Eric Sauer Email & Phone Number

Maplewood, Minnesota, US

• Interface with clients to define project scope and system requirements & constraints.
• Generate project cost estimates.
• Create process flow diagrams and P&ID's.
• Specify and size equipment such as pumps, heat exchangers, valves, instruments, piping and relief devices and work with vendors to procure quotations.
• Build fluid dynamic models to assess & size equipment & piping.
• Offer guidance on control logic for process control.

Montreal, Quebec, CA

• Designed, budgeted, and executed capital projects up to $400k across a gamut of systems.
• Used Aspen Plus software to model plant processes and proposed modifications.
• Site project manager for a $3MM project to migrate DCS to Honeywell Experion.
• Coordinated with contractors, vendors, and plant personnel to ensure successful procurement and construction activities.
• Designed and implemented process control schemes, including work with instrumentation, DCS & PLC hardware, and controller & HMI programs on Moore APACS, Siemens PCS7, Rockwell ControlLogix, and Honeywell Experion.
• Responsible for generating, updating, and organizing facility documentation, including P&IDs, motor/instrument loop drawings, one-line drawings, panel schedules, I/O schedules, equipment drawings, and equipment manuals.

Montreal, Quebec, CA

Valero Renewable Fuels, 120 MMGPY Ethanol Plant

Montreal, Quebec, CA

Valero Renewable Fuels, 110 MMGPY Ethanol Plant

• 110 MMGPY Ethanol Plant
• Managed capital improvement projects up to $200,000 through design, procurement, execution and startup phases.
• Worked to advance the facility's PSM program, including extensive involvement with PHA's, MOC's, policies, and procedures.
• Site project liaison for an oil extraction plant expansion. Coordinated project documentation reviews, lobbied for stakeholder interests, contributed to system design.

Wayzata, Minnesota, US

SweetenersWorked with Utilities and HSE departments.

Wayzata, Minnesota, US

Oilseeds RefineryPrimary project was to design and install a flash-steam recovery system.