Kunal Patel

SUMMARY

Results- oriented capable professional with twenty years of mechanical

designing and drafting experience in aluminum manufacturing, oil and gas
production, refineries, geothermal power plants, mechanical, electrical, and
plumbing industries. Proven track record of success producing PFDs and
P&ID's, piping plans, section drawings, piping layout of equipment, and civil/
structural drawings. 3D/2D mechanical designer with associate diploma (A.S.) in
Mechanical Engineering, who is able to work with engineers to complete
manufacturing plant equipment layouts and pipeline projects with detailed
fabrication design, material flow, process flow diagrams, P&IDs, isometric
drawings, and quality arrangement of machine layout (with excellence in
design drafting). Skilled in compliance awareness inspection, and maintaining
engineering and piping specifications/standards.

Expert in creating Bentley AutoPIPE V8i pipe stress static and dynamic
analysis, extracting information from AutoCAD Fabrication CADmep to leverage
productivity from clients 3D CAD Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Piping
equipment from plant and piping models.

Experience in using CAESAR II Pipe Stress Analysis software for high

temperature application using expansion loops, joints, piping supports, spring
hangers and other means of accommodating various load cases and thermal
expansion.

Bi-directional CADWorx 3D, stress analysis solutions and modeling support

experience. CADWorx Plant Pro for Intelligent 3D Piping Design.

Autodesk AutoCAD Plant 3D experienced and certified by Autodesk Inc.

Intergraph CADWorx award winner of runners up position for best utilizations of
CADWorx products.

Utilize applicable code standards such as: ASME B31.3, ASME B16.5 and ASME
Sections I & VIII and API, ANSI, MSS, API 579, ASME B31.1 and other company
specifications and design standards. Knowledge and experience in using
CAEPIPE, Mathcad and Smart Plant review software for piping design.

Capable for entire site stress analysis procedure including complex mechanical,
electrical, plumbing, oil production and steam injection equipment and
assemblies. Deliver schematic stress analysis isometric model and restraint
loads summary reports.

Familiar with company specifications, sections and standards of BOEING

Corporation, CHEVRON Corporation and TESORO Corporation.

WORK EXPERIENCE
Bentley AutoPIPE Pipe Stress Analyst
February 2015 March 2015 (1 month 1 week)
La Mirada, CA.

Everett, WA building 40-58 12 Process Vacuum line pipe stress

analysis. Experience specifications, sections, standards, CADmep 3D piping
model information extraction for stress analysis.
UCSD cogen project pipelines Bentley AutoPIPE modeling and static pipe stress
analysis.
Cottage Hospital Heating Hot Water Supply and Return lines pipe stress
analysis.
Kaiser Inland Empire Research Laboratory pipe stress analysis.
CPMC Cathedral Hill Hospital Level 1, 2, 3 and 12 steam and condensate riser
and pipe stress analysis. Add Hangers, guides, anchors, include imposed
displacements, seismic earthquake load factors, static eq. code and non-code
user load case combination, results displacement review, restraint modification
and achieved code compliance design solution.
Pipeline Designer, Caesar II Pipe Stress Analyst
December 2013 December 2014 (1 year and 1 month)
Bakersfield, CA.

Upstream, Chevron Oil Production well equipment and Piping Design with
CADWorx and CAESAR II Pipe Stress analysis.

Experience working at worlds leading crude production facility upstream piping

and process design for tremor and diatomite wells. Caesar II stress analysis for
all equipment, high temperature high pressure steam and crude oil production
pipelines and facilities.

Gauge setting manifolds and individual detail skid modeling including steel
structural members.

Production pool, steam, test , drain header and Instrument air piping P&IDs, 3D
modeling, Piping Plans, Isometric for fabrication and support details drawings.

Automatic Well Test units, Steam Splitigator, Separators, Air Exchangers, Air
Compressor, Drain Tank, Drain Pump, Steam Blow down stack, Safire meter,
Chemical Injection and road crossing design, analysis and cost saving stress
efficient design implementation.

Chevron training, Bakersfield, CA - ABCs Passport safety trained.

Specifying location and type of all pipe supports, guides, anchors, limit stops,
and spring hangers required by piping lines in the scope of work to insure the
adequacy both of piping flexibility and loads imposed by the piping system on
nozzles of equipment.

