Plant Manager

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Plant Manager

**Requisition ID**:5173**Location**:Caledon, ON, CA, L0N 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 Plant Manager is responsible for the daily activity and performance for their specific operations area and the development, leadership and management of the associated staff. The Plant Manager will lead by example supporting alignment with all functional groups, Environment, Land, Manufacturing and Safety to drive communication and consistency. Primary focus is optimizing available reserves and leveraging operational excellence to achieve the highest productivity at the lowest cost of production. Ensures Lafarge is viewed as a valued member of the industry and local communities in which it operates.**Responsibilities**
- Safety Culture:
- Develop and instill a site level safety culture through consistent engagement with employees and contractors with an objective of “zero” harm;
- Lead daily huddles and participates on the JHSC to demonstrate commitment to workplace safety;
- Ensure front line employee compliance to all applicable local and regional health & safety policies and initiatives, including but not limited to hazard reporting, risk assessment, Working at Heights, Confined Space, Energy Isolation and Hot Work;
- Assist in the preparation for and participation in periodic health & safety site audits;
- and assist in the administration of the site Contractor Safety Management program, by completing site orientations, where required, and regularly auditing contractor performance to ensure compliance to applicable local and regional health & safety policies.
- Human Resources:
- Directly responsible for the individual development, motivation and training of all direct reports to maximize their performance;
- Responsible for the administration of disciplinary measures in a fair and consistent manner to address / correct substandard performance of all direct reports;
- Assist in the site hiring process; Assist in the administration and management of local collective and hourly working agreements amongst all direct reports;
- Promote, develop and drive customer focus, operational efficiency and performance management process within frontline teams;
- Practice active and passive supervision of frontline teams.
- Production and Maintenance:
- Determine manpower requirements and shift scheduling to meet production demands; Establish and manage weekly production and maintenance schedule; Manage and drive meeting daily production targets; Responsible for participating in the short-term planning and execution of maintenance activities along with the maintenance department; Involved in the daily implementation and compliance to the Maintenance Module, including but not limited to creating job plans, completing equipment inspection logs, and managing maintenance backlogs;
- Oversee maintenance of mobile equipment fleet, including:

- Completion of mobile equipment inspections and correction of noted deficiencies;
- External service report review and analysis;
- Coordinating mobile equipment repairs & maintenance;
- Tracking work order completion.
- Oversee the procurement of all subcontractors related to production and mobile equipment.
- Financial:
- Assisting in the development and adherence to annual maintenance (repair) budgets; Participate in monthly EBIT reviews to ensure its accuracy and to identify cost reduction opportunities;
- Responsible to manage production and inventory forecasting to optimize yield and profitability;
- Support supply chain with balancing inventories and sales needs to manage and minimize the working capital impact.
- Customer Focus:
- When required assist in the management of all frontline shipping personnel;
- Coordinate with sales and dispatch perso