Senior Piping Designer
Resume:
David Duane Wicker
Houston, Texas 77095
Cell: 713-***-****
Email: ***********@*****.***
Core Strengths:
• Possess twenty years of professional experience in industrial piping design
• Design Experience – Refinery, petrochemical, power, terminal, and process skid projects
• Superior 3D piping modeling ability – Bentley AutoPLANT, CADPipe 3D
• Highly skilled in preparing piping layouts, vessel orientations, orthographics, isometrics, P&ID’s, and PFD’s
• Ability to develop design estimates, schedules, man-hour estimates, MTO’s, and progress reports
• Experience in field and office settings, workshare and Project Management Consultancy roles
• Excellent management, supervisory, organizational, and client liaison skills
Educational Summary:
• B.S. – Environmental Management, University of Houston – Clear Lake, 2006
• Graduate Work – Environmental Science (Safety), University of Houston – Clear Lake
Professional Experience:
WorleyParsons, Houston, TX
2008 – Present Principal Piping Designer Bentley AutoPLANT
Duties: Conceptual layout, 3D piping and equipment models, generate isometrics and orthographics from model, checking, field P&ID verification, site surveys. PMC model reviews using SmartPlant Review.
• Shell Chemical, Deer Park, TX – Maintenance and capital projects
• Chevron Chemical, Jubail, Saudi Arabia – PMC for Ethylene, Metathesis, Hydrotreater and 1-Hexene process units (Yokohama, Japan)
• Shell Chemical, Deer Park, TX – Maintenance and capital projects
S&B Engineers and Constructors, Houston, TX
2006 – 2008 Piping Design V Bentley AutoPLANT
Duties: Project discipline lead, design estimates, schedules, man-hour estimates, progress reports, conceptual layout, 3D piping and equipment models, generate isometrics and orthographics from model, checking, field P&ID verification, site surveys. Workshare model review using Navisworks.
• Lyondell Houston Refining, Houston, TX – Sulfur Degassing units
• Delek Refining, Tyler, TX – Gas Oil Hydrotreater (Foreign Workshare)
• Lyondell Houston Refining, Houston TX – HDS Relief System Upgrade
• Lyondell Houston Refining, Houston, TX – Py-Gas Unit Revamp
City of Houston, Houston, TX
2002 – 2006 Section Manager
• Managed Taps and Meters section of the Utility Planning and Analysis branch
• Heavy interaction with the public, private engineering firms, and contractors
• Prepared monthly reports for Public Works Director and Mayor’s Office
• Responsible for employee evaluations, hiring recommendations, and salary adjustments
• Issued permits for water and sewer main construction
Lauren Engineers and Constructors, Abilene, TX
2001 – 2002 Senior Piping Designer CADPipe 3D
Duties: Project discipline lead, design estimates, schedules, man-hour estimates, progress reports, conceptual layout, 3D piping and equipment models, generate isometrics and orthographics from model, checking,.
• Black Hills Energy, Las Vegas, NV – 225 MW Power Plant (Domestic Workshare)
• Navaho Refining, Artesia NM – Gas Oil Hydrotreater (Domestic Workshare)
PetroChem Drafting Company, Freeport, TX (BASF)
1996 – 2001 Senior Piping Designer MicroStation SE
Duties: Project discipline lead, design estimates, schedules, man-hour estimates, progress reports, conceptual layout, 2D piping isometrics and orthographics, checking, field P&ID verification, site surveys.
• BASF, Freeport, TX – Maintenance and capital projects
o OXO Vapor Railcar and Truck Loading Recovery
o Capro 1 Debottlenecking
o Capro 1 Hot Water Upgrade
Carltech, Houston, TX (MW Kellogg)
1995 – 1996 Senior Piping Designer
Duties: Conceptual layout, 2D piping isometrics and orthographics, checking.
• Lyondell – Citgo Refining, Houston, TX – OSBL Piperack Additions
• Enron Methanol, Pasadena, TX – Plant redesign after explosion
Carltech, Houston, TX (Morris and Associates)
1993 – 1995 Piping Supervisor Pipe Advantage
Duties: Discipline lead, design estimates, schedules, man-hour estimates, progress reports, conceptual layout, 2D piping isometrics and orthographics, checking, field P&ID verification, site surveys.
• Chevron USA, Various Sites
o Fort Worth Terminal Loading Rack Addition
o Arcadia Terminal Fuel Mixing Skid
o Montgomery Terminal OWS Upgrade
Nassau Engineering, Webster, TX (Lubripac)
1992 – 1993 Senior Piping Designer Pipe10, AutoCAD
Duties: Conceptual layout, 2D piping isometrics and orthographics, checking, field P&ID verification.
• Lubripac, Galena Park, TX – Antifreeze Plant Expansion
S&B Engineers and Constructors, Houston, TX
1989 – 1992 Senior Piping Designer
• Amoco Chemical, Cedar Bayou, TX – Polyethylene Debottlenecking
• Arco Chemical, Channelview, TX – Wastewater unit redesign after explosion
• TPC, Houston, TX – MTBE Debottlenecking
• TPC, Houston, TX – Butadiene Expansion
Litwin Engineers and Constructors, Houston, TX
1988 – 1989 Senior Piping Designer
• Citgo Refining, Lake Charles, LA – Benzene Unit Expansion
Taylor and Associates, Houston, TX (Amoco Chemical)
1986 – 1988 Piping Designer
• Amoco Chemical, Cedar Bayou, TX – Maintenance and capital projects
Part-Time Experience:
Alvin Community College, Alvin, TX
2007 – 2008 Adjunct Instructor – Drafting
Brazosport College, Lake Jackson, TX
2001 – 2002 Adjunct Instructor – Drafting
Consultants and Designers, Houston, TX (Merichem Process)
1989 Piping Designer
• Derby Refining, El Dorado, KS – Caustic scrubbing process skids
• Texaco Refining, Anacortes, WA – Caustic scrubbing process skids
Hawker – Siddeley Power Engineering, Houston, TX
1988 Piping Designer
• Tenaska, Paris, TX – 244 MW Cogeneration Unit
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