Batcher/dispatcher

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Batcher/Dispatcher

**Requisition ID**:6979**Location**:Niagara Falls, ON, CA, L2H 2T1**Pay Type**:Hourly**WHO IS LAFARGE?**
As a global leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions, Lafarge is enabling greener cities, smarter infrastructure and improving living standards around the world. With sustainability at the core of our strategy, we are becoming a net-zero company, with our people and communities at the heart of our success. We are driving circular construction as a world leader in recycling to build more with less. It’s all thanks to our 70,000 talented people around the world who are passionate about building progress for people and the planet through four business segments: Cement, Ready-Mix Concrete, Aggregates and Solutions & Products.

**WHO ARE LAFARGE PEOPLE?**
Lafarge people are passionate about finding better ways to build. They embrace innovation and improvement with a pioneering spirit. They work as trusted partners, creating better solutions and experiences for their customers, communities, and colleagues.

**Objective**
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