Quarry Manager
- Exshaw, AB, Canada
Full-time
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Original job description
Roles and Responsibilities
- Serve as a key member of the Plant Leadership Team, contributing to a high-performance culture focused on safety, quality, continuous improvement, and operational excellence
- Monitors daily production, blast layout and patterns, drilling operations, blasting operations, safety, staffing, training, labour relations, primary crushing and stacking of raw materials.
- Establish clear expectations, monitor performance, and provide regular coaching and feedback to build a high-performing, engaged, and accountable team.
- Direct all quarry and mining operations to ensure a reliable and consistent supply of high-quality materials for plant production
- Reviews, confirms, and executes the long term mining plan such that sufficient reserves are located and verified in quality. Executes the mine reclamation plans for quarry.
- Develops crushing strategies for all additives and limestone and resolves material handling issues (shale, red shale, gypsum, iron, sandstone, etc).
- Reduces the quarry’s operating cost by implementing continuous improvement initiatives and reducing the reliance on third-party services.
- Manages all aspects of mobile equipment maintenance at the Cement Plant. Direct oversight of scheduling and maintenance of mobile equipment at the site. Responsible for mobile equipment maintenance budget and costs.
- Provide visible leadership in health, safety, and environmental performance while fostering a culture of safety, accountability, teamwork, and operational excellence through consistent application of company policies and procedures.
- Support implementation of new technologies, operational best practices, and standardized work processes.
- Ensure compliance with all applicable health, safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives that reduce operational and environmental risks.
- Collaborate with production, maintenance, and quality teams to provide leadership, guidance, and coordination that aligns plant operations with business objectives and performance targets.
- Foster a positive, collaborative work environment that supports teamwork, inclusion, and continuous learning.
- Demonstrate a commitment to communicating, improving and adhering to health, safety and environmental policies in all work environments and areas. Promote a culture of safety and exhibit these behaviors.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Lead quarry and mining operations to ensure a reliable supply of quality materials, while overseeing production, mine planning, reclamation, crushing strategies, and mobile equipment maintenance. Build a safety-focused, accountable team and drive compliance, cost control, continuous improvement, and coordination with plant functions.
Requirements
The posting does not specify formal education, certifications, or a minimum number of years of experience. The seniority level and broad leadership responsibilities indicate a need for substantial experience managing quarry or mining operations, teams, safety, and equipment maintenance.
Skills
- Quarry Operations
- Mining Operations
- Production Monitoring
- Drilling and Blasting
- Mine Planning
- Reserve Verification
- Mine Reclamation
- Crushing Strategy
- Mobile Equipment Maintenance
- Budget Management
- Health and Safety Leadership
- Environmental Compliance
- Regulatory Compliance
- Continuous Improvement
- Team Leadership
- Labour Relations
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Categories
- Management & Leadership
- Manufacturing
- Environmental & Sustainability
- Security & Safety
Keywords
- Quarry Management
- Mining Operations
- Plant Leadership Team
- Production Monitoring
- Blast Layout
- Drilling Operations
- Blasting Operations
- Primary Crushing
- Raw Material Stacking
- Long-Term Mining Plan
- Mineral Reserves
- Mine Reclamation
- Limestone
- Additives
- Material Handling
- Mobile Equipment
- Equipment Maintenance
- Maintenance Scheduling
- Maintenance Budget
- Cost Reduction
- Continuous Improvement
- Health and Safety
- Environmental Performance
- Regulatory Compliance
- Operational Best Practices
- Standardized Work Processes
- Team Development
- Labour Relations