Dirk JT van der Merwe has over 40 years of experience in engineering design, project management, and construction roles across various industries including petrochemical, chemical, oil and gas. He has extensive experience with piping system design, 3D modeling, engineering standards, and managing multi-disciplinary teams. His background includes roles with Chevron, Foster Wheeler, INCHEM, DELKOR, Hatch, Lurgi, Sasol, IMS Process Plant, Atomic Energy Corporation, and ISCOR.

1. RESUME
Dirk JT van der Merwe
Pobox 1708
Rayton
Code 1001
E-Mail address:-
dirkgem@gmail.com
dljvdm@infomailer.co.za
Contact No +27829209356
SUMMARY
I have been fortunate to get my training at Atomic Energy Corporation and SASOL South Africa
and gained a great deal of experience in several different climates, cultures and areas of the
engineering design sector which includes the Petrochemical, Chemical, Oil and Gas, on and Offshore
Fields and Drilling. The experience ranges from minor and major modifications using Management of
Change (MOC) processes, new plant designs, platform refurbishment, Front End Engineering Design
(FEED); Detailed Engineering, being a member of a large team, leading a multi disciplined team,
providing training, supervision and mentoring, ensuring appropriate technical standard are met or
exceeded and compliance with Client requirements.
I have good working knowledge of Piping system design, including routing, material selection
/specification /substitution, and pipe support design. Various drawing deliverables have included
Conceptual Design, 3D Models, Piping General Arrangements, defining Tie In locations through to
Isometrics, Stress Isometrics, Pipe Supports, Weld Maps and Material Take Offs.
I am familiar with various mandatory, standards and statutory codes for example:- American National
Standards Institute (ANSI), American Petroleum Institute (API), American Society of Mechanical
Engineers(ASME), American Society for Testing of Materials (ASTM).
The variation has helped to sharpen my communication and organization skills.
The last seven years have been spent alongside project management, process, reservoir
management, drilling, offshore and onshore construction, operations, logistic departments as well as
the usual design office discipline groups. Working to efficiently reduce build and shutdown costs as
well as conforming to the applicable statutory codes and international design standards.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Employment History
Chevron June 2007 - Pres
Angola (Malongo Camp): Senior Designer/Checker
WEST AFRICA
Responsibilities include:
• Working on onshore and offshore production platforms and wellhead jackets using 3D CAD
packages to produce piping general arrangements, sub sea pipeline routes, modeling, isometrics,
weld maps, MTO’s and supports. This ranged from minor modifications to complete refurbishment
of all pipe work and vessels, new modules, offshore and onshore site surveys, construction liaison
(including SIMOPS planning to reduce shutdown work scope), work packs, full Material Take Off,
vendor review and checking of the above deliverables.
• Modifications to: - Tank Farm, Gas Plant, Water Injection Platforms, Drilling Rigs, Gas
Compression Platforms, Sub sea, Risers and Wellhead Jackets including installation of new
Wells, Gas Lift and Water Injection. As building and inspection of community damaged
installations producing as built P&ID's and working with process & construction to restore
production facilities back on stream.
• Producing engineering solutions, management of change, scope of work. Full design deliverables.
Responsible for ensuring compliance with company procedures, design codes, mentoring of
national designers and qualifying and proposing new procedures. Working with construction and
commissioning.
• Training, supervising and mentoring of junior designers.
Systems used:
• CADWorx Plant Professional 3D. AutoPLANT Piping, AutoPLANT Isometrics, AutoCAD 14,
AutoCAD 2000i, AutoCAD 2004 and Microsoft office suite.

2. In short Employment History
FOSTER WHEELER SA Aug 2005- June 2007
Johannesburg: CHECKER (SMART PLANT)
Duties;
1) Checker in Head Office Midrand (Smart plant)
2) On Site Checker and markups, Cape Town (Chevron Caltex 2005)
3) On site utility and system sketch, Cape Town (Chevron Caltex 2006)
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INCHEM : Sept 2003 - Aug 2005
Johannesburg SITE MANAGER
(Sulphonation plant No 1 & 2) Duties;
ALL Layouts (Mechanical, Civil & Piping) and construction Isos
All site fabricated items and construction under my supervision.
Site supervision during construction.
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DELKOR SA : Sept 2001- Sept 2003
Johannesburg Principal Designer Piping
Duties;
Layout and Isometrics. Tender Layouts.
Site assistants.
SITE MANAGER
ANGLO LANDAU COLLERY (WITBANK)
On site liaison with Karro Plastic piping & Prenteck.
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HATCH SA: March 2001- Sept 2001
Johannesburg CHECKER (PIPING)
Duties;
CHECKER ACP RUSENBURG
On site liaison with construction contractors.
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LURGI SA: May. 2000- March 2001
Johannesburg Principal Designer Piping
Duties;
Site work: Layouts, Isometrics, and Composites,
Matl. Handling for proj. in Turkey
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SASOL SA Oct. 1997 - May 2000
Secunda Principal Designer Piping
Duties;
Site work: Layouts, Isometrics, As-built and Composites.
On site liaison with Flour SA & Stein Muller.
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3. IMS Process Plant Nov. 1994 – Oct 1997
Principal Designer Piping
Duties:
Site work: Checking of Layouts.
Mechanical, Civil and Piping G.A.s & Plant Layout & Design for:-
Middelburg Steel (Columbus).-Karbochem- Witbank Steel -- Impala - NCP
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SASTECH (Sasol SA) : 1993 - 1994
Sasol II & III : Principal Designer Piping
Duties:
Site work: Checking of Layouts, Isometrics, As-builds and Composite
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JCI : 1992 - 1993
: Senior Designer Piping
Duties:
Layout for Level 294 Backfill Plant.
Material handling steelwork. Plate chutes related to the mining industry.
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SASTECH (Sasol SA) : 1990 - 1992
Sasol II & III : Principal Designer Piping
Duties:
Site work: Checking of Layouts, Isometrics, As-Builds and Composites.
Received Quality Award for design done on a 72" Stainless Steel Line.
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Flour S.A. : 1989 - 1990
: :Senior Designer
Duties:
Responsible for all Hydro, Pneumatic and commodity test packages on various piping
systems, site punch-out of all these systems. Reports to the client on test packages.
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Atomic Energy Corporation (Staff) : 1977 - 1989
: Learner Draughtsman to Designer
Duties:
Using BS308, Isometric and relevant standards and codes for drawing of Isometrics.
Design and Detail of piping, 2-way compressors and structures.
Responsible for Designing of precision Mechanical components. Electroplating jigs & tools
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ISCOR (Staff) 1973 - 1977
Apprentice as Maintenance Fitter
Passed Trade test with a “B” symbol
Did maintenance on Furnaces, Conveyers, Heat Exchangers, Boilers, Overhead cranes and
Hollers.