Murphy Company Promotes Kniesche to Project Manager
Date Posted: August 15, 2019
Posted In: People,
Nicholas (Nick) M. Kniesche has been promoted to project manager, commercial, for Murphy Company, a leading mechanical contracting and engineering firm. The announcement was made by Conrad Philipp, vice-president,commercial.
A 2017 graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia, Kniesche initially joined Murphy as a project management intern during the summers of 2015 and 2016. After graduation he was hired full-time as an engineer, commercial. He has been ateam member on several major projects, including Enterprise Center, Nike Air and Fisher 59, just to name a few.
“Nick has done a great job in developing customer relationships and always manages his projects with integrity and professionalism,” said Philipp.
While at Mizzou Kniesche was 2015-17 president of Mizzou’s Mechanical Contractors Association of America student chapter, which is sponsored by MCA-EMO. During his tenure the student chapter captured First Place in the Final Four Competition at the MCAA National Convention in San Diego in March 2017. That same year the UMC student chapter also was named MCAA Student Chapter of the Year from among a total of 52 student chapters nationwide. He also is OSHA-10 certified.
While studying at UMC, he also was executive treasurer of the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) student chapter for which he also served as a mentor for architectural studies. He also was a member and sub chairman of the marketing committee for Pi Sigma Epsilon, a professional business fraternity. Additionally, he was a member, executive secretary and member of the judicial board and finance committee, and Homecoming build chair for Alpha Tau Omega. An active community volunteer, he volunteered for Sacred Heart Church, Caring for Columbia, and the Thompson Center for Autism.
Founded in 1907, Murphy Company is one of the nation’s top mechanical contracting and engineering firms delivering innovative solutions to the commercial, industrial and institutional markets. Murphy offers process piping, HVAC, refrigeration, plumbing, design-build, piping fabrication, energy solutions and 24-hour service emanating from its five locations in St. Louis, Denver, Colorado Springs, Boulder and Northern Colorado. The firm has national capabilities and is licensed to work in 44 states. Contractor’s 2019 Book of Giants recently ranked Murphy as the 12th largest mechanical contractor in the nation, based on companies providing revenue. In 2018, Engineering News-Record (ENR) ranked Murphy as the 23rd largest mechanical specialty contracting firm and sixth in the nation in sheet metal revenue.