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Skills:CAD, Autodesk Inventor, structural designing, Solidworks3D, Drafting, Blue prints, piping designing, ASME, Steel Structures

Senior CAD Designer 02/2010 - current
Nabors Industries, AL-Khobar, United States
Industry: Oil &Gas
Dedicated Design Engineering professional skilled in marine, site, and piping design, structural analysis, CAD, and project management. Adept at overseeing pre-commissioning, operations, and ensuring high-quality, safe implementations. Passionate about innovation and sustainability, committed to meticulous planning and technical expertise to drive superior results. Known for collaborative prowess, building strong customer relations, and embracing continuous learning.
• Lead and manage an engineering design team, ensuring project requirements are met and achieving a 15% increase in team productivity. • Execute engineering activities meticulously, adhering to project plans, industry standards, and safety regulations, maintaining a 98% compliance rate. • Streamline input verification processes, reducing startup delays by 20%, and introduce innovative design software, resulting in a 15% reduction in design cycle times. • Play a pivotal role in preparing pipes for isometrics, prioritizing precision and accuracy in piping designs using advanced software tools like AutoCAD, PDMS, Civil 3D, and SolidWorks 3D. • Coordinate engineering activities within the team, aligning them with technical documents and maintaining constant communication with key stakeholders. • Vigilantly monitor daily progress within the team, proactively addressing issues and bottlenecks for seamless project progress. • Supply transparent weekly progress reports to PEM and the Batch coordinator, enabling effective decision-making. • Ensure the highest quality discipline documents, significantly contributing to overall project success. • Provide support to the team in producing accurate and high-quality drawings, enhancing project deliverables. • Conduct extensive international travel for critical business meetings and client interactions, fostering global partnerships. • Adapt to innovative technologies, systems, and procedures, demonstrating excellent leadership qualities and practical communication skills. • Contribute expertise in Design and Control Commissioning, Site Engineering, and Functional Safety, enabling successful outcomes in various Nabors Projects for Aramco.--
Senior Structural Designer& Checker 01/2008 - 12/2009
GL Noble Denton, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Oil &Gas
GL Noble Denton is one of the oil and gas businesses of DNV GL. The organization supplies services and software to design, develop, run, execute, and assure oil and gas industry assets across the world. My responsibility was to prepare structural sketches, start projects, and prove my ability to understand all commissioning activities fully. Mechanical and Control disciplines, Work with Marine design, Mooring and towing projects, Decommissioning projects, and survey offshore platforms and Site Engineering. Production and management of 3D models on CAD systems
? Supervise the construction and refurbishment of offshore, ships & and onshore drilling vessels. Create drawings and sketches aligning with rigorous engineering standards and company drawing office procedures. Developed 50+ offshore operations method drawings, streamlining processes and contributing to efficient project execution.? ? Collaborate effectively across disciplines, gathering valuable input for designs and drawings, resulting in seamless and clash-free designs. Demonstrate effective communication, Strong self-discipline, and organizational skills.? The major project involved: - Sea Jacks self-propelled barge, Gms Endurance self-propelled barge, Cobra Int'l WHP Jacket ? Responsible for basic structural design and general arrangement detail drawing of four legs of a self-propelled barge. Auditing, surveying/vetting all outputs before issue, and completing engineering design works on schedule and involved in commissioning. The target to complete these projects was 12 months, my team conducted this goal in 9 months and was awarded Team of the Year in 2009.? ? Our team contributed 40% of the profit to the organization within 9 months.? ? Consider financial implications during design development and securing 20% of savings individually.--
Senior Structural Designer 01/1996 - 12/2007
Lamprell, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Oil &Gas
Lamprell is a crucial player in the renewables and oil & and gas energy markets with over 40 years of experience delivering world-class projects. Enthusiasm to collaborate with 25+ Project Managers and Clients in different oilfield organizations (Noble Drilling Intl, Saipem Int 'l) to obtain over $2M in monthly savings and support good relationships internally and externally. Worked autonomously with the project engineers to create and complete my oil rig drawings projects, contributing 25% -35% of the overall savings.
? Engaged in the Commissioning and Design Team and reported to 25+ Project Managers of Rig Laban, Saipem drilling, Aban drilling, Sea Drill, and other international clients. Meticulously conduct self checks and team checks on drawings and sketches, keeping accuracy and quality. Conducted thorough self-checks on 300+ drawings and sketches, keeping an impeccable record of accuracy and adherence to industry standards.? ? Led weekly designing and commissioning team project meetings to review, track progress, build accuracy, manage critical path, record lessons learned, and assisted fabrication teams in resolving 15+ construction difficulties, offering on-the-spot solutions for design-related problems and clashes.? ? Visited numerous oil fields for rigs survey (Oman, Qatar, and KSA & Gulf of Mexico) and experience with a different drilling company and gained valuable experience in offshore & and onshore layout experience, conscious of risk and apply value engineering, Quality Management ISO9000, marine industry, and oilfields and built client-relation throughout the career and being invited to inspect customer sites.? ? Demonstrate exceptional team spirit, fostering open-mindedness and a strong willingness to share knowledge and experience for collaborative success.? ? Structural and Piping design & detail with following Utility standards/rules & regulations ABS, DNV, GL, ASME, MODU&IMO, NORSOK, UBC, B31.3, and AWS, say we followed the law.--

Kerala Technical Institute 06/1983 - 03/1985
Thrissur, , India
Degree: Associate's Degree
Major:Civil Engineering
Associate of Applied Science: HNC in Civil Engineering

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