ERIC PRIESTLEY
Coventry
Summary
Experienced Plant Director with a proven track record of optimizing safety culture, manufacturing excellence, and data-driven decision-making for over 10 years. Results-driven professional skilled in strategic planning and team management. Dynamic leader with a background in plant operations, continuous improvement, regulatory compliance, and supply chain management. Ready to drive success as a Plant Director.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Plant Director
Rust-Oleum
11.2022 - 10.2024
- Managed all plant operations to ensure maximum efficiency and profitability while meeting all site metrics
- Oversaw a site of 80 employees with 6 direct reports
- Led site from a TRIR of 5 to 0 in 2 years through a complete overhaul of sites safety culture
- Led cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives
- Oversaw site budget of $10 million annually, forecasting, and cost control measures to keep site on budget
- Trained and mentored staff to enhance their skills, knowledge, and performance levels
- Collaborated with senior management to develop and execute long-term business strategies, suspension planning, and objectives
Senior Manager of Operations
Twin Rivers Technology
07.2021 - 11.2022
- Manage the operation and logistics of a large 24/7 Oleochemical refinery dedicated to producing and shipping the best specialty chemicals to our customers
- Manage a department with 35 employees, 8 direct reports ranging from supervisors to engineers
- Work cross-functionally with maintenance, quality, safety, supply, and commercial to deliver the best product safely to our customers, maintaining an 85% process reliability
- Far exceeded KPIs for operations in safety, product produced, margins, and reliability
- Completely rebuilt the operations department leadership by hiring, training, and mentoring new supervisors and engineers
- Managed through the challenges of COVID, supplier issues and employee hiring crisis, maintaining operations without having to shut down
Operations Manager
Technic Inc.
02.2018 - 07.2021
- Managed multiple facilities, with 7 different departments, dedicated to specialty chemical production for precious metal productions
- Responsible for Human Relations needs, safety and compliance, and to drive the process of all customer orders being shipped on-time and in a high quality state
- Provided leadership and development for all employees, production efficiency, all RCA for manufacturing and customer issues, and ensured productivity of all the departments
- Control costs and worked on projects to lower costs and improve quality
- Planned all production, stocking levels in multiple facilities, and inventory control of over $100M of materials
- Standardized work instructions, policies, procedures and training
- Took production department from a 70% OTIF to a consistent 95% OTIF on all customer orders and first time right quality of 90% to over 98%
Production Manager & Engineer
DiversiTech Corporation
03.2014 - 11.2017
- Managed a $15M blend, batch, and packaging chemical business unit with 17 employees filling all customer orders to 99% OTIF
- This also included managing all maintenance staff
- Designed, planned, and oversaw multiple capital expansions increasing output (by as much as 3 times on one line) to meet customer demand and lowering operational costs
- Managed all safety programs, training, and compliance without a recordable incident for the last 2 years
- Led a local team to bring our chemical labeling into compliance with new OSHA Hazcom standards
- Managed a $5M cement manufacturing business unit with 15 employees that produced concrete equipment pads
- Process includes batching, mixing, pouring, and finishing work on the pads
- Planned production, wrote training procedures and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's), and ensured quality for the department
- Appointed safety coordinator and specialist for the entire site of 100 employees
- Closed out over 50 safety action items in
Radiological and Nuclear Specialist
US Army
10.2011 - 03.2014
- Managed a $15M blend, batch, and packaging chemical business unit with 17 employees filling all customer orders to 99% OTIF
- This also included managing all maintenance staff
- Managed a $5M cement manufacturing business unit with 15 employees that produced concrete equipment pads
- Process includes batching, mixing, pouring, and finishing work on the pads
- Planned production, wrote training procedures and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's), and ensured quality for the department
Education
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
University of Rhode Island
12.2005
Skills
- Team building
- Process improvement
- Strategic planning
- Budget management
- Operations management
- Regulatory compliance
- Lean manufacturing management
- Data Analysis
- Training and mentoring
- Production scheduling
Timeline
Plant Director
Rust-Oleum
11.2022 - 10.2024
Senior Manager of Operations
Twin Rivers Technology
07.2021 - 11.2022
Operations Manager
Technic Inc.
02.2018 - 07.2021
Production Manager & Engineer
DiversiTech Corporation
03.2014 - 11.2017
Radiological and Nuclear Specialist
US Army
10.2011 - 03.2014
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
University of Rhode Island
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