~/piping-engineer · Ho Chi Minh City, VN

Truong Thanh
Gia Thinh

Mechanical & Piping Engineer

A solid foundation in piping and mechanical engineering, building a focused career in the piping discipline. Day to day that means 3D piping models and isometrics, pipe support design, material take-off, and calculation for pressure equipment and steel structures.

Illustrated portrait of Truong Thanh Gia Thinh
ISO‑NG‑001  ·  natural gas service  ·  sheet 1 of 1
PI 101 E N UP N1 ━ DN150 GATE VALVE REDUCER 150×100 CHECK PIPE SUPPORT
04
Engineering roles
2024
In design since
07
CAD / CAE tools
B.Eng
Eng. Mechanics · HCMUT
Profile

Where I am heading

Taken from my 2026 CV — not a slogan, but the path I am actually following.

1–2 yrs

Deepen technical expertise and broaden my working knowledge of international engineering standards.

3–5 yrs

Advance into a Senior Piping Engineer role, taking greater design responsibility and leading engineering teams.

long term

Grow into a Lead Piping Engineer overseeing full project execution.

Experience

Work experience

Mechanical Piping Engineer

Nov 2025 – Now
Viet Nam Energy Technology Development Consulting Company Limited (VNergy)
Full-time Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam On-site
  • Developed detailed 3D piping models and generated isometric drawings using AutoCAD 2D/3D and AutoCAD Plant 3D, ensuring accuracy and compliance with client P&ID requirements and applicable engineering standards.
  • Designed pipe support and structural support frames, including selection of support types, sizing, and positioning to ensure mechanical integrity and constructability.
  • Prepared comprehensive material take-offs (MTO) by extracting and quantifying all piping components, supports, and fittings from 3D models, supporting accurate procurement and cost estimation.
  • Collaborated with project teams to produce construction and fabrication drawings, ensuring consistency across all design deliverables and alignment with project specifications.
  • Participated in design reviews and incorporated feedback from construction and QC teams to resolve clashes, improve accuracy, and enhance overall installation efficiency.
AutoCAD Plant 3DNavisworks IsometricsPipe supports MTOP&ID

Mechanical Design Engineer

Jul 2025 – Nov 2025
Glocom Trading And Petroleum Services Company Limited
Full-time Ba Ria – Vung Tau, Vietnam On-site
  • Produced accurate 2D/3D engineering drawings for pressure vessels, storage tanks, skids, and lifting frames, meeting industry standards and fabrication tolerances.
  • Assessed and selected mechanical components — pumps, valves, fans, and motors — in line with client technical requirements and process conditions, ensuring the most suitable equipment was specified for each application.
  • Carried out mechanical and structural calculations, including wall thickness, lifting load analysis, and support strength verification; prepared detailed calculation reports and organised design spreadsheets for project records.
  • Prepared precise material take-offs (MTO) and bills of materials (BOM) to support cost estimation, bidding, and procurement, helping streamline project planning and budget management.
  • Checked design and fabrication drawings for manufacturability, dimensional correctness, and consistency across deliverables, reducing rework and avoiding production delays.
  • Developed clear technical procedures and work instructions for equipment installation, operation, preventive maintenance, and lifting operations, supporting safe and standardised field execution.
  • Conducted on-site surveys and managed modification and retrofit projects on existing equipment and structures, offering practical engineering solutions suited to operational limitations.
  • Supported fabrication and QC teams on technical matters — addressing engineering questions, clarifying design intent, and maintaining product quality and project timelines.
AutoCAD MechanicalPressure vessels Storage tanksSkids Lifting framesMTO / BOM Calculation reports

