Plant Supervisor (Night Shift)
Vulcan Materials Company · Cook County, IL · 2 mo ago
Manufacturing$98k–$105k/yrFull-time
About the Role
Join Vulcan Materials Company, the nation’s largest producer of construction aggregates and a major producer of aggregates-based construction materials including asphalt and ready-mixed concrete. When you join Vulcan, you contribute to building America’s future while developing a rewarding career in a dynamic culture that encourages career development, excellence, and diversity. Every team member upholds the Vulcan Way: doing the right thing, the right way, at the right time.
Responsibilities
- Promote Safety: Prioritize safety for yourself and others to ensure zero accidents and full compliance with all Vulcan policies and procedures.
- Organize and Plan Production: Support night-shift plant production scheduling to optimize plant and equipment utilization, personnel, inventory, and work procedures for stripping, mining, processing, stockpiling, loading, and shipping. Oversee site planning and pit development.
- Manage Employee Relations: Provide leadership, training, and supervision to plant employees. Collaborate with HR on recruitment, merit increases, disciplinary actions, and performance evaluations to develop talent.
- Monitor Processes and Materials: Analyze production and quality control to ensure customer product quality. Monitor operational reports to maintain best practices in extraction, processing, stockpiling, and re-handling within target specifications. Implement a preventive maintenance program to minimize downtime.
- Maintain Compliance: Build a strong safety culture to ensure compliance with Vulcan’s safety, operations, and environmental policies. Manage employee health and safety to continuously improve performance.
- Inspect Equipment and Perform Repairs: Organize daily inspections and maintenance of plant equipment to ensure safe, reliable, and compliant operations, maximizing production and minimizing interruptions.
- Additional Responsibilities: Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Experience: Previous experience supervising production employees, preferably at an aggregate, sand/gravel, or asphalt plant.
- Leadership and Management Skills: Ability to provide strong leadership and mentorship to direct and indirect reports, motivating teams and maintaining interpersonal relationships.
- Operational Knowledge: Understanding of rock and sand mining, ready-mix concrete, and/or asphalt operations and equipment, MSHA regulations, engineering principles, and quality control systems.
- Interpersonal Skills: Excellent motivator and team builder with strong communication skills for internal and external audiences.
- Financial Knowledge: Experience leading financial performance to meet or exceed established targets and goals.
- Working Conditions: Ability to work outside in all weather conditions and tolerate exposure to loud noises.
Benefits
- Great Company Culture: Competitive drive for excellence in an environment of trust, teamwork, open-mindedness, and communication.
- Safety: Industry leader in health and safety standards with a commitment to protecting all employees and customers.
- Meaningful Work: Impact daily lives through contributions to building roads, schools, hospitals, airports, and housing across the United States.
- Health Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision programs, plus additional offerings.
- Rest and Relaxation: Paid vacation, personal floating days, and paid holidays.
- Prepare for the Future: 401(k) with company match and contribution.
- Training and Development: Access to development programs to help employees meet their career goals.
- Fleet Vehicle: Company vehicle provided for this position.
- Bonus/Equity Package: Discretionary bonus and equity package available for this role.
Pay
The salary range for this role, including the regional supplement, is between $98,000 and $105,000 annually. Compensation is determined based on skillset, experience, job scope, and current market data.