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PHAM DINH BAO | PROCESS PIPING ENGINEER
125 Hoang Ngan, Trung Hoa, Cau Giay, Ha Noi
Cell: (+84)987571629|Email: hong_tieutan@yahoo.com
Nationality: Vietnam |Marital Status: Married
PROFILE SUMMARY:
Experience Process Piping Engineer with 13 years of extensive experience in process plant piping engineering and offshore platform layout through multiple EPC projects. Involved with various projects from upstream oil and gas topside platform to downstream refinery, petrochemical, gas processing, chemical plants. From basic engineering design stage and conceptual layout to detail design phase of greenfield projects as well as brownfield revamping projects. Strong experience to interface other engineering disciplines to maximize work efficiency and solve the related problems. Highly organized to meet deadlines and commitments, and fulfill all administrative responsibilities.
CORE SKILLS:
– Comprehensive knowledge of process piping design and layout, pipe support design for refinery, gas processing, petrochemical, chemical plant and offshore topside platform.
– Good knowlege of process piping design codes and standards such as ASME (B31.3, B31.8, B16.5, ASME
Section VIII…), API, ISO, BS, and ASTM. Sound knowledge of piping material classes and specifications.
– 2 years of experience in refinery plant layout(CCR, Hydrotreating, Sulfur Recovery, Naptha Hydrocracking unit) 5 years of experience in petrochemical plant layout( Benzene extraction unit, MTBE unit and flare offsite utilities) 3 years of experience in chemical plant engineering( Bioethanol, Lithium mining extraction) and 2 year of experience in offshore platform layout(wellhead and central processing platform).
– 6 years of experience using Smartplant 3D, 2 years of experience using AVEVA PDMS and 2 years of experience using PDS, Cadworx, Autocad Plant 3D, Caesar II. Hand-on experiences with AUTOCAD 2D drafting and review checking software like Smartplant Review and Naviswork Review. Plus office software as Microsoft Excel, Word.
– Well conversant in performing pipe wall thickness calculation complying with ASME.
– Good knowledge of piping flexibility calculation and basic knowledge of piping dynamic analysis.
– Experience with construction site piping installation, hydro-testing and commissioning.
– Excellent professional and interpersonal communication abilities, both written and oral.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
A. Employer: McDermott international DEC 2019 – OCT 2020
Location: Kuala Lumpur | Designation: Piping Design Engineer
Serves as process Piping Design Engineer for Marjan Saudi Aramco project in Saudi Arabia.
⎯ Study piping routing for close drain systems, open drain system fuel gas systems and and equipment nozzle orientation for close drain pumps, fire heaters for gas compression platform using S3D software.
⎯ Prepare bulk manual MTO for pipes, fittings and valves from PID for gas compression platform and accomodation platform.
⎯ Export MTO report from the S3D system and prepare the weight control report for Gas compression platform.
⎯ Piping support design and selection for piping systems in gas compression platform and accomodation platform.

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B. Employer: Wood Thailand MAY 2019 – NOV 2019
Location: Sriracha, Thailand | Designation: Process Piping Design
Serves as process Piping Design Engineer for MdA mining project in Argentina. This project is built based on module concept and the module is fabricated in China and will be shipping to Argentina as shipment categories.
⎯ Study piping routing and equipment nozzle orientation in SA plant that using Smartplant 3D software. Most equipments are FRP tanks, pumps and filters.
⎯ Closing the client’s tags for 60% model review and complied and submitted to piping leader.
⎯ Studying piping routing and coordinating with tranportation team to maximize the piping portion inside module, other piping sections that can not be fitted inside module will be under hook-up categories.
⎯ Piping support design and selection for piping under SA plant with consideration of maximizing piping section inside module.
⎯ Squad check equipment vendor drawings and incorporation of the updated vendor information in S3D model.
⎯ Develop Smartplant 3D model for pipe support and issue isometric drawings for construction.

C. Employer: Tecnicas Reunidas S.A AUG 2017 – JAN 2019
Location : Johor, Malaysia |Designation : Process Piping Design
Serves as site-based Piping Design Engineer for execution of construction stage refinery project under refinery and petrochemical integrated development (RAPID) complex in Johor, Malaysia.
⎯ Complete checking and marking-up process P&ID for the items that was found discrepancies between the
P&ID and the issued isometric drawings.
⎯ Provide new routing for missing pipelines and additional pipelines that client requests. Provide hand-sketch drawings for some must-change piping configurations and advance to construction team.
⎯ Search documents in documentum and review vendor supplied documents as proof to clear killing items.
⎯ Clear the piping issues that raised by construction team. Coordinate and interface with other engineering team disciplines to solve the given problems.
⎯ Recommend the solution for closing the piping punches raised by licensors and client. Coordinate with construction team for closing test packages.
⎯ Reviews piping design for the relevant code compliance, collects information, verifies, studies and recommend the improvements in piping design to facilitate operation and maintenace with consideration of taking advantage of existing piping materials to minimize delay of construction schedule.
⎯ Receive the assigned tasks from piping lead engineer, studies and revert the results on time. Review piping design deliverables before issuing to piping design lead.
⎯ Provide engineering supports to piping lead engineer and project specialists to clear piping issues in accordance with project specific deliverables and client’s requirements.
⎯ Discuss with commissioning engineer to indicate methods for commissioning activies. Coordinate with designer to produce the isometric drawings of steam blowing and amine degreasing systems.

