Rotating Equipment Engineering

Allan Ronald Dones

ASEAN Eng · PME (SCE) · RME (PRC) · LSSGB

Licensed Mechanical Engineer and accredited ASEAN Engineer. Since 2006 I have taken rotating equipment and complex mechanical packages from FEED through procurement to commissioning, across oil & gas, petrochemical, mining and energy projects in the Middle East, Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America.

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Allan Ronald Dones

About

What I do, and the part of a project I own.

ASEAN Engineer ASEAN Eng Professional Mechanical Engineer SCE Registered Mechanical Engineer PRC Lean Six Sigma Green Belt LSSGB LEED Green Associate 2017–2019 PMP training completed

Twenty years of comprehensive EPC and FEED experience. My career covers the entire project lifecycle — Front-End Engineering Design and FEED verification, detailed engineering, procurement support, package management, construction, and pre-commissioning and commissioning site support. Onshore and offshore.

I specialise as a Senior Rotary / Mechanical Package Engineer, holding sole discipline responsibility for multi-million dollar rotating equipment packages delivered for global majors including Saudi Aramco and Santos Ltd, alongside Shell, Marathon Petroleum, Dow Chemical and ADNOC's Borouge.

My work centres on the package procurement cycle: generating technical specifications and mechanical datasheets, raising Material Requisitions, leading Technical Bid Evaluations, and executing thorough Vendor Document Reviews. On site I have supported pre-commissioning and commissioning, witnessed Factory Acceptance Testing, and participated in Joint Engineering Inspection & Testing prior to client turnover.

I work to API 610, 613, 614, 616, 617, 619, 670, 671 and 682, alongside ASME, TEMA and the relevant NFPA codes — and I manage the multi-discipline interfaces where mechanical packages meet process, electrical, instrumentation and civil scope. I currently work in Qatar as a Senior Mechanical Engineer with project management responsibility on high-value construction projects.

Expertise

Where the working week actually goes, and the equipment and codes behind it.

Current role composition

Technical review & approval25%
Engineering management15%
Project controls & schedule15%
Procurement & vendor management15%
Construction support15%
Change management10%
Stakeholder management5%

Equipment

Centrifugal pumps Vertical line shaft pumps Submersible pumps Slurry & sump pumps Positive displacement pumps Screw pumps Centrifugal compressors Screw compressors Reciprocating compressors Gas turbines Steam turbines Air compressor & dryer packages Gas dehydration Chemical injection Nitrogen generation

Codes & standards

API 610API 613 API 614API 616 API 617API 619 API 670API 671 API 674API 676 API 682API 620 / 650 ASME B16.5 / B16.47ASME B73.1 TEMANFPA 12 / 2001 NFPA 30 / 37 / 70 / 110PSME Code

Software

SmartPlant 3DPDS SmartPlant ReviewAFT Fathom AutoCADMicroStation CompressINtools

Engineering Tools

Working calculators built from the engineering practice, not brochures about it. Each runs entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded, nothing is stored. Organised by equipment class; the library is being extended.

Pumps

1 available

Vertical Pump Evaluation Tool

Total differential head at impeller centerline and brake horsepower, with a vendor sufficiency check against the calculated system requirement.

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Compressors

In development
Centrifugal, reciprocating and screw compressor tools — in development.

Gas Turbines

In development
Gas turbine performance and site rating tools — in development.

Building Management & HVAC

In development
HVAC and building services tools — in development.

Credentials

Registrations, accreditations and qualifications — with current status stated plainly.

