Batcher/dispatcher

Why work for Lafarge?:
As the global leader in innovative and sustainable building materials, we’re committed to shaping a
**greener**,
**smarter** and
**healthier** world. At Lafarge Canada Inc.,
**safety** comes first,
**collaboration** matters and
**diversity** is celebrated with people who share our desire to continually
**make our materials better.**

Do you have the drive, the skills, and the passion to join us?

Overview:
To supervise the operation of a concrete plant including concrete mixer drivers and plant maintenance to ensure delivery of quality product, timely delivery and customer satisfaction.

**Responsibilities**:
**Health and Safety**:

- Demonstrate a commitment to communicating, improving, and adhering to safety policies in all work environments and areas.
- Responsible for ensuring safety guideline are followed by employees on a daily basis.
- Correct safety issues immediately when possible, and offer employees coaching on safe work practices.
- Ensures all aspects of his/her role are executed in a safe manner.

**HR/Coaching & Mentoring**:

- Report to the Area Manager regarding situations that require disciplinary actions.
- Foster an effective environment for employee relations.
- Ensure employees have a daily job list and inform them ASAP of any irregular work hours.

**Environment**:

- Demonstrate a commitment to meet/exceed environmental compliance.
- Have an understanding of the procedures for environmental issues such as spills, dust control, truck idling, etc. are outlined in the EMS manual.
- Ensure spill containment is on hand at all times

**Reporting**:

- Responsible for keeping accurate and organized daily safety talks binder.
- Document near misses to plant manager along with plant safety issues.
- Ensure safety wall is up to date with Safety minutes and tool box talk sheets.
- Maintain an accurate account of the volume sold, rejected and resold on a daily basis. Submit reports on time to area administer.
- Submit Quality Control report on a monthly basis to Quality Control Manager.
- Ensure all COD money is collected BEFORE concrete is sold, unless otherwise directed from manager.
- Keep an accurate account of COD sales.
- Insure that all opportunities to sell VAP products are exhausted and track VAP successes.
- Ensure all month end tracking is submitted to Area Administer on time and is accurate.
- Maintain a COD log of quotes supplied with contact numbers.
- Keep an accurate account of fuel usage. Ensure all employees are reporting fuel used and are fueling trucks at night.
- Ensure all invoices are approved by the PM and faxed or mailed to head office in a timely manner.
- File and Organize all concrete delivery tickets and ensure drivers are submitting signed copies
- All received faxes are accounted for and delivered to the correct person
- Ensure mechanic is receiving all inspection reports from drivers.
- Ensure all drivers are completing the proper paperwork, correct drivers if work is not completed to acceptable levels.
- Document issues with drivers.

**Sales**:

- Communicate opportunities and threats to Area Manager. Communicate customer issues with plant manager and/or appropriate Lafarge employee.
- Ensure all COD calls are followed up on and strive to up sell all COD’s towards a VAP product.

**Transportation & Logistics**:

- Responsible for supervision of Ready Mix drivers on a daily basis.
- Responsible for concrete batch operations.
- Directs the activities of drivers while in the plant yard and through radio communications while on the job sites.
- This position requires a thorough understanding of the concrete manufacturing process.
- Work with mechanic to ensure efficient scheduling for routine maintenance on the plant and loader.
- Ensure that mobile equipment is respected and maintained and document any driver abuse.
- Limit idle time of trucks in the yard.
- Ensure that drivers are only “called in” when required and make effort to limit ideal time of drivers and trucks.
- Schedule jobs to ensure best use of fleet. Schedule deliveries throughout the day to maximize truck turns per day when possible.
- Preplan in advance for all material required to complete upcoming jobs (Aggregate, Cement, Ice, Admixture, etc.)
- Preplan and communicate to drivers expected call in times and provide rough schedule of day’s events.
- Ensure all aspects of scheduled pours are covered in terms of understanding customer requirements. May require calls to customers.
- Ensure all paper work associated with pumping / extras is collected and accurately processed through the billing process.
- Effectively utilizes Lafarge’s maintenance programs to maximize plant up-time and manage costs.

**Administration**:

- Manage inventory of materials and products through interface with Command and SAP, as well as coordination of daily activities.
- “Zero” inventory every 6 months to ensure accuracy.
- Performs, at minimum, one physical inventory count each