Duy Ngo
Senior Designer with 25+ years of experience
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Senior Designer with 25+ years of experience supporting refinery, offshore, LNG, and petrochemical projects. Strong background in development and maintenance of P&IDs, PFDs, UFDs, line lists, and process drawings using SmartPlant P&ID, Intergraph 2D PDS, AutoCAD Plant 3D, AutoCAD, and MicroStation. Experienced supporting engineering teams with intelligent P&ID updates, MOC revisions, instrumentation tagging, and project documentation in EPC and plant environments.
Experience
Senior Designer - THE SHAW GROUP - Houston, TX
(2025-06 - 2026-04)
- Created and updated P&IDs and Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs) using AutoCAD Plant 3D.
- Supported engineers with layout development and drawing revisions.
- Generated line numbers, equipment tags, instrument tags, and valve tags.
- Used Bluebeam for markups, takeoffs, and document organization.
Principal Engineering Technician - WORLEY - Houston, TX
(2023-04 - 2025-05)
Assisted engineers in developing and updating P&IDs and MOC drawings from field/site information using SmartPlant 2014 and 2019. Supported refinery, offshore, LNG, and petrochemical projects.
- Ras Tanura Refinery Residue Project
- Shell Whale/Vito Offshore Project
- Venture Global CP2 Project
- Air Products Darrow Blue Energy Facility
Senior Designer - CONOCOPHILLIPS - Houston, TX
(2022-04 - 2023-04)
- Assisted engineers in developing P&IDs, electrical drawings, plot plans, and MOC drawing updates.
- Supported drawing revisions and project documentation activities.
Senior Designer - CHART ENERGY & CHEMICALS - The Woodlands, TX
(2021-05 - 2021-12)
- Created layouts for P&IDs, PFDs, and UFDs using SmartPlant 2014 and 2019.
- Developed drawings from engineer markups and sketches.
- Generated line numbers, instrument loops, and valve tags.
- Used Bluebeam for markups, takeoffs, and document coordination.
- Supported system numbering and cold box documentation.
Senior Process Designer - McDERMOTT - Houston, TX
(2010-01 - 2020-07)
Developed P&IDs, PFDs, UFDs, fire & safety drawings, commissioning systems, line lists, and piping plot plans using SmartPlant 2009/2014 and Citrix. Coordinated with engineering teams to develop process drawings from sketches and markups. Supported commissioning and project lead activities for LNG and refinery projects.
- Freeport LNG - Project Lead
- Cameron LNG - Project Lead
- Oxy Ingleside Ethylene - Project Lead
- Reficar Cartagena Refinery - Project Lead
- Mozambique Gas Project
- Golden Pass LNG
Senior Designer - JACOBS ENGINEERING - Houston, TX
(2006-01 - 2010-12)
- Used SmartPlant and MicroStation J/V8i to develop Process Flow Diagrams, P&IDs, UFDs, instrument loops, and piping plot plans.
- Extracted MTO valve reports, line lists, equipment lists, and instrument index reports from SmartPlant databases.
- Supported petrochemical and refinery projects for major clients including Sasol, ExxonMobil, Chevron Phillips Chemical, and Dow Chemical.
Piping Designer - CDI ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS - Houston, TX
(2006-01 - 2006-12)
- Supported piping layout and equipment design activities using PDS 3D.
- Assisted with piping layout reviews, isometric drawings, and pipe support design.
Senior Designer – Flowsheet - ABB LUMMUS GLOBAL - Houston, TX
(2000-01 - 2006-12)
- Developed Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs), Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs), and vessel datasheets for petrochemical projects.
- Verified drawing revisions and maintained project database files.
- Generated BOM reports and valve takeoff data.
- Utilized PDS2D, MicroStation V8i, SmartPlant, and AutoCAD for project deliverables.
Drafter Designer - INTERKILN CORPORATION OF AMERICA - Houston, TX
(2000-01 - 2000-12)
- Assisted civil engineers with construction drawings and AutoCAD drafting support.
Designer Support - ABB LUMMUS GLOBAL - Houston, TX
(1998-01 - 1999-12)
- Assisted engineers with development of Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) for the NROC grassroots ethylene plant project in Port Arthur, TX.
Education
BSET - Process and Piping Design - University of Houston Downtown