Plant Manager - Brookfield, Canada - Lafarge Canada

Lafarge Canada

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Brookfield, 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.

Plant Manager

Requisition ID:4412
Location:
Brookfield, Nova Scotia, CA, B0N 1C0
Pay Type:Salary
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:

Reporting to the Cement Vice-President, the Plant Manager is responsible to provide leadership and direction to the Brookfield manufacturing facility and quarry, to accomplish goals and objectives of the plant and quarry and to maintain a permanent effort towards increasing efficiency and productivity.

The Plant Manager is responsible to develop and maintain high plant and quarry performance standards in safety, maintenance, sustainable industrial excellence, effective environmental stewardship, people development & mobilization, customer relations, budget planning and control.

Key Responsibilities:

Health, Safety & Environment Leadership

Drive the safety culture of Lafarge at the plant/quarry by enforcing safety policies, taking ownership for ensuring a safe workplace, and demonstrating support to organizational safety initiatives.
Achieve safety and environmental goals that establish the plant/quarry as a benchmark or "best practice" for health, safety and environmental measures of excellence.
Active leadership, participation and support of plant/quarry safety and environmental/wildlife committees or improvement teams.
Ensure all employees at the plant/quarry are properly trained and developed in regards to health, safety & environment.
Ensure that local laws and regulations pertaining to the activities of the operations are respected and the environment is protected as per the Group standards.

Operational Management

Direct and manage overall plant/quarry operations for production, maintenance, quality, engineering and community relations.
Coordinate plant/quarry activities through the planning with departmental managers to ensure that all manufacturing objectives are accomplished in a timely and cost effective manner.
Ensure the execution of production programs according to schedule, quality standards and forecasted expenses, in order to satisfy sales needs, by coordinating activities of the plant/quarry and without compromising the future of the operations.
Contribute to the minimization of our production costs through studies, tests and technical or organizational modifications, which allow a decrease of our fixed and variable costs without prejudice or equipment damage.
Responsible for the quality of the products, in accordance with international standards and marketing objectives, and the respect of environmental standards, in accordance with regulations and our operating permits and approvals.
Establish and monitor overall plant/quarry performance for production and quality standards.
Ensure that plant/quarry equipment and property are maintained in good condition to ensure compliance with government regulations and to ensure effective and efficient operations.
Maintain existing plant/quarry facilities and equipment; replace, or make adjustments to plant and quarry facilities and equipment when necessary.
Develop and control activities to fulfill yearly budget and long term plans while managing capital assets efficiently and maintaining control of fixed costs.
Implement cost effective systems of control over capital, operating expenditures, manpower, wages and salaries.
Coordinate activities regarding major contracts such as natural gas, power, raw materials and solid fuels.
Direct actions to achieve/exceed KPI targets as well as other established KPI's regarding operational excellence.
Recommend and implement investments within budget, time and quality standards required for a satisfying operation

Community & Customer Relations