- Role model to his co-workers by complying with company policies, procedures, rules and regulations as they pertain to safety
- Attends regular briefings on safety with the work force
- Knows the company’s safety goals and expectations
- Provides a safe work place
- Communicates to the safety officer any observed conditions that could have an impact on safety
- Establishes parameters for proper operation of the production processes within the plant
- Evaluates the operation of the production processes within the plant
- Observes overall system operation, make analysis and take actions that reflect true solutions to problems as opposed to solutions that treat the symptoms
- Performs calculations to analyse and evaluate operation of equipment and systems
- Performs measurements of process flows, temperatures, pressures, etc.
- Daily contacts with all activities before the operations (stone) and after the operation (expeditions)
- Manages Production department
- Runs the Kiln Stone Line activities
- Runs Kiln and Milling processes
- Daily contacts with Maintenance
- Daily contacts with Laboratory
- Daily contacts with sales department
- Subcontractors contacts
- Fuel supplies management
- Ensures quality of product during process
- Ensures compliance to ISO quality system
- Develops and proposes to the Production Manager corrective action plans for prevention of future customer complaints
- Participates in Production/Maintenance Meetings
- Assesses potential equipment purchases to ensure maintainability, parts, maintenance, instructions, prints, adequacy of design, and installation work
- Gathers, organizes and updates all technical documentation related to the process and control equipment (service manuals, parts manuals, blue prints, etc.)
- Accesses database, retrieving and interpreting the data to improve his process management decision, provide information to management and build knowledge base
- Organizes cleanliness and housekeeping of the workplace
- Prepares environmental reports based on process data
- Installs Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for plant processes
- Daily monitors the KPI paying particular attention to trends and searching for improvement opportunities
- Provides timely and useful reports to Production manager to spot both positive and negative trends
- Provides daily “process targets parameters” follow-up
- Continuous Improvement Process
- Develops the daily Production Plan in collaboration with Sales forecast
- Routinely monitors Key Performance Indicator
- Conducts the Daily Continuous Improvement Meeting to identify daily barriers
- Assigns individuals to develop and monitor Action Plans to overcome the barriers identified during this meeting
- Provides input during the Continuous Improvement Weekly Meeting chaired by the Plant Manager
- Champions the development and monitoring of changes to or improvements to existing processes process
- Maintenance in the Investment Stage
- Leads maintenance and production management in determining the need and justification for process enhancing equipment
- Assists management in developing training programs for operating personnel
- Identifies training needs of operating personnel
- Provides training for operating personnel
- Participates actively in the recruitment of new personnel