Plant Superintendent

Lafarge Africa Plc; Arthur; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated supervisor for their concrete batch plant operations. In this pivotal role, you will oversee the batching process, ensuring timely deliveries and high-quality products while fostering a safe and efficient work environment. Your leadership will play a crucial role in managing a small team and maintaining strong customer relationships. This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the growth of a company committed to excellence and sustainability in the construction sector. Join a forward-thinking team where your skills and ideas will help shape the future of building solutions.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of supervisory experience in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Supervise batching and scheduling of concrete deliveries to ensure quality.
• Manage health and safety practices and maintain a positive work environment.

Skills

Supervisory Skills

Communication Skills

Customer Service Orientation

Organizational Skills

Self-Motivation

Tools

Command Concrete Dispatch software

Concrete Direct GPS system

Job description

Holcim is planning to spin-off its North American Business to unleash its full potential, capitalizing on North America’s oversized growth in construction led by the modernization of infrastructure, a surge in advanced manufacturing and AI operation and the growth of resilient cities.

Holcim plans to list the new company on the NYSE by the end of the first half of 2025 and establish its operations headquarters in the US to be fully dedicated to serving the North American market and pursue a growth strategy across the region.

The newly listed company will become North America’s leading building solutions company, with industry-leading market position to meet its customers’ greatest ambitions with the most advanced building solutions from foundation to rooftop.

Objective:

To supervise the safe and efficient operation of a concrete batch plant including concrete mixer drivers and plant maintenance to ensure delivery of quality product, timely delivery and customer satisfaction.

Scope:

Volume: 15,000 - 20,000 m3
Staff: 4 employees
Customers: 100+ of varying sizes and sophistication
Tools: Command Concrete Dispatch software and Concrete Direct GPS system

Responsibilities:

• Batching: In a fast paced, customer oriented environment, responsible for scheduling concrete deliveries, providing pricing to customers, ordering raw material as required for production and ensuring accurate batching to produce a quality product to meet the customers' requirements.
• Health and Safety: Demonstrate a commitment to communicating, improving, and adhering to safety policies.
• HR/Coaching & Mentoring: Supervise drivers and maintain a positive work environment.
• Environment: Demonstrate a commitment to meet/exceed environmental compliance.
• Reporting: Submit reports on time to area administer. Keep accurate records.
• Customer Service: Communicate with customers, the Plant Manager and Sales Representative to ensure a positive customer experience and identify sales opportunities.
• Transportation & Logistics: Creates efficient scheduling for routine maintenance, schedule jobs to ensure best use of fleet, effectively utilize maintenance programs to maximize plant up-time and manage costs.
• Administration: Manage inventory of materials and products, physical inventory counts, order materials, ensure payroll is accurate.
• Operations Analysis and Action Tracking: Track performance, establish effective action plans and continuously improve the operations. Maximize turns per day / per truck.
• Plant Image: Maintains the plant in accordance with standard guidelines, ensure all policies are followed.

Specific Accountabilities:

• Safety performance objective is “Zero”, manage safe and healthy work practices of all staff.
• Utilization of best practices and operational management tools.
• Build strong employee morale.
• Implementation and adherence of Company policies, including environmental excellence, compliance with governmental regulations and record keeping.
• Development of operational personnel.
• Optimize productivity, and maximize labor and equipment utilization.

Qualification Profile:

• Minimum 3-5 year’s supervisory experience.
• Experience in the ready mix business preferred.
• Excellent communication skills – verbal and written.
• Good organization and planning skills; able to multi-task, prioritize and maintain composure in a busy environment.
• Self-motivated.
• Available to work overtime as needed.
• Customer service oriented.

We thank you for your interest. Please note that this posting is for an existing vacancy, and 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.

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