Daniel R.
Sr. Piping Designer
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20 years of experience working as a piping designer. Worked on various projects such as chemical plants, oil refineries,
pump stations, metering stations and storage terminals. Experience with conceptual FEED as well as detailed design of
piping systems. Layout and piping design experience working with equipment such as towers, drums, exchangers, pumps,
tanks, modular structures and pipe racks. Experience with multiple 3D modeling computer programs that would consist of
using PDS, CADWorx, AutoCAD Plant 3D, Edgewise, AutoCAD ReCap and AutoCAD
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pump stations, metering stations and storage terminals. Experience with conceptual FEED as well as detailed design of
piping systems. Layout and piping design experience working with equipment such as towers, drums, exchangers, pumps,
tanks, modular structures and pipe racks. Experience with multiple 3D modeling computer programs that would consist of
using PDS, CADWorx, AutoCAD Plant 3D, Edgewise, AutoCAD ReCap and AutoCAD
Experience
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Sr. Piping Designer
PERC Engineering · Full-time
Apr 2026 –
Present
6 mos
Houston, Texas, USA
Preformed As-Built site walk-downs for various clients.
• Use LiDAR Scanner to create 3D point Clouds of various facilities. -
Sr. Piping Designer
ConocoPhillips · Full-time
Apr 2024 –
Aug 2026
2 yrs 4 mos
Houston, TX, USA
• Designed and created construction packages for various projects, consisting of well refracing projects,
Air compressor additions, fuel gas skid additions, flare knockout replacement, etc.
Designed and created construction packages for various central processing facilities in our EagleFord, Permian, and
Bakken assets.
• Assisted Engineers with scoping of refrac project at various field locations, redlined existing P&ID’s
And created hand sketch ISO’s of each refrac location while leading a small group of piping and
Electrical designers.
• Performed quality back checks of IFA & IFC work packs for other designers in my group.
• Walked down existing P&ID’s and created As-builts of Central Facility & Well Facilities
• Created 3D models, ISOs & piping plans using CADWorx Plant.
• Created & updated P&IDs using CADWorx P&ID
• Used Navvis 3D scanner to scan existing facilities to assist in the 3D modeling of various facilities
• Used Ivion to process point cloud data and create .rcp files to be imported to our 3D models -
Sr. Piping Designer
GHD · Full-time
Oct 2023 –
Aug 2024
10 mos
Houston, TX, USA
• Created IFA packages for Renewable Diesel projects at various Kinder Morgan facilities using Plant 3D.
These IFA packages consisted of Plan dwgs, Sections, Demo & Isometric dwgs.
Used 3D software such as Edgewise & Autodesk ReCap to extract existing piping from point cloud
To be imported into a Plant 3D model.
• Assisted in creating Plans, Sections & Demo dwgs for an IFB package of a Brine Pond project for
Cheveron Phillips Chemical in Sweeny TX.
• Assisted in creating 3D model as well as an IFB package for new Brine water system for Enlink
At their Jefferson Island plant.
Routed pipe from the fresh water wells, disposal wells to sand separators to pumps and then to the
Brine Storage Tanks.
• Made field visits to various locations for the projects I worked on and took notes, made hand sketches,
As well as take photos of existing equipment and tie-in locations -
Sr. Piping Designer
ConocoPhillips · Full-time
Feb 2020 –
Oct 2023
3 yrs 8 mos
Kenedy, TX, USA
• Designed and created construction packages for various projects, consisting of well refracing projects,
Air compressor additions, fuel gas skid additions, flare knockout replacement, etc.
• Assisted Engineers with scoping of refrac project at various field locations, redlined existing P&ID’s
And created hand sketch ISO’s of each refrac location while leading a small group of piping and
Electrical designers.
• Performed quality back checks of IFA & IFC work packs for other designers in my group.
• Walked down existing P&ID’s and created As-builts of Central Facility & Well Facilities
• Created 3D models, ISOs & piping plans using CADWorx Plant.
• Created & updated P&IDs using CADWorx P&ID -
Sr. Piping Designer
RDS · Full-time
Nov 2018 –
Feb 2020
1 yrs 3 mos
Corpus Christi, TX, USA
• Created construction packages for Valero Refinery which consisted of creating ISO’s from 3D models created in
CadWORX Plant, as well as updating P&ID’s, Plot Plans & Piping for multiple units inside the refinery.
• Made field visits and created field sketches to aid in the new construction of piping for different units.
• Created construction & demo packages for Turn Around project for various units at Valero Three Rivers Refinery -
Piping Designer
ConocoPhillips · Full-time
Apr 2012 –
Nov 2018
6 yrs 7 mos
Houston, TX, USA
• Designed and created construction packages for various pipe layouts for pipeline gathering systems, valve sites,
H2S skids, compressors, line heaters, sand separators and trunklines for multiple central & well facilities.
• Created 3D models, ISOs & section views using CADWorx Plant -
Piping Designer
Energy Transfer · Full-time
Jan 2010 –
Apr 2012
2 yrs 3 mos
San Antonio, TX, USA
• Designed and created construction and demo packages for multiple pipeline pump stations, gas plants, gathering
systems and compressor stations.
• Modeled pipe and equipment in the office using CADWorx Plant design for grass roots projects in order to create
plans, sections and isometrics for new construction & AS-Built projects.
• Used CADWorx P&ID to draw new intelligent P&IDs from field sketches for both new construction & AS-Built
projects -
Piping Designer
Fluor Corporation · Full-time
Jan 2008 –
Jul 2009
1 yrs 6 mos
Sugar Land, TX, USA
Pipe Designer
• Worked as a piping designer modeling and designing various piping systems for pipe racks, exchangers, drums,
towers, pumps and compressors in a LNG terminal, gasification plant and crude unit.
• Multiple new construction projects
• Using PDS with AutoCAD, created plans, sections and sketches both in the office as well as in the field -
Drafter
Valero LP · Full-time
Jul 2006 –
Jan 2008
1 yrs 6 mos
San Antonio, TX, USA
• Designed pipe and created P&IDs at multiple pipeline pump stations and storage terminals.
• Modeled pipe and equipment in the office using CADWorx Plant in order to create plans, sections and isometrics.
• Used CADWorx P&ID to draw new intelligent P&IDs from field sketches.
• Created conceptual designs for add on equipment to existing structures
Education
- ITT Technical Institute associates, Computer Aided Drafting and Design 2005 – 2007
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Area of Expertise
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Languages
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Spanish Professional working proficiency
Location
Katy, TX, United States