Plant Manager - Aggregate

We're seeking a Plant Manager - Aggregate who's ready to put your skills to work on projects that matter - and build a career with a company that's building North America.
Job Title: Plant Manager - Aggregate | Req : 14922 | HR Contact: Fredric Victor THOMPSON| Location: Aux Sable Stone Agg IL
ABOUT THE ROLE
The responsibilities of the Plant Manager is to provide the necessary leadership to plan,
direct, organize, coordinate, and control the various activities in the safe practices and
principles of limestone quarry mining from the initial drilling & blasting, loading, hauling,
processing, to stockpiling finished products in IDOT specifications ensuring quality in a
productive and lowest cost efficient manner. The Plant Manager is responsible for the Safety
and Health of the miners, and the environmental stewardship of the operations surrounding
communities. The Plant Manager ensures the accurate reporting of aggregate
production/inventory status, proper maintenance of all plant property, and equipment by
utilizing various internal reports, SOP's, and best available practices. The Plant Manager will
also effectively communicate with the following departments:
Safety & Health, Mine
Engineering, Environmental, Land, Commercial Sales, Quality Control, Finance, Corporate
Performance, HR, and all pertinent local, state, and federal government agencies. The Plant
Manager will be responsible for the staffing of salaried subordinates, as well as a union
workforce of 16 hourly employees while promoting teamwork and safety.
WHAT YOU'LL ACCOMPLISH

• Safety:
  Ensures that employees, equipment and processes meet or exceed the
  MSHA, and Amrize guidelines. Pursues a culture of safety that is best in class with
  an objective of zero by choice injuries or incidents. Actively engages with the
  workforce to reinforce safe behaviors.
• Environment:
  Establishes the environment as a priority at the site. Ensures
  regulations are met or exceeded by following Amrize best practices.
• Operations Management:
  Provides direct oversight in the extraction, processing,
  storage, and shipping of aggregates at the site.
• Embraces best practices, processes and tools to ensure plant activities are optimized and costs are best in class.
• Effectively utilizes Amrize's maintenance programs to maximize plant up-time and
  manage costs.
• Inventory Management:
  Closely manages inventory needs at site through frequent
  coordination with the Territory Managers, Financial Controller and Quality Control
  using best practices.
• Performance Management:
  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.
• Quality:
  Understands the value of quality and ensures processes are in place to
  provide a quality product to our customers.
• Utilizes best practices in extraction, processing, stockpiling, stock-pile reclamation and re-handling to ensure product remains within target specifications as it is received by our customers. Uses
  available reports effectively to measure quality, identify variances and establish corrective action
• Demonstrates a commitment to communicating, improving and adhering to safety
  policies in all work environments and areas.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
Required Education: Bachelor's Undergraduate Degree and 5 years' experience or 8-10
years of equivalent experience.
Field of Study Preferred: Mining or engineering, or significant industry experience.
Licenses Preferred: Supervisor's Card issued by MSHA
Additional Requirements:
Successful candidates must adhere to all safety protocols and proper use of Amrize approved Personal Protection Equipment (PPE), including but not limited to respirators. Employees that are required to wear respirators must be clean shaven where the respirator seal meets the face in order to pass the qualitative and quantitative fit test.
WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive salary
• Retirement Savings:
  Choose from 401(k) pre-tax and/or Roth after-tax savings
• Medical, Dental, Disability and Life Insurance
• Holistic Health & Well-being programs
• Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) for…