Yard Supervisor - Richmond, Canada - Lafarge Canada

Lafarge Canada
Lafarge Canada
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Richmond, Canada

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Whatever you do, you'll make a difference at Lafarge Canada. Because we know that your passion and curiosity are the natural resources the world needs.

Thanks to our teams' energy, commitment and ideas, we are reinventing how the world builds to make Canada greener and smarter for all.

Yard Supervisor


Requisition ID:4491
Location:
Richmond, British Columbia, CA, V6W 1H4
Pay Type:Salary- Salary Range: $80,000 - $90,000- Travel Requirement: <10%
WHO IS LAFARGE?

As a global leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions, Lafarge is enabling greener cities, smarter infrastructure and improving living standards around the world.

With sustainability at the core of our strategy, we are becoming a net-zero company, with our people and communities at the heart of our success.

We are driving circular construction as a world leader in recycling to build more with less.

It's all thanks to our 7,000 talented people around the world who are passionate about building progress for people and the planet through four business segments:
Cement, Ready-Mix Concrete, Aggregates and Solutions & Products.


WHO ARE LAFARGE PEOPLE?
Lafarge people are passionate about finding better ways to build. They embrace innovation and improvement with a pioneering spirit. They work as trusted partners, creating better solutions and experiences for their customers, communities, and colleagues.


Overview:


  • The Yard Supervisor's prime objective is to coordinate the activities of the Yard (inhouse, temps and contractors) in order to maintain a clean plant within safety, environment, quality, production requirements, and cost standards.
  • They are accountable to manage and respect the yard weekly planning and control his budget.

In addition, they will ensure Yard employees are held accountable for established work standards and performance levels in order to achieve the Plant's objectives and targets.


Structure:


  • Reports directly to the Production Manager. This position works with all departments such as Production, Maintenance, and Quarry.

Responsibilities:


  • Effectively supervise 2030 yard employees every day. Can go up to 50 employees during maintenance shut downs
  • Supervise an EIT
  • Organizes and supervises contractors as required
  • Schedule, plan, direct and assign work to the yard group.
  • Organizes manpower due to absenteeism and overtime requirements
  • Organizes labor in order to maximize utilization and reduce overtime and scheduling costs
  • Manage vacations, timecards and overtime equalization
  • Coordinate and conduct yearly refresher training (safety training, mobile equipment, rail rules, etc.)
  • Liaise with other areas within the Plant toward successful scheduling and execution of assigned work.
  • Employ continuous improvement practices aimed at making the Plant a safer, cleaner, more efficient work place.
  • Support plant Key Performance Indicators
  • Work closely with the temp agencies and hire temporary employees to fulfill labor shortages and complete specific housekeeping projects
  • Administration of the Collective Agreement and handling of daytoday Industrial Relations issues relating to the Union.
  • Train and onboard students, temporary employees, and new employees.

Safety leadership:


  • Being a safety leader, proactively act in eliminating/controlling risk and lead and inspire the crew by example.
  • Ensure communication of safety requirements as it relates to other plant departments.
  • Participates in development and implementation of safety rules and procedures
  • Carry out monthly safety meetings and seek to resolve all safety actions raised by the crew
  • Carry out daily safety workplace inspections, hazard and field level risk assessments.

Operational:


  • Ensure proper use of all mobile equipment to avoid damage and reporting of all incidents and defects.
  • Propose and respect a weekly yard planning which includes all repetitive jobs and down days as per the maintenance master schedule
  • Manage his department to ensure the respect of the dedicated yard budget and the plant variable and fixed costs objectives
  • Work with the Production Manager on the weekly costs forecast
  • Improve and maintain housekeeping within Plant premises in order to achieve a clean, safe and environmentally compliant plant.
  • Build business cases and propose some improvements based on where the plant spends the most money and time

Personnel:


  • Develop a positive team environment
  • Remove any roadblocks to ensure yard employees are working efficiently and effectively
  • Defines objectives for the yard employees and carries out the necessary performance reviews
  • Promote quality of work and motivates personnel

Qualification Profile:


Education and Experience:


  • Post secondary education with minimum 5 years experience in a heavy industrial environment as a supervisor or manager.

Technical Skills:


  • Capacity of managing a multidisciplinary team with workers having small heavy ind
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