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