D. Employer: Toyo Engineering Corporation DEC 2012 – JUL 2017
Location : Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Designation : Process Piping Design
Serves as Process Piping Design Engineer in the execution of detail design of steam cracking project under refinery and petrochemical integrated development (RAPID) complex in Johor, Malaysia
⎯ Complete conceptual piping routing study and piping plan drawing. This study routing is based on P&ID, project layout specification, piping material specification and Petronas technical standard. Produce layouts that incorporates safety, maintainability, operability and constructability. Work is review for adequacy on completion.
⎯ Gathers information, makes studies, performs calculation to finalize nozzle orientation drawings for towers, vessels, heat exchangers and drums in benzene extraction unit by ensuring that they must be complied with

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⎯ Review vendor documents for accuracy and resolves discrepancies. Also reviews other disciplines’ supplier documents for accuracy.
⎯ Assists the piping lead in coordinating common design philosophies with other engineering discipline leads.
⎯ Receive and summary all technical issues from other disciplines, discuss and bring about a resolution.
⎯ Prepare clip information and civil loading information and issue to mechanical and civil team.
⎯ Participate in 30%, 60% and 90% model review meeting with clients. Implementing necessary modification in piping and equipment layout according to the client’s comments.
⎯ Review piping design work of Piping Designer, using Naviswork Review to check piping design and pipe support design against project specifications and requirements. Feedback the comments back to designer update in 3D model.

Involves in the execution of detail design of gas processing brownfield revamping project of Petronas in Malaysia as process Piping Design Engineer.
⎯ Conduct field survey to ascertain current as-built isometric drawings are corresponding to actual.
⎯ Provide new piping routing using 2D AUTOCAD for piping systems that are under revamping scopes in gas separation unit. Coordinate with designer to consolidate piping routing layout into 3D model by using
Cadworx Professional Plant.
⎯ Communicate with the engineers from clients to clarify piping items that are under revamping scope.
⎯ Finalize and control tie-in list. Perform site work to locate tie-in point location for new piping systems.
⎯ Review piping design, check piping model using Naviswork Review against project procedures and requirements. Check and approve isometric drawings.
⎯ Finalize MTO report for bulk pipe, fittings, valves and pipe support that assist the construction team to control volume of support in each area.

E. Employer: PetroVietnam Technical Services corporation (PTSC M&C) NOV 2011 – NOV 2012
Location : VungTau, Vietnam |Designation : Process Piping Design
Server as process Piping Design Engineer for greenfield offshore HST/HSD development project on seabed of Vietnam.
⎯ Gather project specification documents, make study and complete designing piping routing for piping systems on HSD topside wellhead platform including process oil, process gas, flow lines, water injection, utilities systems.
⎯ Review vendor documents and check for accuracy including the drawings of test separator, production separator, close drain vessel, wellhead control panel, Control valves.
⎯ Interface with other disciplines’ engineers to resolve the conflicting problems during model review.
⎯ Checking piping design using Naviswork Review model against the project specifications. Make comments and pass to designer to reflect into 3D model.
⎯ Complete checking isometric drawing and issue isometric drawing for construction.
⎯ Prepare MTO report for pipe, fittings and valves by using in-house tool.

F. Employer: JGC Vietnam Co. Ltd FEB 2010 – OCT 2011
Location : Hanoi, Vietnam | Designation : Piping Engineer

Joins detail design project of chemical plant in northern of Viet Nam and DQR refinery of additional crude pumps and tanks as process Piping Design Engineer.
⎯ Decide 2D AUTOCAD routing and develop 3D model for equipment, structure and piping systems.
⎯ Review vendor documents and check, incorporate into 3D model.
⎯ Review SPR Review model to check piping design to comply with project specifications.
⎯ Check isometric drawing against check list and issue for construction.

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G. Employer: Messer group, Germany OCT 2009 – JAN 2010
Location : Hai Duong, Vietnam | Designation : Piping supervisor
⎯ Supervise the installation of air piping, nitrogen piping and oxygen piping systems, assisting site manager in controlling the progress of piping installation work.

H. Employer: Cimas Engineering Company Ltd JUL 2007 – SEP 2009
Location : Hanoi, Vietnam | Designation : Piping Engineer
Join detail design stage of hydrogen desulfurization unit in RFCC project and petrochemical revamping project in Taiwan as process Piping Design Engineer.
⎯ Produce AUTOCAD routing and construct 3D model for piping, equipment and structure.
⎯ Screen vendor drawings, squad check vendor prints and incorporate vendor information into 3D model.
⎯ Check isometric drawing using SPR Review and issue for construction.
EDUCATION BACKGROUND:
University Degree of Chemical Engineering Technology, 09.2002 – 07.2007

Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
LANGUAGE:
Vietnamese: native | English: IELTS 6.5
HOBBIES AND INTERESTS Favorite sport to play during my free time is football and I am genuine fan of Football.
I am constantly a member of piping department in previous companies and usually play in company football league every year. I enjoy staying in shape and spending time with good friends three times a week.