Qualifying stresses on pipe unions. Checking flange stresses to prevent

leakages. Transmitting piping loads to the structural section. References and
more information are available upon request.
Piping and Refueling Stations Designer
December 2012 November 2013. Indio, CA.
BluLNG Storage and transfer facility, Multiple Refueling station Mechanical
Design Package with Navisworks Model, 3D DWF, Ortho piping detail drawings,
Production and Fabrication Isometric drawings, BOM, Pipelines overview
reports. Deliver VJ Piping 3D Models for analysis.
LCNG fueling station expansion project. Pumping skid design packages,
process piping P&IDs with integrated system control instrumentation.
Manage Plant 3D Projects with updates for Specifications ASME standards,
plant custom specifications, catalogues, Orthographic, Isometric, Title blocks,
Templates and Contents in constantly changing piping environment.
Build Plant 3D and Intelligent P&ID models and produce 2D Production
Isometric and Orthographic drawings from the models, in line with drawing
delivery schedules and document control procedures.
Prepare AutoCAD Plant3D 2D & 3D plant, equipment layouts, civil and
structural drawings. Create Intelligent P&ID symbols, Plant 3D custom
Equipments, custom piping parts and client specifications. Integrate Plant 3D
and Intelligent P&ID models with Autodesk Revit Structures, MEP and Civil 3D
models and in line with 2D base drawings.
Independently issue refueling station design package with Plant P&ID, PFD,
Isometric, Orthographic, Bill of Materials, Line Overview reports, dwf and
Navisworks review models.
Estimate projects, track progress, and board/field check deliverables. Develop
Project-specific piping specifications. Assist projects in obtaining Technical
Standards Deviation Approval.
Ensure effective communication and action item resolution between the
Company and outside engineering contractors.

CADWorx Piping Designer

December 2011 November 2012. Bermuda Dunes, CA

PIG Launchers and Receiver design and modeling. Design pipeline gathering
system, pipeline metering system P&IDs and 3D Model Static Mixers, BS&W
Monitors.
Tesoro High plane Pipeline and Refineries experience. Refinery controlled
PFD's and P&ID's. Construction Isometric drawings with Bill Of Materials.
Truck Load Rack Piping and Structure Design. Multiple Piping Projects at same
time with set priorities. Gas and Oil leak detection ILI Pig Launchers and Pig
Receivers design and installations.
Timesheet and Project Tracking with time management. Work well with All
Team members in tight project schedule. Refinery Document control
department procedures.
Pipe supports structural design, Geotechnical analysis and load calculations.
Meter, Sample, Pumps and other refinery and remote building construction
plans.

YOGI CAD
Services

CADWorx Piping Designer

December 2007 December 2011. Indio, CA.

Geothermal Piping Plans, BOMs, P & IDs, 3D Model, Material take offs, General
arrangement, Section Drawings, Vessel Design, Plant Design etc.
Utilized following software's: AutoCAD, COADE CADWorx, Equipment, PVElite,
ISOGEN, P&ID. Basic experience of working on CAESAR II for stress analysis
with great knowledge of CADWorx .c2 files import and export utilities. PC, Mac,
Graphics and web design experience.
Major client served includes but not limited to CAL Energy, Nevada
Geothermal, Ormat, US Geothermal, Energy Source etc.

CADWorx Piping Designer

December 2006 October 2007. Calipatria, CA.
Complete CAD design assignments of Geothermal Power Plant High Pressure,
High Temperature Pipeline Projects.
Use of AutoCAD & CADWorx for preparation of PFD's, piping plans, section
drawings, piping layout of equipment using company guidelines, generation of
isometrics and P&ID's, material take-offs, prepare material purchasing lists
BOM and work in a brownfield operating environment.
CADWorx Plant Pro and AutoCAD Plant 3D modeling. Civil, Base, Foundation,
Topographic information and various type of Mechanical design projects for
multiple power plant areas.

CAD Designer
October 2004 - May 2006. Coachella, CA.

AutoCAD Expert in designing Residential and Commercial Pools, Spas, Decks

and Landscapes on architectural drawings of houses and commercial
complexes. Drawing, Scanning, Printing & Reproduction of large scale designs.

Accomplished speed, accuracy and perfection of design and calculating

materials of pools and spa construction.

** April 1994 April 2004.

Previous experience in United Kingdom and India includes:

AutoCAD and engineering designer at various small scale industries in India

including an aluminum production plant Gujarat Smelting And Refining
Company Limited, hydraulic press manufacturer, paint manufacturer (with
cooling plant), submersible pump manufacturer, and off-shore rubber fender
manufacturer, and various design firms.

Sound world class education and practical industrial training hands on work
experience on lathe machines, including CNC Fanuc Control Programming and
design.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

*CAESAR II Pipe Stress Analysis, Intergraph. June 2014.
*Autodesk Certified AutoCAD 2011.
*Intergraph Certified Pipeline Design Professional 2010.
* Business English Certificate-II, University of Cambridge, Nov. 1997.
* Certificate of AutoCAD, Maxel Computer Education, May 1996.
* Diploma in Mechanical Engineering. Government of India Palanpur Polytechnic,
April 1991 - April 1994.
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Software: Bentley AutoPIPE V8i, Intergraph Caesar II, CADWorx Plant Professional,
CW ISOGEN, CW P&ID, CW Equipment, CW PVElite, AutoCAD Fabrication CADmep,
AutoCAD Plant 3D Design Suite, P&ID, Isometric, Orthographic, Revit Structure,
Inventor Fusion, Navisworks, MS Office, Access, Word, Excel, Outlook, Windows and
Mac applications.
Programming Languages: Auto lisp, HTML, Basics of: ASP, Java Scripts, & CNC M/c.
Certifications: Caesar II, CADWorx, Engineering Associate Diploma, AutoCAD, CNC
Machine Programming, HTML, Flash, Director.
(Additional information, project examples and references are available upon request.)