Christopher Thies Email & Phone Number

Missouri, United States

Instrument lead on the 7+ year development of our renewable natural gas cleaning systems for converting swine/dairy waste into RNG with dozens of project locations around the states. A portion of the projects also included designing/fabricating the pipeline custody transfer/quality metering stations to the utility specifications.Instrument lead on the design, procurement, and fabrication of a modularized 3 story tall refining additive system. Project final location was the Congo.Instrument lead for the design, procurement, and fabrication of two CEMS analyzer houses for a refinery. Project final location was Roxana, IL.Electrical/Instrument lead on the development of the Roeslein & Associates Decorator Cooling System product line. Supervised the design, fabrication, and field startup of the first few systems including sites in Mexico and France.Electrical/Instrument lead on the development of the Roeslein & Associates Over-varnish Day Tank System product line. Supervised the design, fabrication, and field startup of the first few systems including sites in Pakistan and Mexico.Instrument lead for the design, procurement and fabrication of a 3 story tall modularized granule/asphalt heating system for a roofing shingle manufacturer. Project final location was Denver, CO.Trained and supported a new instrument lead on the design, procurement, and fabrication of a twelve module gas hydrotreater process for a major refinery. Final destination was Port Arthur, LA.Instrumentation lead on the design, procurement, and fabrication of nine 4" to 12" custody transfer metering skids for a major pipeline company. Final destination was western Texas.Electrical lead managing the third party design and supply of a 15,000 ft. electric heat trace system we installed on a 30 piece modularized automatic transmission fluid system. Final destination was Sauget, IL.Project lead on the continuous development of our instrumentation specifications and work flow SOPs.

Ellisville, Mo

Managed the engineering and fabrication of projects of all sizes for the company's UL508A certified panel shop. Projects ranged from small IO panels to large 5-6 door 3-phase power/PLC control panels and process skids. Supported the integration of the panel shop segment of the business into QuickBooks.

Fenton, Mo

Started from scratch the company's fabrication shop to move our panel/process skid fabrication efforts inhouse from outside vendors. Developed the shop capabilities with tool acquisition, consumables inventory, fabrication process and procedure development & staffing and training. Managed a staff of 5 fabricators on projects that ranged from small IO panels to sanitary food product grade process skids

Certified Anheuser-Busch trainer. Supported Anheuser-Busch with AB specific instrument training based upon AB specific applications and corporate SOPs for instrument maintenance and calibration. Conducted dozens of multi-day training events at brewery sites across the country on products such as Coriolis flow, magnetic flow, pH analyzers, conductivity analyzers, yeast cell monitors, concentration analyzers, densitometers & the Beer Pipe Module. Rewrote the corporate training materials for Coriolis flow, magnetic flow, pH analyzers, conductivity analyzers, grain malting moisture analyzers & the Beer Pipe Module. Rewrote the corporate maintenance/calibration SOPs for Coriolis flow, magnetic flow, pH analyzers & conductivity analyzers.

Used my electric heat trace experience to help advance the STEP Warmfloor radiant heating system into the marketplace including research and development of the product for industrial and OEM applications. Managed the companies first annual ISO 9000 inspection.

Continued to manage EPC services for electric heat trace systems in both commercial and industrial applications for Vidac Solutions, a new engineering/services business unit of Promac. Built the business to a $1M a year venture. Served major industrial clients such as Monsanto, Anheuser-Busch, Mallinckrodt, Air Products & GAF at sites from New Jersey to Los Angeles.Also supported our custom engineering/fabrication efforts through engineering, project management and checkout/startup for process control systems, process skids, and end-of-production line testers. Served major clients such as Ameren UE, Anheuser-Busch, ABB, Granite City Steel, John Crane, Killark, Nidec, Roeslein & Associates, and Universal Lighting Technologies.

Developed the capability and managed the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for electric heat trace systems in both commercial and industrial applications. Built the business to a $1M a year venture. Served major industrial clients such as Monsanto, Anheuser-Busch, Mallinckrodt, Air Products & GAF at sites from New Jersey to Los Angeles.

Outside technical sales of process instrumentation and electric heat tracing equipment for the eastern half of Missouri.

Supported the company's electrical construction estimating efforts for industrial and commercial projects.

Associate'S Degree, Instrumentation And Process Control

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