Michael B. West, Senior Piping Designer

 

EDUCATION

CAD Certificate, Southern Technical College

AS, Architectural/Engineering, Jefferson State Junior College

WORK EXPERIENCE

November 2010 to Present – Engineering Group of the Southeast, Senior Piping Designer

June 1988 to June 2010 – URS Corporation, Piping Designer

1985 to 1988 – Alabama Steel (formerly CECO Corp.) Draftsman/Detailer

1984 to 1985 – BE&K, Draftsman/CAD Operator

 

TYPICAL PROJECTS

·         Design Lead for 5 plant areas for Hemlock Semiconductor Expansion / Commercialization Project.

·         Area Lead for the distillation tank farm area for the Hemlock Semiconductor Pilot Plant Project

·         PDS piping modeling and Pelican Forge pipe support modeling efforts for CD3 package milestone at Thor Idaho Cleanup Project

·         High Performance PVC Modernization at Georgia Gulf, Plaquemine, LA

·         Design, Drafting and ECP/EWP Package Development for Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program for the US Army

·         Detailed Design for Cluster Rule Projects for International Paper Co., Roanoke Rapids, NC Mill

·         Engineering Assistance for Cold Mill Outages for International Paper Co. at 5 different Mills

·         Detailed Scope & Estimate for 20 International Paper Co. Mills for Cluster Rule Projects

·         P&ID Design, Piping Design and layout using MicroStation for Sludge-Burning Phase II Project on # 3 Power Boiler  for Champion International Corp., Courtland, AL

·         Field Assistance for Engineering during Construction Phase of S2X Project for Mead Corp., Stevenson, AL

·         PDS Piping Design and Equipment layout for various Mill upgrades including New Recovery and Waste Fuel Boilers and improvements to Evaporator System, NSSC Fiberline, Woodyard and S2 Paper Machine. Also modifications to Existing Evaporator System for Mead Corp.

·         PDS Piping Design, Equipment Layout for addition of # 2 Paper Machine Vacuum System & Wet End Piping for Mead Corp.

·         AutoCad P&ID Design, PDS Piping Design, Equipment Layout for Addition of # 3 Twin-Wire Paper Machine Vacuum System and Wet End Piping for International Paper Company

·         PDS Piping Design to retrofit Washer for 440-TPD Deinking Recycle Pulp Mill for IRC, Fitchburg, MA

·         PDS Piping Modeling for a 500-TPD Trash-to Energy Facility for WESI, Lisbon, CT

·         PDS P&ID Administrator responsible for coordination of work flow between the client and Computer Operators for Train 1 of Multiproduct Plant for AlliedSignal, Geismar, LA

·         Senior Drafting Technician for Orthographics Piping Layout on CAD for Detailed Engineering for CLO2  Plant for Boise Cascade Corp., Jackson AL

·         PDS Piping Modeling, Equipment Layout and P&ID’s for a Ketene Anhydride Facility for Hoechst Celanese Corp.

·         Drafting Technician for Trash-to Energy Facility for WESI, North and South Broward County, FL

·         Designed and Implemented CAD-Generated Start-Up System P&ID’s for grassroots Newsprint Mill for Newsprint South, Inc. Grenada, MS

 

Specialized Training

 

2D and 3D Piping Design        2D and 3D Equipment Layout                  PFD and P&ID Development                   PDS 3D Modeling  

SmartPlant Review                  MicroStation                                             AutoCad                                                  Pelican Forge Pipe Support Modeling