Piping Design Engineer

Nov 2024 – Apr 2025
Matsusho Viet Nam Co., Ltd.
Full-time Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam On-site
Project: Shibaura Panasonic
  • Collaborated with the project team to review and interpret client P&ID documents, developing detailed 3D piping layouts and support frame designs using Rebro.
  • Partnered with the project team to deliver comprehensive construction drawings, support fabrication drawings, and isometric drawings in AutoCAD, maintaining strict adherence to technical standards and project specifications.
  • Participated in design review sessions and supported optimisation efforts to enhance constructability, identify design conflicts early, and ensure seamless execution during the construction phase.
RebroAutoCAD Isometric drawingsP&ID Support frames

MEP Shop Drawing Engineer — Intern

Sep 2022 – Nov 2022
Doctor House Service And Trading Engineering Company Limited
Full-time Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam On-site
  • Developed detailed shop drawings for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems based on project specifications and architectural drawings.
Shop drawingsSketchUp MEP
Skills

Technical capability

Piping design

  • 3D piping modelling and routing
  • Isometric drawing generation
  • Pipe support design and sizing
  • P&ID interpretation
  • Material take-off from the model
  • Clash detection (Navisworks) and design review

Static equipment

  • Pressure vessels and storage tanks
  • Skids and lifting frames
  • Wall thickness and lifting load
  • Support strength assessment
  • Pump, valve, fan and motor selection
  • Fabrication drawing and BOM review

Analysis & documentation

  • Finite element analysis (Ansys)
  • Structural calculation reports
  • Structured design spreadsheets
  • Technical procedures and work instructions
  • Site survey and retrofit
  • Technical support to fabrication and QC
Standards worked to
ASME ANSI DIN ISO JIS

The specific code editions applied vary by project and client requirement.

Stack

Tools I work in

AutoCAD Plant 3Dpiping · iso · MTO
AutoCAD 2D / 3Dconstruction drawings
Rebropiping & MEP
SolidWorkspart modelling
Inventorassemblies
Navisworksclash detection
SketchUpquick 3D
FreeCADopen-source parametric CAD
CIMCO Edit 8G-code editing & backplot
AnsysFEA
Pythoncalculation scripting
MATLABnumerical analysis
HTML · CSS · JSinternal tooling
Microsoft Officereports & sheets
Tools

Engineering tools I built

Two piping calculation tools that run entirely in the browser — open them right here, nothing to install. Both ship a self-verification that checks the solver against closed-form solutions.

Pipe wall thickness

ASME B31.3 · B31.1 · B31.8
  • Computes t, tm, minimum order thickness and MAWP across the whole NPS range
  • Picks the lightest schedule that still passes, and handles the thick-wall branch t ≥ D₀/6
  • Screens materials by fluid and design temperature; exports a PDF calculation sheet
ASME B31.3B36.10M JavaScriptno dependencies

Pipe support analysis

2D frame finite elements
  • Euler–Bernoulli beam-column elements, 6 DOF, solving K·u = F
  • Global stability from the eigenvalue problem (K + λ·Kg)·φ = 0
  • Member checks to AISC 360, and auto-sizing to the lightest section that passes
FEMAISC 360 JavaScriptno dependencies

Both are screening and preliminary-sizing tools — they do not replace review by a qualified engineer.

Claude Skills

Skills I wrote for Claude Code

Each skill is a packaged instruction set for Claude Code — the workflow, the rules and the checks for one specific engineering job. Download the .zip, unpack it into your skills folder, and it is ready to use.

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How to install a downloaded skill

Unpack the skill folder into either location, then open Claude Code and type a slash to pick it:

<project>/.claude/skills/<skill-name>/     # that project only
~/.claude/skills/<skill-name>/              # every project
Education & recognition
Bachelor of Engineering Mechanics
Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT)
Sep 2019 – Nov 2025  ·  GPA 6.2 / 10

Capstone project

Analysis of shear reinforcement for punching shear resistance in reinforced concrete slabs.

Apr 2023 – Jun 2023
Languages

Vietnamese — native
English — TOEIC L&R 525


Award

Winner, 2019 Applied Science Faculty Technical Festival — project “Badminton Training Assistant Machine”.


Full record
Contact

Let us talk piping

Open to conversations about piping, natural gas and pressure equipment projects.