The role has direct responsibility for Lafarge’s commercial and operational success of Tri City, Guelph and neighboring rural markets. Incumbent holds full responsibility for the plant sites including safety, environment, operations, strategic input, maintenance, inventory management, performance, quality, financial performance, employee relations, plant’s image and community relations. The role is an operations professional who understands the value of planning and processes and takes a disciplined approach to execution, while working closely and effectively with safety, environment, sales, credit, customer service, performance, finance and HR.

• Leads the culture of Health and Wellbeing and takes full responsibility in the implementation and compliance of Lafarge Health and Safety Program to ensure personnel are working in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Ensures that employees, equipment and processes meet or exceed the, governmental regulatory and Lafarge guidelines, standards and advisories.
• Pursues an objective of “zero” injuries or incidents and, actively engages with the employees to reinforce safe behaviors.

• Effectively utilizes KPIs, Performance Efficiency Reviews, financial statements and operational reports to track performance, establish effective action plans and continuously improve the operations.

• Maintains the plant in accordance with stated guidelines for plant image.
• Plant image includes housekeeping, parts storage, vehicles and equipment condition (cleanliness and appearance), entrance & property, and buildings.

• Lead the team to achieve success.
• Responsible for effective recruitment, merit/recognition, development, and disciplinary actions for the site.
• Participates in union negotiations and fosters effective employee relations.

• Promotes a culture of performance.
• Effectively utilizes KPIs, Performance Efficiency Reviews, financial statements and operational reports to track performance, establish effective action plans and continuously improve the operations.

• Works with General Manager and Manufacturing team to identify necessary sustaining and development capital according to Lafarge best practices. Assists in preparing CERs (Capital Expenditure Requests) and assists in installation/construction of projects as required.

• Labour contracts: 4 Sites, Cambridge, Guelph, Listowel and Arthur
• Number of Operations: 4
• Staff: 35 total.
• Sales Revenue: 18 Million +/-

• Post-Secondary Degree or diploma in construction management, engineering, or business
• Mechanical aptitude with a minimum 5 years’ experience in plant maintenance and operations
• Strong leadership skills are essential, coupled with a minimum 3-5 years supervisory experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience and successful track record working in a fast-paced and critically demanding environment
• A successful track record and true understanding of Customer Service/Management with timely and accurate response is critical to the success of this position.

• Excellent customer service skills and dedicated to delivering on expectations
• Flexible with the ability to balance shifting priorities to meet deadlines
• Possess a general knowledge of construction and Aggregate & Concrete products and a solid understanding of the market, competition and business opportunities
• Excellent leadership skills and able to motivate team members
• Ability to make decisions in a timely manner, sometimes with incomplete data and under tight deadlines
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills and the desire to seek solutions
• Proficient with Microsoft applications, specifically Excel, Word and PowerPoint

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  Driving for Results
• Managerial Courage
• Managing & Measuring Work
• Problem Solving
• Strategic Agility
• Timely Decision Making

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  Safety
• Customer Focus
• Ethics & Values
• Integrity & Trust
• Listening
• Priority Setting