Operations Manager - Niagara Falls, Canada - Walker Industries

Walker Industries Niagara Falls, Canada

Found in: beBee S2 CA - 3 weeks ago

Full time

Description

Job Description

About Walker

Walker Industries is a fifth-generation, family-owned company founded in 1887, headquartered in the Niagara Region. We employ more than 1,200 people with facilities across Canada and the United States in environmental waste management and recovery, renewable energy, paving and construction, aggregates, and emulsions chemistries.

Growth and transformation are a natural part of our business and our employees evolve with us.

We are looking for an Operations Manager at our Walker - Niagara Region locations. If you have extensive experience in this industry and want to work for a great company, we're Walker Aggregates, an employer of choice across Ontario, and we want to hear from you.

Operations Manager

Reporting to the General Manager - Aggregates, the incumbent oversees and supervises all functions of the aggregate sites, such as capital and expense purchases, business regulatory compliance, continuous improvement, ensuring highest quality specified products, process design cost and overall operational efficiency to ensure maximum efficiency and increased profitability while ensuring sites adhere to health and safety, environmental and labour policies, procedures and legislation.

Primary Responsibilities

Creates a positive working environment through heightened participation and expansion in human resources, environmental and quality cultures and initiatives to foster long term employee growth and commitment
Analyzes and creates capital and operating budgets to allocate sufficient funds as required for effective management and monitors costs to ensure adherence to the budget
Analyzes data, prepares presentations, creates reports, and attends meetings to provide and communicate information to senior management and board of directors
Ensures emphasis is placed on producing quality products. Identifies, investigates and resolves quality issues promptly and efficiently
Ensures operations are in compliance with high Walker standards and all regulatory requirements to maintain integrity and a positive corporate image. Maintains positive relations with local neighbours and representatives of the community to ensure exchange of information and resolve issues that arise from time to time (Social License)
Create and manage process workflow designs in AggFlow for all sites, providing total plant flow simulation and analysis
Attends industry association functions, committee meetings, and seminars to keep current of applicable information to support business growth
Oversees workloads and provides staff supervision to ensure that work is done accurately, efficiently and complies with policies, procedures and regulations as well as best working practices
Provides guidance, motivation, and performance review including hiring and terminating employees, to maintain and enhance competency levels, identify future training requirements and achieve goals to increase performance
Oversees the management and adherence to site rehabilitation and ARA site plan accuracy
Manage activities of aggregate-related properties in such areas as forest management and farming
Works in liaison with sales to ensure inventories are adequate to supply sales commitments
Supports and promotes growth of company cultures

Skills/Knowledge/Experience Required

This position requires an advanced level of initiative and judgment in order to organize, prioritize and supervise daily tasks. Courtesy, tact and diplomacy are required in dealing with colleagues in every day working relationships.

Superior levels of interpersonal and communication skills to promote and foster relationships with existing and potential suppliers, colleagues and industry associates
Advanced numeric skills to analyze and interpret financial information, develop and monitor budgets, recommend improvements and negotiate contract pricing to improve overall costs
Advanced ability to identify business opportunities to develop short and long term strategic plans
Advanced ability to plan and oversee a varied and abstract workload for a large division/department and provide constructive performance feedback
Advanced ability to identify, analyze and resolve problems, often complex and abstract and in nature
Demonstrated computer skills to produce effective reports, documents and presentations
Advanced ability to pay close attention to details, makes sure work is done correctly and thoroughly. Keeps accurate records
Business acumen - advanced understanding of quality standards relative to business management and growth
Able to work with limited supervision and to take discretionary action as required
Proficient communication skills, both oral and written to disseminate information with clarity, in one on one, or group situations
Communicates well in writing by composing clear documents; facility with editing and/or proof-reading is required
Professional manner, tact, diplomacy and discretion in dealing with general public, colleagues, including senior management
Proactive - anticipates and initiates action to meet needs
Adaptable - able to work with diverse personalities and styles

Education & Job Knowledge:
Minimum high school graduation, or equivalent level of education. Additional schooling in a related field is an asset.

Experience:
Greater than ten years of construction and/or quarry industry experience including supervisory skills and background.

Experience the Benefits of Working at Walker with Full-Time Employment

Career Support

Education reimbursement, training, and professional development opportunities
Internal advancement opportunities at all levels
Reimbursement of professional dues and tuition

Health & Well Being

Wellness subsidy to support healthy lifestyle
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Culture & Community

2 paid volunteer days per year
Social and networking events

Salary/Wage & Benefits

Competitive wages
Group health/dental/vision/prescription drug plans
Paid vacation days
Short-term and long-term disability plans
Term life insurance
Retirement programs including Pension, RRSP and TFSA

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