Production Coordinator

Job Title

Production Coordinator

Sparrows Pt Cement Plant MD

To effectively coordinate the daily operation of the production department ensuring all environmental, safety, quality, budget and production targets are being met, and to achieve maximum optimization on a daily basis.

• Directly coordinate the activities of all production systems at the plant including raw mill, homogenizing silo, proclaimer, kiln, cooler, clinker silo, finish mill, and cement shipments to meet marketing and inventory requirements.
• In absence of a Distribution Coordinator, directly coordinate activities related to all services including raw materials and fuel receiving, inventory control and finish grinding and cement shipping (truck, rail and barge).
• Meet daily with other departments to coordinate efforts throughout the plant.
• Effectively troubleshoot problems in the department and, in cooperation with Maintenance, ensure that these problems are repaired quickly to minimize downtime.
• Work with the Maintenance Coordinator to plan and schedule major and minor outages.
• Evaluate and assess the performance and effectiveness of all direct reports and, as required, develop improvement plans.
• Work with the Store and Purchasing Department to establish necessary spare parts and inventory stocking levels for day‑to‑day production supplies.
• Ensure that all production teams have and are properly trained in the use of all safety equipment and supplies.
• Develop safety and emergency procedures and follow up on their use.
• Report and investigate accidents.
• Generate required production information including but not limited to all reliability data, all daily production data, and various daily diary data.
• Assist the Production Manager in the development and implementation of equipment checklists, 1st level inspections and production operating procedures to include operating parameters and standard operating procedures.
• Work with other departments, especially the maintenance department, to ensure daily operational problems are corrected in a timely and cooperative manner.
• Communicate with the Production Manager and Process Engineer any operational problems and communicate with production supervisors any necessary resolutions.
• Assist the Production Manager in preparation of department operation budget, monthly accruals, and capital projects.
• Ensure that proper insurance certification documentation is on file for any production related contractor services before any outside contractors are permitted on Amrize property.
• Participate in planning and organization of refractory repairs and turnarounds with the Maintenance Coordinator.
• Maintain designated production records as instructed by the Production Manager (grinding ball inventory and usage, kiln brick charts, etc.).
• Develop and exercise a knowledge of personal computers and process computers.
• Maintain and administer weekly work schedules and vacation schedules.
• Assist the Production Manager in the development and implementation of training plans for production personnel.
• 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 the required behaviors.

• Bachelor's degree or 3–5 years of equivalent experience.
• 3 years of supervisory experience in the industry.
• Must have computer skills.
• Must have leadership capabilities.
• Ability to perform physical tasks such as use of hands, stand, walk, reach, climb, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and handle materials up to 50–90 pounds.
• Ability to see (close and distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, adjust focus).
• Regular exposure to moving mechanical parts, high and precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, confined spaces, outside weather conditions, low lighting, artificial lighting, explosives, wet and/or humid conditions, proximity to electrical equipment, vibration, moderate to occasional loud noise.
• Must adhere to all safety protocols and proper use of approved Personal Protection Equipment, including respirators (requires clean shaven for fit tests).