Trace Dean
Bullard,Tx
Summary
Accomplished process piping design professional with 35 years of extensive experience in the chemical, polymers, oil, and gas industries, along with exposure to mining and semiconductors. Proven track record in leadership roles as a Piping/Project Design Lead and Supervising Designer, effectively managing design teams and overseeing large-scale projects with top EPC firms. Expertise includes modular and stick-built design, emphasizing rotating equipment, heat transfer systems, and comprehensive project management skills. Recognized for strategic problem-solving abilities and a results-driven approach, consistently delivering impactful solutions that enhance organizational performance in fast-paced environments.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Design Lead/Sr Piping Designer
Infinity Project Management, Inc
02.2023 - 09.2025
- Small Projects: Delek US, Tyler Tx – Project Design Lead/Sr Piping Designer – Projects include Alky Unit PSV replacement, Coker Unit Flow Meter replacement, Installation of Alky Unit Inline Caustic Static Mixer, Design of Closed Drain System and Caustic Settler/Pumps, and Condensate Pot & Steam Trap replacement.
- Major Projects: Rextac Plant Relocation – Project Design Lead Relocation of Microthene plant from Lyondell Bassell facility in Tuscola Illinois to Rextac facility in Odessa Tx
- Design Platforms used: Autocad Plant 3D / Cadworx
Sr Piping Designer/Checker (Contract)
Veretas
11.2022 - 02.2023
- MPLX Tornado II 200MMSCFD Cryogenic Gas Plant – Piping design and layout as well as checker for piping plans/elevations and fabrication iso’s
- Design Platform used: Cadworx
Project Design Lead
Primoris Design & Construction
02.2018 - 11.2022
- GCE Renewable Energies Project, Bakersfield, California – Design Lead – Project consists of re-starting a hydrogen reformer to support the conversion of an existing unit into a renewable diesel unit. Duties include overseeing a design team, generating field sketches, plot plans, equipment location plans, assisting a laser scan team, and generating a piping model and isos, tie in packages, and field support for the modification of existing piping and equipment and installation of new piping and equipment.
- Holly Frontier Renewable Diesel Unit FEED, Artesia, NM – Design Lead – Duties include field discovery, field sketches, plot plans, equipment location plans, and overseeing a design team while generating a piping model for estimating and material quantities.
- Valero Corpus Christi HOC Reconfiguration – Design Lead – Duties included overseeing a design team while executing phase 2 field walkdowns, field sketches, plot plans, and estimating for the installation of new storage bullets, a new steam boiler, cooling tower, and gas compressors.
- Design Platform used: Autocad Plant 3D
Piping Technical Lead / Sr Piping Designer
Bechtel Oil, Gas, & Chemicals
09.2011 - 02.2018
- Training and Recognitions: Bechtel Certification – Senior Designer, Bechtel Supervisory Program, Bechtel OG&C Engineering Group Supervisor Program, Bechtel “Quality Coin” Award in recognition of “exemplifying Bechtel’s Vision, Value, and Covenants”
- Lyondell Basell Hyperzone LB-1 High Density Polyethylene Project - Piping Technical Lead / Field Engineer. Duties include coordination between Houston and New Delhi design teams; oversight of Houton piping scope, including Model Reviews and Isometric production; Field walkdowns and verifications of tie-ins, preliminary piping layouts for New Delhi design team, supervised all piping design within existing units, and coordination with construction. All work was performed with SmartPlant 3D, and Laser Scan using LFM software
- Louisiana LNG FEED - Piping Technical Lead. Duties include Coordination between Houston and New Delhi office and oversight of Houston and New Delhi estimate models.
- Shell Franklin Ethylene Project - Piping Technical Lead / Piping Designer. Design and layout of Ethylene Storage Spheres, supervision of Houston piping scope, coordinated piping design between Houston and New Delhi offices, coordination with 3rd party engineering and design teams on unit interface & tie-ins, Plant Design supervision for both Houston and New Delhi model reviews.
- Live Oak LNG FEED - Piping Technical Lead. Duties include Oversight of all equipment layout and piping design activities during estimate model production.
- Chevron Wheatstone LNG - Piping Area Lead for the liquefaction/refrigeration compressors and Domestic Gas Compressors. Duties include initial piping layout for refrigeration compressors and Dom Gas compressors using first of a kind GE technology for the turbine drivers on the refrigeration compressors, then supervision of a team of designers during detail design and iso production of over 6000 isometrics (Train 1).
