I have over forty years of experience in the piping / mechanical field that I would like to offer to you. I have worked as a Designer, Design Supervisor, CAD Administrator, Trainer and Mechanical Engineer. I am proficient in AutoCAD, Rebis, Pro-Pipe and 3-D modeling. I bring with me experience from the Petro-Chemical Industry, Pharmaceutical, Food and Beverage, Marine and Municipal Utilities. I have been involved with various sizes of projects from small skid units to complete turn key grass roots plants; from just the Engineering Details to the supervision of the construction and the start-up of the units and the training of the employees to run the new units. I am also experienced in the training of designers to run AutoCAD 3D and also in the training of Rebis and other 3D programs.
William S. Hess III
3525 Galaxy Rd. - Ladson, SC 29456 - (843) 509-6748 – dragon-1015[at]comcast.net
Summary
I have over forty years of experience in the piping / mechanical field that I would like to offer to you. I have worked as a Designer, Design Supervisor, CAD Administrator, Trainer and Mechanical Engineer. I am proficient in AutoCAD, Rebis, Pro-Pipe and 3-D modeling. I bring with me experience from the Petro-Chemical Industry, Food and Beverage, Marine and Municipal Utilities. I have been involved with various sizes of projects from small skid units to complete turn key grass roots plants; from just the Engineering Details to the supervision of the construction and the start-up of the units and the training of the employees to run the new units. I am also experienced in the training of designers to run AutoCAD 3D and also in the training of Rebis and other 3D programs
Computer Programs Used
Auto-Cad
Version 1.18 up to Release 2008. Comprehensive working knowledge of AutoCAD, most third party software and time spent in the development of custom menu’s and symbol libraries.
Third Party Software For Auto-Cad
Bentley Rebis Auto-Plant
Up to Version 8.6.0
Flex Tabs
Pro-Pipe
Pro-Iso
Pro-Plant
Pro-Flow
Pro-Steel
Iso-Gen
Other Cad Software used
PDS
Prime
Medusa
IBM Fast Draft
Smart Plant 3D
Other Programs Used
Word Perfect
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Access
Microsoft PowerPoint
Primavera Project
Programming
Microsoft Certified
Microsoft Developer Status
Auto-Cad Developer Status
Novel Certified
EDUCATION
1969
American Institute of Drafting
Houston, TX
1979-1980
Houston Community College
2005
Williamstown University
Completed BS in Mechanical Engineering
Employed as Senior Piping Designer.
Working on various petrochemical and pharmaceutical projects.
2/01-2/07 Taylor Technical –
(Contract to Valero Refining)
(Memphis, TN.)
Employed as Senior Piping Designer & Mechanical Engineer.
Worked on various in plant petrochemical projects, including an Alky revamp, Tank Farm upgrades and increased product flow upgrades.
3/98 – 12/99 S & B Engineers and Constructors –
(Houston, TX.)
Employed as Senior Piping Designer and CAD Coordinator.
Working as Senior Piping Designer on various Petro Chemical Projects for Shell DPMC, and also as CAD Coordinator. Additional duties are to help in training of personnel in the use of Auto-Plant (Rebis) software. They were in the process of converting from 2D to 3D for piping work. Started writing a training manual for use with Auto-Plant (Rebis) software that was user friendly.
10/97 – 3/98 National Engineering –
(Contract to SMC McEver)
(Houston, TX.)
Employed as Senior Piping Designer and CAD Coordinator.
Was brought to Houston to implement Auto-Plant (Rebis) and to aid in the design of various projects.
4/96 – 10/97 National Engineering –
(Contract to PSI Engineering)
(Memphis, TN.)
Employed as Senior Piping Designer and CAD Coordinator.
Worked as Senior Piping Designer on various Food Grade Projects and also as CAD Coordinator. Additional duties were to help in training of personnel in the use of Auto-Plant (Rebis) software. They were one of the first companies to convert from 2D to 3D for piping work in this type of an industry. I also helped to set-up a proper network to allow sharing of piping files and to organize work flow.
7/94 – 4/96 Advanced R & D, Inc. –
(Contract to Marinette Marine)
(Marinette, WI.)
