Quarry Supervisor at Lafarge Cement

About the Job

• The Quarry Supervisor’s prime objective is to coordinate and supervise the continuous quarry activities meeting objectives for quantity and quality, within safety and environmental standards.
• He also has to assure overall plant responsibility during off-hours.

What you'll be doing 

• Understand and comply with HSE policies to assume that HSE are the first priority of the business. Actively support key safety initiative at the plant and assist the department as needed to improve HSE performance and results
• Demonstrate a commitment to communicating, improving and adhering to safety policies in all work environments and areas
• Follow up all safety procedures, checks for safety hazards and takes corrective action to eliminate safety hazards
• Conduct a daily Safety meeting with participation from all crew members, and ensure actions have or will be taken on items of concern.
• A review of all the new Incident Investigations for that time is a mandatory component of the monthly safety meeting. Report on accidents/incidents assuring follow-up.
• Ensure compliance with safety practices and procedures, availability of safety equipment, and provide first aid treatment.
• Review with the crew, the instructions left by the Mining Engineer, ensure execution of the jobs or tasks as defined and the operating parameters/guidelines are correctly followed.
• Monitor the operation of those areas, detect malfunction or abnormal situation and take or trigger the necessary corrective actions.Evaluate possible cause of breakdown, determine urgency of corrective actions and call in repair crew as appropriate.
• Oversee quality control activities on shift and assist in the decision making in that area.
• Assure surveillance of the overall plant in the off-hours and assist security on such matters as plant. Assure proper response in the case of emergency situations.
• Maintain an accurate and detailed account of his shift activities and operation, both qualitative and quantitative in the production log book.
• Ensure motivation of employees through proper delegation of jobs, participation, recognition, follow-up of suggestions, and fair and equitable treatment of all employees within his group.
• Initiate action and/or act as resource to the department head in the areas of employee performance, absenteeism, grievance and disciplinary action.
• Report on daily or shift activities for his group as per established format.
• All other quarry related tasks including but not limited to: Conduct specific studies or trials. (In consort with the Projects and Process departments.) Prepare procedures or other operating guidelines. Provide formal training to operators. Supervise implementation of specific jobs or projects. Assist in major equipment shutdowns, the compiling of operating data and the taking of physical inventories.

Requirements

• Minimum of OND or equivalent in any Engineering discipline Or Geoscience discipline
• Minimum of 7 years’ post-qualification experience
• Working knowledge of cement manufacturing processes: Raw meal preparation, burning, combustion, grinding and packing operation.
• Commitment to the highest standards of safe work habits
• Good knowledge of safety laws and regulations.
• Good written and verbal communications skills
• Able to take initiative based on sound problem solving skills.
• Demonstrate leadership skills via work ethics, ability to delegate and motivate, fairness, must be hands-on.
• Machine Main System knowledge.

Key Interfaces:

• Reporting:
• Mining Engineer
• Stakeholders and relationships:
• Quality Manager
• Mobile plant Manager
• Mobile plant Engineer
• Automation Engineer
• Mining Engineer
• Quarry Supervisor
• Surveyor.