Professional registration

AE
ASEAN Engineer Active
ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisations · Nov 2018 · AE 8319 — Verify on the ASEAN Engineers Register ↗
PE
Professional Mechanical Engineer Active
Saudi Council of Engineers · Aug 2013 · 182941
RME
Registered Mechanical Engineer Active
Professional Regulation Commission, Philippines · Oct 2005 · 0065579
PMI
Project Management Institute
Member · 4970722

Education & certification

BSc
BSc Mechanical Engineering
Adamson University, Manila · 2000–2005
MSc
MSc Construction Management Units earned · ongoing
Polytechnic University of the Philippines — Open University
PEM
Professional Engineering Management Held
American Society of Engineering Management · Jul 2017
LSS
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Held
Intertek · Nov 2017 · BA-UAE-012
PMP
Project Management Professional In progress
Training completed; certification not yet awarded
LEED
LEED Green Associate Expired 2019
U.S. Green Building Council · Dec 2017 – Dec 2019

Experience

Roles and projects. Current-employer project identifiers are withheld under confidentiality.

JAN 2026 — PRESENT
Senior Mechanical Engineer / General Project Manager
Medgulf Construction W.L.L. · Doha, Qatar
High-value construction projects. Engineering management, technical review and approval, project controls, procurement and vendor management, construction support and change management.
AUG 2023 — JAN 2026
Lead Engineer / Senior Rotating Equipment Engineer
Fluor · Manila, Philippines
Detailed engineering across the Reko Diq copper-gold development for Reko Diq Mining Company (Pakistan), the Iluka Eneabba rare earths facility for Iluka Rare Earths (Australia), and the Moreno compressor modernisation for San Diego Gas & Electric (USA) — a hybrid plant with hydrogen blending and renewable integration. Discipline leadership, resource management and deliverable quality for the Manila scope.
JUL 2020 — AUG 2023
Senior Rotary Equipment Engineer
JGC · Manila, Philippines
Basrah Refinery Upgrading for South Refineries Company (Iraq) and the Sakura petrochemical project for Asahi Glass / Vinythai (Thailand). API 610 VS4 vertical pumps, OH6 pumps, API 676 screw pumps, and non-API self-priming, air-driven and dry vacuum pumps.
JUL 2019 — JUL 2020
Senior Machinery Engineer
TechnipFMC · Abu Dhabi, UAE
FEED for the Borouge 4 mixed feed steam cracker, Abu Dhabi Polymers Company (ADNOC). Rotating equipment specifications and datasheets, inter-discipline deliverable review, and FEED procurement support for EPC cost estimation.
JAN 2018 — JUN 2019
Mechanical Engineer — Package / Rotating Equipment
Fluor Ltd · Manila, Philippines
Penguins Redevelopment Project for Shell, UK North Sea. Glycol dehydration package, hydraulic submersible pumps and hydraulic power unit.
JUN 2015 — DEC 2017
Mechanical Engineer — Rotating Equipment
WS Atkins & Partners Overseas · Sharjah, UAE
Master Gas System Expansion Phases 1 & 2 for Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia. Centrifugal, vertical line shaft and submersible pumps; part responsibility for gas turbine driven compressors. Fire suppression review to NFPA 12 and NFPA 2001.
MAY 2013 — MAY 2015
Mechanical Engineer — Rotating & Package Equipment
McDermott Arabia · Dubai, UAE
Manifa offshore platform for Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia. Chemical injection packages, API 674 re-injection pumps, ASME B73.1 utility pumps and handling equipment. FAT witnessing, JEIT and fabrication yard commissioning support.
NOV 2011 — MAY 2013
Senior Rotating Equipment Engineer
Samsung Engineering · Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia
CO₂ capture and injection facilities for Saudi Aramco, Uthmaniyah. Sealless VFD-driven centrifugal compressor, instrument air compressor and dryer package, gas dehydration package. FEED document validation and site survey.
JUL 2006 — NOV 2011
Rotating Equipment Engineer
Fluor · Manila, Philippines
Gladstone LNG upstream development for Santos Ltd (Australia); Garyville major expansion for Marathon Petroleum, Dow Falcon proposal, and Jack County Unit 2 for Brazos Electric (USA). Entered via the New Graduate Program, open to licensed engineers in the top decile of their class.

Contact

Open to technical discussion, package review and consulting enquiries.

allan_dones@yahoo.com allanronalddones@gmail.com LinkedIn