Plant Superintendent

Job title: Plant Superintendent

Job description: Why work for Lafarge?

As the global leader in innovative and sustainable building materials, we’re committed to shaping a greener, smarter and healthier world. At Lafarge Canada Inc., safety comes first, collaboration matters and diversity is celebrated with people who share our desire to continually make our materials better.

Do you have the drive, the skills, and the passion to join us?

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Overview

Reporting to the GTA Operations Manager this role manages the aggregate operations at Mosport and the surrounding satellite sites. This role is responsible to ensure top performance on safety, environmental, production, and shipping activities. The responsibilities also include the development, leadership and management of all site employees. The Manager will ensure alignment with all functional groups including: safety, environment, land, manufacturing and supply chain to drive a consistent process and standard approach. The manager is responsible to engage and participate with our neighbours and local communities supporting our Deep Roots campaign to ensure we are viewed as a valued member of the industry and local community.

Responsibilities

Safety Culture:

Develop and instill a site level safety culture through consistent engagement with employees and contractors with an objective of “zero” harm; Lead daily huddles to demonstrate commitment to workplace safety; Ensure front line employee compliance to all applicable local and regional health & safety policies and initiatives, including but not limited to hazard reporting, risk assessment, Working at Heights, Confined Space, Energy Isolation and Hot Work; Assist in the preparation for and participation in periodic health & safety site audits; and assist in the administration of the site Contractor Safety Management program, by completing site orientations, where required, and regularly auditing contractor performance to ensure compliance to applicable local and regional health & safety policies.

Human Resources:

Directly responsible for the individual development, motivation and training of all direct reports to maximize their performance; Responsible for the administration of disciplinary measures in a fair and consistent manner to address / correct substandard performance of all direct reports; Lead the site hiring process; Lead the administration and management of local collective and hourly working agreements amongst all direct reports; Promote, develop and drive customer focus, operational efficiency and performance management process within frontline teams;

Production Management:

Determine manpower requirements and shift scheduling to meet production demands; Establish and manage weekly production and maintenance schedule; Manage and drive meeting daily production targets; Responsible for participating in the short and long-term planning and execution of maintenance activities; Involved in the daily implementation and compliance to the Maintenance Module, including but not limited to creating job plans, completing equipment inspection logs, and managing maintenance backlogs. Oversee the procurement of all subcontractors related to production and mobile equipment.

Financial Management:

Development and adherence to annual maintenance (repair) budgets; Participate in monthly EBIT reviews to ensure its accuracy and to identify cost reduction opportunities; Responsible to manage production and inventory forecasting to optimize yield and profitability; Support supply chain with balancing inventories and sales needs to manage and minimize the working capital impact.

Customer Focus:

Management of all frontline shipping personnel; Coordinate with sales and dispatch personnel to ensure daily customer requirements are met; Management of stockpile inventories; Coordinate with Quality and shipping personnel to address shipping quality issues related to production issues.

Land Management:

Responsible for short-term planning and execution of activities in accordance with the Mining Plan; Ensures site level compliance to Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) requirements, including but not limited to site plans, rehabilitation and dust control.

Environmental Management:

Assist in the development, implementation and maintenance of the site Environmental Management System (EMS); Manages daily water taking data to ensure compliance with Permits to Take Water (PTTW) at all respective sites. Assist in preparation for and participate in environmental site audits; and ensure all direct reports comply with operational standards developed to manage activities and mitigate our environmental impact.

Community Relations:

Act as the primary contact with relevant stakeholders in the local community, including neighbours, competitors and government officials.

Relationship with Others

• Works Closely with the GTA Plant Managers to ensure consistency and alignment of operational priorities across the Market Area
• Works closely with the ECAN Manufacturing Group to ensure manufacturing best practices and tools are fully utilized across the market area
• Works closely with the Safety Group to develop and maintain a culture of safety
• Works closely with the Land and Environmental Manager to ensure all government and Lafarge Guidelines are met or exceeded
• Works closely with Operations Analyst to ensure costs are budgeted, forecasted and accurate
• Works closely with local Quality Manager, Customer Service and Logistics Manager and Territory Manager to ensure efficient management of production costs, inventories, and to optimize customer quality needs

Specific Accountabilities:

• Safety leadership and continued development of Safety Culture
• Meeting annual financial and production targets
• Responsible for the Health and Safety Improvement Plan
• Effective leadership and engagement of all personnel at the site
• Optimization of operational cost and achievement of annual objectives
• Develop and continually improve effective Stakeholder/Community relations
• Ensure total site compliance with all safety and environmental legislation, regulations and company policies
• Detailed monthly operations forecast
• Monthly operation EBITs
• Implementation of the ROCK modules, Best Practices, and Manufacturing Basics
• P2P efficiency and performance
• Capital Planning

Qualifications

Education & Work Experience:

• An undergraduate degree in business, engineering, or equivalent experience
• A minimum of 5 years relevant experience, not necessarily in the aggregates of construction industry.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent people management skills: ability to develop effective internal and external relations.
• Disciplined and process-oriented
• Strong Track Record of Functional or Operational Leadership

Lominger Competency

• Action Oriented
• Delegation
• Managerial Courage
• Dealing with Ambiguity
• Managing Diversity
• Motivating Others
• Organizing
• Conflict Management
• Negotiating
• Dealing with Paradox
• Customer Focus
• Listening
• Priority Setting
• Problem Solving
• Process Management
• Building Effective Teams
• Time Management
• Written Communication

LafargeHolcim

As we are reinventing the way the world builds, we need world-class talent to join our Lafarge Canada team: people who are passionate, driven by curiosity and keen to grow, learn, develop and thrive in our high-performance culture.

Whatever you do, you will make a difference here. Because we know that your passion and curiosity are the natural resources the world needs.

Apply now .

We thank you for your interest. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Lafarge is committed to the principles of employment equity and encourages the applications from women, visible minorities, and persons with disabilities.

Lafarge Canada Inc. welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. In Ontario, our organization/business is committed to fulfilling our requirements under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Company: LafargeHolcim

Expected salary:

Location: Orono, ON

Job date: Sat, 12 Jun 2021 22:01:46 GMT