Billy C. Pierce
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Career Objectives
To secure a position leveraging and utilizing over 29 years of strong, professional and personal management skills.
Skills Summary
● Trained on SCADA, DCS board, SAP, Traction Reports, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Word, Ph meters, and other lab equipment
● Certified Forklift Driver
● Certified in handling the following chemicals: hydrogen, aluminum chloride, chlorine, tin, tetrachloride, caustics, and acids.
● Trained in filtration systems and lab equipment
● 19 years of experience running distillation towers, centrifuges, separators, and decant systems
● 40 hour HAZWOPER Certificate, 10 hour OSHA Certificate, and a TWIC card. Professional Employment Experience
Huhtamaki October 2022-Present
Packer
● Read specifications prior to inspecting and packing any product
● Complete production records
● Inspect product for quality and visual defects
● Monitoring quality by measuring, testing, recording results, and visual inspection
● Communicate to Molding Operator when defective product is discovered
● Evaluates when equipment is malfunctioning
● Work safely and follow all GMP and PPE’s
Harcros Chemicals December 2018- August 2022
Operator/Warehouse
● Sample incoming trucks
● Unload tankers
● Fill drums and totes
● Batch maker
● Transload tankers
● Run modules
● Sample and treat waste water
● Trained in handling food grade items
● Pull orders
● Load and unload trucks
● Package and put away orders
Clean Harbors/Safety Kleen June 2017- December 2018 Foreman
● Load and unload railcars and trailers
● Sample railcars and trailers
● Transfer and sample tanks
● Swtichman
● Trained in WinWeb
● Ran centrifuges
● Pumped, filled, and transferred tanks
● Sampled readings
● Hydroblasting
● Getting permits
● Inspecting jobs when done
● Loto System
October 2016- May 2017 City of East ChicagoWater Filtration Assistant Operator
● Make samples on incoming water every hour
● Sample water and make chemical adjustments as needed
● Run Scada, water membrane, lab samples, Ph, and Phosphate. November 2012- June 2016 Veolia North America
Assistant Operator
● Ran Scada
● Sampled Sludge and ran tests for moisture
● Loaded and Unloaded Trucks
● Made adjustments on equipment (burners and pelletizers)
● Ran pelletizers, bucket elevators, silos, and thermal oxidizer
● Took readings on equipment
May 2005-November 2012INEOS
Operations Shift Supervisor/ Chemical Operator
● Lead and directed members of operations team, which are responsible for producing environmentally friendly products, at optimum efficiency.
● Accountable for unit, personnel, and contractor safety on shift.
● Communicate and ensure the shift Operators comply with all processes, procedures, and labor contracts.
● Deliver and ensure the company’s operations shift plan is presented and executed by all members of operations team.
● Ensure that equipment is properly prepared for maintenance, while working closely alongside them oversee that work is performed and completed within safety guidelines and proper work permits issued.
● Responsible for issuing and walking down all unit LO/TO.
● Leadership of all pre-shift operation meeting, including safety.
● Troubleshoots operating unit issues and works with team members to solve and correct said issues.
● Responsible and accountable for all proper shift logs and relief; ensuring maintenance issues are logged in SAP, incidents are reported and documented in Incident Reporting database, Traction.
● Lead monitoring and development training with Operators to qualify them on all areas of the unit.
● Administer first level disciplinary action.
● First level supervision for all union grievance issues.
● Responsible for posting weekly Operations and Lab schedule and track OT/call off hours per union contract.
● Lead and monitor unit procedure reviews to ensure all are properly updated.
● Assist in all ISO, customer, and safety audits.
● Responsible for communicating daily Operations updates and personnel issues with Operations Manager.
August 1993-May 2005 MASON CORPORATION
Operator/Supervisor
● Ran Stannous Chloride Unit
● Filled cylinders with tin tetrachloride and drums with stannous chloride
● Loaded and unloaded trucks
● Ran Stannic Chloride Reactors
● Mixed batches and packaged orders
● Ran two and three phase centrifuge, separator, and decant system Education
Hammond High School, 5926 Calumet Avenue, Hammond, Indiana 1990 Graduate
High School Diploma