Operations Manager, Precast
4 weeks ago
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:
Reporting to the General Manager of Concrete Products, the Operations Manager will be responsible for all aspects of the operations including plant manufacturing for the precast product line within the Manitoba & Saskatchewan region. A renewed focus on health and safety initiatives, safe work practices and establishing a strong safety culture will be a priority in the position. As a key member of the management team, the role will effectively manage performance plans, continuous improvement strategies, plant equipment, cost savings and KPI targets while ensuring projects are completed safely, on budget and within specification to ensure high customer satisfaction.
**Responsibilities**:
- monitoring and enforcement of safety policies and by actively demonstrating support for organizational safety initiatives. Ensures safety is a top priority and communication loops closed.
- Provides active leadership for all health, safety and environmental best practices to ensure personnel are actively seeking out real time solutions to identified risks.
- Engages with employees to discuss workplace/job specific hazards and strategies for minimizing risk.
- Provides constructive feedback and seeks out new ideas for enhancing the safety culture.
- Responsible for all aspects of the production facilities, including inventory control, raw material pricing, staffing levels, cost control, and financial performance including margin contribution.
- Ensures the proper planning of production using the 2-year live schedule, locking in work each week and tracking variances with plans to prevent future misses.
- Supervises daily production schedule requirements within the plant and liaises with sales and project management teams to forecast future production requirements.
- Assists in developing goals and strategic plans, taking into account market conditions and trends, competitive environment and available resources.
- Ensures established processes are followed, employee accountability is clear, and communication channels are fully utilized with and across departments.
- Leads daily operations meetings with supervisors and maintenance teams.
- Oversees and directs all plant process improvement strategies and capital projects to optimize production capabilities, including the planning and execution of capex projects.
- Monitors monthly financials and key performance indicators to assess financial performance, and to determine whether performance changes are needed to ensure production efficiencies.
- Takes a primary role in coaching, training and developing key operations personnel.
- Actively liaises with union representatives to effectively manage grievances.
- Oversees the hiring, performance management and progressive discipline processes.
- Develops and maintains key relationships with industry officials, city inspectors, suppliers and customers.
- Actively participates in and contributes with industry associations to develop, promote and implement leading best practices.
- Establishes effective and cooperative working relationships with Lafarge key stakeholders
- Fosters a positive workplace culture where employees are recognized for their individual and collective contributions, and treat one another with respect.
Qualifications:
Education & Work Experience
- A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration or a diploma in Civil Engineering Technology, Construction Management or related field is preferred. An equivalent combination of education and relevant experience may be considered.
- Minimum of ten (10) years related operations experience in the manufacturing, construction and/or concrete products industry.
Knowledge and Skills:
- Collaborative self-starter with excellent organizational skills and strong attention to detail.
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams to successfully achieve results through mentorship and guidance of multi-faceted production teams.
- Ability to motivate others and provide complete, direct and actionable feedback.
- Proven experience successfully implementing continuous improvement initiatives.
- Ability to influence and drive positive change beyond immediate scope of control.
- Skilled multi-tasker, capable of balancing shifting priorities to meet deadlines.
- Adept at making decisions in a timely manner, sometimes with incomplete data and under tight deadlines and pressure.
- Solutions oriented, critical thinker, committed to meeting internal and external customer expectations.
- Strong computer skills (MS Office, SAP and AutoCAD)
- Valid dri
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