Production System Specialist

**Objective**:
**Responsibilities**

Health, Safety and Environment: Demonstrate a commitment to communicating, improving, and adhering to safety policies in all work environments/areas and with employees, contractors and site visitors.

Labour Relation & Human Resources: Responsible for assisting in the training and development focused on Production Staff and other department staff as required. Also responsible for coaching and developing Production teams to ensure their plant knowledge and safety engagement continues to improve. Regular meetings to review KPI’s will be done with the Plant Manager and employees.

Reporting, Budgeting. Forecasting & Delivery of Results: Responsible to develop the preparation and implementation of annual financial budgets and capital expenditures relevant to plant systems and operations. Also responsible for assisting the forecasting of production-related costs as required.

Production Operations: Assist the local Plant Managers to develop a professional approach to production operations management. Ensure products are supplied in a timely fashion to customer’s specifications and drive mix/system optimization. Develop SOPs to ensure property and equipment are properly inspected, maintained and implement preventative maintenance plan(s). Assist in the preparation of capital spending plans budgets and forecasts. Drive plant production performance to ensure peak production rates, and minimum downtime are balanced with quality requirements.

Strategy: Works with the Production Manager to identify areas of concern or opportunity at the plant level from a production or efficiency perspective.

Others:

- Lead area wide plant based safety initiatives and ensure policy compliance (TSSA, ESA Regulations)
- Track and manage upgrade and calibration efforts with batch panels and systems
- Moisture probes and other plant equipment focus
- Leadership in plant performance KPI’s - Scorecards
- Leadership on plant metrics and develop improvement initiatives
- Key stakeholder and ownership of all digital platforms
- Active user and support in Google APPSHEETS and other Google Based platforms
- Be involved in corrective actions surrounding quality and production incidents. Liaise with Sales and QC teams to develop solutions and corrective actions
- Assist in the management of raw materials, fuel and equipment inventory and month end reporting
- Metric reporting and improvement
- Implementation of Company Policies
- Capital Projects / DSCQP Performance

**Relationships with Others Jobs**:

- Reports to Asst. Production & Systems Manager
- _Works closely with: _
- Production Managers
- Batchers & Plant Operators
- Loader Operators
- Maintenance team members
- Production Supervisor
- Production Inventory Analyst
- Fleet and Delivery Managers
- Customer Service and Logistics Team
- Quality Control Supervisors and Technicians
- Director of Manufacturing

**Specific Accountabilities**:

- Command Concrete and Command Batch Skills
- Functional/Technical Skills
- Managing and Measuring Work
- Problem Solving
- Process Management
- _Performance & Leadership following Innocon guidelines_
- _Development & Implementation of Health & Safety Improvement Plan_
- _Support and Participate when required in negotiation of all spending requirements_
- _Environmental & Land Regulatory Compliance_
- _Achieve Annual Production Operational Budgets for all territory plants_
- _Detailed monthly Production Operations Forecasting_
- _Ensure proper use of National Accounts_
- _Identify and lead the development of Capex Projects for territory plants_
- _Achieve Targeted KPI’s (i.e. safety, service, volumes, Value Added Products, etc.)_
- _Staff Performance Management and Development_

**Dimensions**
- ~15M in Production Expenses
- Capital spending management
- Systems management for 20 Concrete plants
- Work closely with ~70 employees

**Qualification Profile**
- **Education & Work Experience**:_
- Undergraduate degree in engineering, engineering technology, business, or other relevant field is an asset
- 3 or more years of progressive related experience
- **Knowledge & Skills**:_
- Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with all levels of internal organizations
- Strong knowledge of how tackle tasks through formal and informal channels
- Intimate demonstrated knowledge of our products, and the seasonality of the construction materials business
- Must be flexible and balance shifting priorities to meet deadlines
- Results oriented and goal driven to reach objectives
- Excellent customer service skills - dedicated to meeting the expectations of internal customers
- Must have strong people skills and relate well to all kinds of people inside and outside organization
- **Lominger Competency**_
- Business Acumen
- Driving for Results
- Innovation Management
- Interpersonal Savvy
- Organizational Agility
- Problem Solving
- Strategic Agility
- Timely Decision Making

**Salary**: From $60,000.00