Area Leader

Location: Rockvale

Join Amrize as a Area Leader and help construct what's next. If you're ready to put your skills to work on projects that matter - and build a career with a company that's building North America - we want to hear from you!
ABOUT THE ROLE
Responsible for coordinating, monitoring and supervising the activities of assigned area. Communicates goals to employees and ensures that goals are achieved. Maximizes employee participation to achieve the desired team approach. Develops area personnel to enhance skills, improve responsiveness and promote business growth.
WHAT YOU'LL ACCOMPLISH

• Demonstrates a commitment to communicating, improving and adhering to safety policies in all work environments and areas.
• Function as the leader of a multi-skilled team in a high performance, Process Area based organization.
• Lead team of multi-skilled Cement Technicians to safely and efficiently operate and maintain a 4 million ton per year cement plant.
• Day to day management of plant operations and mechanical maintenance activities to ensure good execution, optimization of resources, and completion of necessary administration and documentation
• Provide coaching and feedback to develop personnel into full functioning team members
• Successfully deliver training (safety, technical and non-technical) to employees as part of the plant master training
• Ability to correctly make decisions while delegating when appropriate, considering the large business impact of decisions due to size of plant.
• Provide performance feedback to team technicians as part of an annual review process.
• Demonstrate a commitment to quality and understanding of impact of area activities on downstream customers
• Participate in business planning process (budgeting, CAPEX etc.) for team/area.
• Instrumental in the development and execution of the area maintenance plan including Preventive and Corrective and annual outage planning.
• Lead improvements in operations and equipment reliability through application of predictive maintenance principals and root cause failure analysis.
• Select and monitor third party vendors providing mechanical assistance to the area.
• Other duties as assigned
• Demonstrate a commitment to communicating, improving and adhering to health, safety and environmental policies in all work environments and areas. Promote a culture of safety and exhibit these behaviors.

RESPONSIBILITIES & TASKS

• Works closely with the equipment suppliers, plant staff and Process Area Teams to ensure the successful operation of the plant. Lead a team of multi-skilled Power & Control technicians to safely and efficiently operate and maintain a cement plant.
• Other responsibilities as assigned

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
Education: High school diploma or equivalent or 5 years of equivalent experience
Additional Education Preferred: Bachelor's degree
Field of Study Preferred: Mechanical/Electrical Engineering
Required

Work Experience:


3+ years in the cement manufacturing or related industry is strongly preferred.
Required Training/

Certifications:


Minimal
Required Technical Skills : SAP, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint etc.)
Travel Requirements :
Minimal
Additional Requirements :
Excellent leadership, coaching, delegation, and interpersonal skills in a team setting;
Excellent safety, environmental and quality orientation;
Excellent communication with the ability to communicate with diverse groups and all levels of the organization;
Flexibility to work shift and weekends as plant operations require.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear. The employee will frequently be required to walk on rocky, irregular surfaces that may be muddy and in reduced lighting conditions.
  
  The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles, confined space, outside weather conditions, low lighting, artificial lighting, and explosives. The employee is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, proximity to electrical equipment, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate and occasionally loud.

Successful candidates must adhere to all safety protocols and proper use of Amrize approved Personal Protection Equipment ("PPE"), including but not limited to respirators. Subject to applicable law, employees that are required to wear respirators must be clean shaven where the respirator seal meets the face in order to pass the…