Production Manager

Responsibilities:

• Create and sustain a zero-injury culture and monitor effectiveness of initiative

• Provide leadership to ensure all company safety rules, and regulations in accordance with the Occupational Health & Safety Act are observed by all employees; includes planning the necessary resources in manpower and budgeting to accomplish site safety goals.

• Drive systematic approach in all facets of operations with a focus on continuous improvement generate higher ROI and workflow optimization.

• Execute and contribute to a long-range vision for the quarry by implementing agreed programs to ensure attainment of business plan for growth and profit with emphasis on long term principals, sustainability, and a creative work environment

• Assist in overall plant planning, selecting the proper equipment and establishing the required manpower levels

• Keep current with new equipment and technology to operate the Quarry facility at the lowest cost possible.

• Ensure regulatory compliance with federal and provincial environmental regulations for the facility

• Interface with MOL/MSHA and other governing agencies at local and federal level

• Monitor environmental compliance

• Ensure quality of product during process and ensure compliance to ISO quality system

  • Develop corrective action plans for prevention of future customer complaints

  • Monitor quality program including non-conformance resolution

  • Ensure the Management System is effective and well understood by all employees

  • Establish, document and ensure compliance with work instructions to define and control the production process

• Implementation of training plans to provide employees with the necessary training to perform their job safely and effectively

• Monitor the overburden removal to maintain significant stone reserves

• Management of limestone products produced to determine capability and customer requirements

• Manage tasks to meet sales, production, training, and maintenance requirements

• Know and follow the collective agreement

• Oversee overtime requirements to meet sales, production and maintenance requirements

• Work closely with the Maintenance team to maximize efficiency and minimize unscheduled down time in the quarry and associated plants

• Ensure the execution of the daily production plan and oversee necessary arrangements to keep plant running during breakdowns; generate maintenance request notifications as needed

• Routinely monitor key performance indicators identifying opportunities for improvement and making appropriate supervisory and management personnel aware of the findings

• Attend and provide input during the daily continuous improvement meeting

• Explain significant variances from daily plan and recommend changes that will upgrade the running of the limestone facility

• Review barriers identified during shift turn over meetings to develop and monitor action plans to overcome the obstacles

• Provide feedback to the maintenance team to support operational objectives

Basic requirements (Education, Level of Experience, Language)

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field preferred

• Minimum of 5 years managerial experience with increasing responsibility as well as progressive experience in the mining industry

• Demonstrated the ability to effectively lead a production team

• Experience in dealing with Provincial and Federal regulatory agencies and how they impact the safety and environmental aspects of the business; Industry background in manufacturing related to mining, stone processing, cement plants, etc.

• Positive and proactive attitude with ability to address issues and implement solutions

• Understanding of basic workings of heavy equipment

• Detail and process oriented with strong problem resolution abilities

• Must be able to work in a team environment and willing and able to adapt to fast-paced changing environments

Desired Knowledge and Skills 

• Knowledge of operational management 

• Knowledge of people management skills 

• Experience in mining and/or industrial heavy manufacturing industry

• Technical creditability as it relates to industry, with a preference on mining and kilns

• Demonstrated ability to assess organizational and people issues, provide coaching and mentoring, and deliver solutions that improve facility performance

• Ability to build relationships and work within a team environment

• Valued as an individual who can lead in a peer environment without an authoritarian role

• Possess system, project and people management skills, motivating and guiding others to accomplish common goal

• Ability to maintain positive and responsive interpersonal relationships

• Demonstrate excellent communication skills in written, spoken, listening, and presentation; and effectively communicate at all levels of the organization

• Show ability to work collaboratively with other departments

• Mentors others and delegates tasks while being responsible to others

• Organization and facilitation skills; planning and organizing, problem solving, analytical, decision making, and multi-tasking

• Customer Service focus that anticipates both internal and external customers in a manner that shows a commitment to continuous improvement and delivers a high quality output

• Capability to develop accurate reports and present findings in a skilled manner 

• Ability to handle conflict with a win-win approach

• Demonstrate strong analytical and technical aptitude

• Forward thinking and challenging the status quo

• Demonstrate personal initiatives; self- starter

• SAP knowledge would be beneficial

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions provided such accommodations to not create undue hardship to the company.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; walk (including on uneven surfaces); climb stairs (multiple levels/floors) and ladders; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arm; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell; and is occasionally required to stand. Additionally, the job required the employee to work on occasion at heights.   

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions, provided such accommodations do not create undue hardship to the company.  Typical work environment would include potentially hot and dusty plant environments, as well as common office environments.