Production Coordinator

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Production Coordinator

**Requisition ID**:6670**Location**:Brookfield, Nova Scotia, CA, B0N 1C0**Pay Type**:Salary**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 7,000 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**:

- The primary objective of the Production Coordinator is to coordinate the daily and weekly activities of the department, including coordination with other plant departments.
- Areas of responsibility include the raw mill, kiln, coal mill and finish mill.
- The Production Coordinator is responsible for the supervision of shift personnel.
- As well, the Production Coordinator will assure that all standards are maintained concerning safety, environment, quality, production, and cost.

**Responsibilities**:

- Safety:
- Follows and ensures full compliance with Health & Safety policies and procedures.
- Ensures all contracts and project site meet the Lafarge safety policy requirements for our employee’s safety.
- Production / Quality:
- Protecting the plant’s equipment and maximize its utilization and reliability.
- Developing, implementing and reviewing, on a periodic basis, all SOP’s related to the department (i.e. safety, production, etc).
- Responsible for meeting all quality, production and process targets on a shift basis.
- Ensuring that all environmental Certificates of Approval, Permits,
- Regulations, and Company environmental policy and guidelines are followed and complied with.
- Coordinating the day to day and week to week aspects of the production department.
- Participating on committees, as required, to address equipment reliability or performance issues.
- Responsible for the development of an ongoing list of action plans to insure continuous improvement in the department.
- Planning and coordination of plant turnaround activities on behalf of the department.
- Planning and coordinating refractory repairs and/or replacement for the kiln and cooler areas.
- Environment and community:
- Establishes the environment as a priority.
- Ensures all local and provincial and federal regulations are met or exceeded by following Lafarge best practices and the conditions of site permits are strictly adhered to.
- Participate, support and respect Plant/Community initiatives. E.g. Tours, open houses etc.
- Handle complaints in a professional and proactive manner.
- Reporting / Cost:
- Participating in the development of the annual department operating budgets.
- Contributing to the development of the annual Plant Development Plan.
- Contributing to the identification and development of capital and cost savings projects that targeting improved efficiency.
- Leadership:
- Responsible for the supervision, safety and development of shift personnel.
- Ensure sufficient human resources is available to achieve daily plant operation.
- Communicating all operational goals, objectives, and concerns to all production shift personnel.
- Relationships with Others Jobs:
- Reports to the Production Manager
- Supervises 16 production hourly employees.
- Specific Accountabilities:
- Personal safety, as well as the safety of direct reports.
- Promotion and implementation of safe work practices and conditions. Held monthly safety meetings and that Plant Safety Rules and the Occupational Health & Safety Act are followed.
- Ensure that the operations of the plant are carried out in conjunction with the present environmental regulations and that the supervisors are aware of all aspects of environmental law pertaining to the operation.
- Promotion and insure proper training of hourly personnel
- Achieving department KPI’s (eg. Zero MI’s, daily production, PRI, NAI, MTBF, etc)
- Optimization of plant equipment and process through modification and implementation of equipment procedures and training.
- Maintain a positive and harmonious labour relations atmosphere.
- Adherence to p