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

About Texada Island:

Welcome to Sah yeh yeen (Texada Island)

At over 300 square kilometres, Texada Island, on the Sunshine Coast of BC, is the largest of the Gulf Islands. Affectionately known as “The Rock,” Texada Island has a wonderful, colourful history that includes stories of Wild West gold fever days along with natural outdoor attractions not found anywhere else.

An abundance of trails and old logging roads cover the island and lack of predators makes outdoor adventuring here even more attractive. There are 10 lakes suitable for kayaking or canoeing in addition to wonderful marine bays and coves ringing the island. Texada Island is accessible by ferry with BC Ferries operating ferry service from Westview terminal in Powell River to Blubber Bay terminal on Texada with a 35 minute crossing time.

If you’re looking for the opportunity to find a fulfilling career, away from the hustle of a big city, this is the place for you! Texada Island is a fantastic location for outdoor enthusiasts who look forward to hiking, mountain biking, boating and fishing on their time off.

Overview

The Operations Manager is responsible for managing the day to day business by overseeing the operations departments and managing and leading employees, safety, maintenance, purchasing, budget planning and control.

Responsibilities

Health and Safety :

• Abide by, participate in, and enforce all safety and environmental policies.
• Encourage safety awareness and support employee involvement in resolution of safety concerns.
• Continuous improvement of safety results and standards of expectation.

People Leadership:

• Effectively manage to the current Collective Bargaining Agreement.
• Directly involved with all union issues and support department heads with decisions regarding union matters. This involves understanding and managing the Steelworkers 816 CBA
• Responsible for the selection, training, leadership, development, discipline and termination of employees.
• Empower employees to take action whenever appropriate.
• Follow and promote the Lafarge HR business cycle (O & HR Review, Annual performance review, Annual Objective setting, Individual Development Plans, Career & Succession Plan.)
• Participate in the building of career and succession plans for the key employees and positions.
• Drive Labour Relation improvements both financially and in terms of employee engagement with participation in labour negotiations.
• Promotes a culture of performance. Effectively develops goals and objectives to implement actions, track performance and continuously look for opportunities for improvement.

Technical / Operations:

• Oversee all day to day operations of all departments
• Oversee all day to day operations of all departments
• Manage departments to schedule around barge loading
• Continually seeking to optimize performance and efficiency of process from mine design lay-out to barge-load
• Manage all the department heads and maintain effective lines of inter-departmental communication. This includes site labour scheduling the week prior
• Oversee and manage projects to completion – CAPEX/OPEX, weekly and daily plans
• Ensure quality of materials meets the contract requirements for all customer contracts. Includes material gradation limits and chemistry specifications
• Direct the maintenance of all property and equipment. Maintain a high quality image and reputation in the marketplace.
• Review and approve parts in approval limit in a timely fashion when required
• Ensure maximum productive operations at minimum cost. Communicate regularly with employees over continued improvements.
• Be innovative in using new technologies and new product development. Maximize use of all assets. Actively participate in customer complaint resolution.
• Perform environmental and safety audit reviews.

Financial:

• Monitor invoicing and accounts receivables. Review financial statements for accuracy.
• Establish raw material inventory to maximum / minimum levels. Company signing officer.

Relationship with Other Jobs:

• Reports directly to the Senior Operations Manager
• Work alongside of the Production Manager

Dimensions:

• Oversight of 2 aggregate plants
• Direct reports: 6
• Indirect reports: 70

Qualifications

Education:

• University degree preferred in construction management, engineering, or business

Experience and Skill Set:

• 10+ years of related experience in a manufacturing or construction environment
• 5+ years of experience in supervisory or management capacity
• Experience with Labour Relations and management of collective agreement

Knowledge & Skills:

• Excellent customer service skills – dedicated to meeting the expectations of internal and external customers
• Must be flexible and balance shifting priorities to meet deadlines
• Possess a general knowledge of construction and A&C products and a solid understanding of the market, competition and business opportunities
• Excellent leadership skills - must be able to motivate others and provide complete, direct and actionable feedback
• Possess a commitment to and willingness to devote great effort and time in order to reach goals
• Ability to make decision is a timely manner, sometimes with incomplete data and under tight deadlines and pressure
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills and the desire to seek solutionsProficient with Microsoft applications, specifically Excel, Word and PowerPoint

Job-Specific Competency Profile:

• Business Acumen
• Driving for Results
• Functional/Technical Skills
• Managerial Courage
• Managing & Measuring Work
• Problem Solving
• Strategic Agility
• Timely Decision Making

Foundational Competency Profile:

• Safety
• Customer Focus
• Ethics & Values
• Fairness to Direct Reports
• Integrity & Trust
• Listening
• Priority Setting

As part of our dedicated focus on the health and safety of all employees, a pre-employment medical, including drug and alcohol testing and a criminal record check, may be required.

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As we are reinventing the way the world builds, we need world-class talent to join our Lafarge Canada team: people who are passionate, driven by curiosity and keen to grow, learn, develop and thrive in our high-performance culture.

Whatever you do, you will make a difference here. Because we know that your passion and curiosity are the natural resources the world needs.

Check out our YouTube channel to learn more about our operations and see all career opportunities at www.lafarge.ca/careers.

We thank you for your interest. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Lafarge is committed to the principles of employment equity and encourages the applications from women, visible minorities, and persons with disabilities.