Quarry Supervisor

Career Opportunities:
Quarry Supervisor (524874)

Requisition
524874
-Posted
- Americas Cement

- Ash Grove Cement Company

- Full Time

- Operations, Field and Plant Mgmt

- United States

- Nebraska

Ash Grove family of companies, including Ash Grove Cement Company, Ash Grove South Texas, LLC, Sapphire Americas LLC, Oldcastle Cement Holdings, Houston Cement Company, and Suwanee American Cement Company, is one of North America’s leading cement manufacturers, with a legacy of innovation and excellence dating back to 1882. The company operates 12 world-class cement plants and a vast network of 41 terminals across the United States and Canada.

Renowned for its forward-thinking approach, Ash Grove combines technical expertise, robust safety standards, and empowered talent to deliver high performance and better serve our customers. At Ash Grove, we stand together to reinvent the way our world is built.

At Ash Grove Cement, people are ourfirst priority. We offer a complete benefits package to include:

• Health Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Retirement Plan
• Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• Disability Pay
• Life Insurance
• Growth Opportunities and more!

Summary:

The Quarry Superintendent coordinates and supervises quarry operations to ensure an adequate amount of raw material from the quarry is available to meet plant production needs. This position closely monitors the daily activities of quarry workers. The position exercises supervision over a medium amount of employees working in the quarry.

What you’ll be contributing:

• Promote and follow all plant safety guidelines
• Establishes, communicates, and assigns job responsibilities, goals, and performance standards for employees within supervisory responsibility. Evaluates job performance.
• Supervises and monitors hauling operations to prepare particular types of rock for crushing.
• Also supervises drilling, blasting, and land stripping operations where applicable.
• Ensures that all quarry activities are properly conducted and comply with all safety standard sand regulations.
• Conducts and/or participates in quarry department safety meetings and safety inspections ofwork areas.
• Monitors production needs to ensure enough rock is available and ready for use in manufacturing.
• Ensures that an appropriate amount of explosives is available for use when explosives areused in quarry operations.
• Maintains specified records of quarry and mining activities.
• Prepares reports and other specified paperwork as requested by management.
• Inspects work sites to make sure proper clean-up procedures have been executed.
• Cooperates with other department managers in coordinating production operations with thequarry operations to supply the needed amount of raw materials from the quarry.
• Assists as needed in planning long-term quarry development goals including mining exploration.
• Assists with the preparation of annual budgets and specifications on purchased equipment.
• Coordinates purchased material with plant needs.
• Maintains awareness of current industry trends and practices by reading trade and industry magazines.
• Schedules repairs and other maintenance with the maintenance department as needed. Ordersand obtains parts and equipment.
• Additional duties as assigned by supervisor

To succeed in this position, you will need:

• Vocational/Technical degree in geology, mining, engineering, or related field preferred
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a quarry or mining preferred
• Minimum of 2 years in a supervisory position preferred
• Ability to read, write, and understand warning labels, instructions, signs, etc.
• Ability to make decisions and to exercise sound judgment in arriving at a conclusion
• Ability to make decisions and solve problems with high attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to perform, organize and prioritize work independently
• Ability to lead/manage others
• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects in parallel to the conclusion
• Knowledge of quarry operations, including using quarry equipment and proper procedures for using explosives safely and effectively
• Knowledge of MSHA safety regulations as well as state and federal mining laws.
• Ability to make sound independent judgments regularly
• Ability to work under general supervision with specified policies, practices, and objectives.
• Ability to refer questionable items to supervisor for clarification.

What’s next for you?

We provide stability and advancement opportunities across North America. Use our tuition reimbursement program to help you meet your career goals.

The above duties and responsibilities are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily all-inclusive. The physical demands, working environment, and other conditions of employment listed in this document are representative of but are not intended to provide an exhaustive list of the requirements for positions in this classification. Reasonableaccommodationsmay be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

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