Employed as Senior Piping Designer and promoted to Piping Design Supervisor.
Worked on or supervised the design of the majority of the piping systems on the Keeper Class Coastal Buoy Tender for the U.S. Coast Guard. I was also in charge of the training of new employees in the use of Auto-Plant.
4/89 – 7/94 Parsons S.I.P. Inc. –
(Houston, TX.)
Employed as Senior Piping Designer and promoted to Piping Design Supervisor.
While working as Lead Designer, I designed, supervised construction and start-up of Skid Test Unit for Shell Westhollow and completed preliminary designs for various other Process Modifications for Shell DPMC. Also worked on or designed various Piping Systems for Petro Chemical Processes. While working as Design Supervisor, provided man-hour estimates, assorted Bill of Materials and provided Shell with additional Engineering Back-up for various Projects.
5/87 – 4/89 G.A.S. Unlimited, Inc. –
(Contract to General Foods)
(Houston, TX.)
Employed as Senior Piping Designer.
Given ideas or rough sketches to make preliminary layouts and, upon approval, complete plans and design. I supervised the contractors through construction and installation.
During my time here I worked on or designed piping systems for chilled water, vacuum systems, saturated steam, caustic chemicals, and dust collection systems. I was active in the development, implementation and training of Computer Aided Drafting, development of menus and symbol libraries to aid in the drawing of CAD flow sheets and plans. . Along with this was involved in various projects dealing with the processing of food products or the packaging of them, as listed below:
1. Coffee, raw bean input, roasting & grinding
2. Decaffeination of coffee beans
3. Installation of new automated can line
4. Instant coffee, mixing, drying and packaging
5. Removal of Caffeine from beans and packaging of
6. Rice, raw input, steaming, and drying
7. Kool-Aid, mixing product and packaging
8. Syrup, mixing, cooking and bottling
9. Various vegetable products, raw input, blanching and packaging
10. Chocolate, mixing, cooking and packaging
1/83 – 5/87 Stubbs, Overbeck & Associates, Inc. –
(Contract to General Foods)
(Houston, TX.)
Note: Same as for G.A.S. Unlimited, Inc.
9/76 – 1/83 Morrison Design Service, Inc. –
(Contract to General Foods)
(Houston, TX.)
Employed as Mechanical Designer.
Later promoted to Senior Designer by General Foods.
Note: Same as for G.A.S. Unlimited, Inc.
12/75 – 9/76 Tech Fab, Inc. –
(Houston, TX.)
Employed as Chief Estimator and Coordinator.
Was Shop Foreman of 18,000 sq. ft. job shop.
Chief Designer and only estimator.
Was in charge of design & fabrication of:
1. Skid mounted metering systems for oil field equipment
2. Sand Separators
3. Anchor clips for refractory use
4. T-1 steel sling sleeves
9/69 – 12/75 Municipal Pipe & Fabricating Co. –
(Missouri City, TX.)
Employed as Draftsman – Estimator.
Completed designs on various water treatment units. Complied detail material take offs and estimated bid proposals.
Acquired working knowledge of the following:
1. Sewage Treatment Plants
2. Water Treatment Plants
3. Water Distribution Systems
4. Fire Protection Systems
5. Sewage Collection Systems
6. Pulp & Paper Projects
8/69 – 10/69 Dale S. Cooper & Assoc. –
(Houston, TX.)
Employed as Draftsman.
Primary layouts on air conditioning systems and cooling towers for HISD; also preliminary layouts of new piping addition at Petro-Tex.
7/69 – 10/69 American Institute of Drafting –
(Houston, TX.)
Taught evening classes in Piping and Electrical drafting.
7/64 – 8/69 Del Inc. & Del Machine & Welding Works, Inc. –
(Houston, TX.)
Started by working after school and summers as machinist, worked my way up and eventually became a lead man in assembly area, tool and die machinist, and draftsman.
While working as lead man in assembly area, helped to design, machine and assemble several automatic machines. I also held journeyman’s electrical license so could install the machinery in various plants.
1. Auto Capper
2. Synthetic Rubber Baler
3. Liquid/solid Filler and Capper
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