Plant Operator/Batchman

About the role

Amrize, formerly known as Aggregate Industries, is seeking a Plant Operator/Batchman for their Ottertail, MN plant. This role oversees, coordinates, plans, and batches/loading of daily production activities to ensure uninterrupted supply and delivery of ready mix concrete to customers. Responsibilities include driving efficiencies, maintaining a strong safety culture, workforce planning, hiring, training, development, work allocation, conflict resolution, performance evaluations, and separations.

Responsibilities

• Batches ready mix concrete dry batch plant.
• Ensures conformance with policies and procedures, safety regulations, and local, state, and federal laws and regulations.
• Leads by example in Safety.
• Makes recommendations for workforce planning, hiring, training, development, work allocation, conflict resolution, performance evaluations and separations.
• Supervises, coordinates, assists and monitors plant and driver activities to include the maintenance of equipment.
• Supports and assists personnel in achieving timely and efficient production schedules.
• Investigates abnormal operating events, or equipment failures to determine the cause, and makes adjustments, repairs and/or modifications, as needed.
• Analyzes operational data and reconfigures operating areas as necessary to provide adequate, economical service.
• Oversees the overall safety of all personnel working at, loading out of or visiting the site.
• Ensures proper documentation of operations activities in logs and/or incident reports.
• Maintains an effective system of communications with supervisors and customers service.
• 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.

Requirements

• Education: High School Diploma or GED equivalency required.
• Field of Study Preferred: Business, Leadership, or anything related.
• Required Work Experience: Three (3) to Five (5) years of experience in Construction Industry, Ready Mix experience preferred. Demonstrated leadership abilities, supervisory experience preferred. Strong work ethic. Strong oral and written communication skills. Command Batch and dispatching system experience preferred. Experience with DOT and difficult engineering specifications in mix designs. Computer proficiency including Windows, Google Mail and associated applications, knowledge of spreadsheets and entering data.
• Travel Requirements: 0-10%
• Additional Requirements: Successful candidates must adhere to all safety protocols and proper use of Amrize approved Personal Protection Equipment ("PPE"), including but not limited to respirators.

Qualifications

• Computer proficiency including Windows, Google Mail and associated applications, knowledge of spreadsheets and entering data.
• Command Batch and dispatching system experience preferred.
• Experience with DOT and difficult engineering specifications in mix designs.
• Strong work ethic.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Experience with safety protocols and proper use of PPE.