steel structures for process equipment and pipe racks. Modeling and producing design drawings of stick built stair tower and interconnecting platforms between 2 modular structures. Checking shop drawings. Design, drafting and checking of site preparation, area paving & drainage and underground piping system drawings. This work done using Microstation and Frameworks. 07/2014 to 04/2015: Jacobs Engineering
Civil Structural Designer 5
Shell – Carmon Creek Project – Houston, TX USA: Modeling and producing drawings of modular pipe racks, modular equipment skids & process modules using PDMS.
Tesoro Flare Gas Recovery Project – Houston, Texas USA: Modeling and producing drawings of both modular and stick built pipe racks. Design drafting of equipment foundations and area paving. This work done using Frameworks Plus and Microstation.
07/2006 to 03/2014: Worley Parsons
Principal Structural Designer
Exxon Canada Hebron Project (Phase 2) - Houston, Texas USA: Modeling and producing drawings of topsides structure, access platforms and equipment supports. Design and drafting of engineered service supports. Exxon Mobil Sakhalin Island 1 Project (Phase 3)- Okpo, South Korea: Assisted completion of engineering with site team. Responsible for supporting construction, addressing issues that need changing, checking fabrication drawings, site inspection of fabricated components and updating files to “As Built” conditions. This done using PDMS model & draft and AutoCAD. ENL Sakhalin Island 1 Project (FEED & Phase 2)- Houston, TX, USA: Modeling of primary, secondary and tertiary steel for topsides structure. Area Lead for drain box design and draft. Developed design & detail drawings using PDMS Design and PDMS Draft and some work using AutoCAD. TCO Second Generation Project - Tengiz, Kazakhstan: Support of construction, designing field modifications to installed structural items and design of adjustments prior to installation. Safety in Design Engineer working with operations and client safety representative to identify and correct unsafe areas for plant operation. This done using Microstation and AutoCAD. Structural Design Supervisor
Aramco MPP Project - Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia: Design, drafting and checking drawings for upgrades to offshore production platforms Using Frameworks and Microstation.
11/2005 to 06/2006: Fluor Daniel
Senior Structural Designer
Bohai Bay Project - Houston, TX USA: Design drafting of Compressor Module on FPSO for Conoco-Phillips. This done using AutoCAD. Early in my career, I successfully completed the Fluor Civil/Structural Design Training Program. 06/2002 to 10/2005: KBR
Senior Civil Structural Designer
LOGCAP Project - Balad, Iraq: Worked in support of coalition forces doing field work for the construction & planning groups. Duties included as built/as found updates to the site map. Design drafting of site development plans, new buildings and renovations to existing structures, utility distribution layouts and a Waste Water Treatment Plant. This done using AutoCAD.
Barracuda/Caratinga Project - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 3D modeling and design drafting of hull and topsides modules on twin FPSO's using Frameworks and Microstation. Site work in the fab yard, updating the model, drawings and creating sketches in support of fabrication and construction team. Details of work history prior to 2002 are available upon request.
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