- Design Platforms used: Smart Plant 3D.
Sr Piping Designer (Contract)
Kellogg, Brown & Root
01.2009 - 01.2011
- Piping Checker for KIOR FCU Project, Columbus Mississippi
- Area Lead Designer/Piping layout for Utilities/Fuel Gas System and Deaerator/Boiler Feed Water for Yanbu Export Refinery Project, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia
- Design Platform used: PDS
Sr Piping Designer (Contract)
Shaw Group
09.2008 - 10.2009
- Area Lead Designer/Piping layout Cracked Gas Compressor for ExxonMobil SPT Olefins Recovery Project, Jurong Island, Singapore
- Design Platform used: PDS
Sr Piping Designer (Contract)
Kellogg, Brown & Root
09.2007 - 09.2008
- Area Lead Designer/Piping layout, HAD Recycle Compressor area for Saudi Kayan Olefins Project
- Utilities and Power Generation Work Group Lead for Ras Tanura Integrated Project (Dow/Saudi Aramco J/V)
- Design Platforms used: PDS / PDMS
Sr Piping Designer (Contract)
CB&I
04.2007 - 09.2007
- Piping layout, Delayed Coker Unit for Frontier Refining, Eldorado, Kansas.
- Design Platform used: PDS
Sr. Piping Designer (Contract)
Shaw Stone & Webster
07.2006 - 04.2007
- Piping layout in the Effluent Exchanger area and the Debutanizer Feed Heating/Overhead area on the Giant SZorb Low Sulfur Gasoline Project, Grafton, Virginia.
- Design Platform used: PDS
Sr Piping Designer (Contract)
Kellogg, Brown & Root
05.2005 - 07.2006
- Area Lead Piping Designer. Responsible for the Feed Gas Compression, Internal Gas Compression, and External Gas Compression units on the Escravos Gas to Liquids project for Chevron; Escravos, Nigeria.
- Sr Piping Designer on the RasGas De-bottleneck FEED for the RasGas LNG plant Qatar, UAE.
- Design Platform used: PDS
Education
Associate in Applied Science Degree -
Tyler Junior College
Tyler, Texas05-1992
High School -
Palestine High School
Palestine, Texas05-1989
Skills
- Autocad Plant3D, CadWorx, SmartPlant 3D, PDS, AutoPlant, Autocad, Microstation, Smart Plant Review, Navis, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, LFM/Aveva
Certification
TWIC, Safety Essentials
Timeline
Project Design Lead/Sr Piping Designer
Infinity Project Management, Inc
02.2023 - 09.2025
Sr Piping Designer/Checker (Contract)
Veretas
11.2022 - 02.2023
Project Design Lead
Primoris Design & Construction
02.2018 - 11.2022
Piping Technical Lead / Sr Piping Designer
Bechtel Oil, Gas, & Chemicals
09.2011 - 02.2018
Sr Piping Designer (Contract)
Kellogg, Brown & Root
01.2009 - 01.2011
Sr Piping Designer (Contract)
Shaw Group
09.2008 - 10.2009
Sr Piping Designer (Contract)
Kellogg, Brown & Root
09.2007 - 09.2008
Sr Piping Designer (Contract)
CB&I
04.2007 - 09.2007
Sr. Piping Designer (Contract)
Shaw Stone & Webster
07.2006 - 04.2007
Sr Piping Designer (Contract)
Kellogg, Brown & Root
05.2005 - 07.2006
Associate in Applied Science Degree -
Tyler Junior College
High School -
Palestine High School
Additional Prior Experience
- CB&I Howe Baker - Tyler, Texas; Sr Piping Designer/Checker
- TPA, Inc. - Dallas, Texas (contract); Sr Piping Checker
- Howe Baker Engineers, Inc. - Tyler, Texas (contract); Sr Piping Designer / Checker
- Petrofac LLC - Tyler, Texas (contract); Piping Designer
- Alliance Engineering - Houston, Texas (contract); Piping Designer
- Bateman Engineering - Tucson, Arizona (contract); Piping Designer
- Design Quest Inc. - Tyler, Texas; Piping Designer
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