Continuous Improvement Coordinator

AutoReqId: 19123BR

Pay Class: Salaried Exempt

Minimum Pay Rate: $84,430.00

Maximum Pay Rate: $116,080.00

Department: Operations

Line of Business: Aggregates

Position Type: Full-Time

Job Posting:

Heidelberg Materials provides the materials to build our future. Our future is sustainable. Our future is digital. And it goes beyond cement, aggregates and ready-mixed concrete. Heidelberg Materials North America, previously known as Lehigh Hanson, operates more than 450 locations with approximately 9,000 employees in the U.S. and Canada.

The Continuous Improvement Coordinator is a term contract position at Sechelt, BC will assist in enhancing the technical competence and operational excellence of our organization to deliver best-in-class performance and realize long-term sustainable savings. This position will support a site-wide project to install, commission, and staff a central control room (CCR) and to revise production shifts and positions to support this operating model. This position is for a 12-month contract term.

What you will get to do:

• Work with plant operators, supervisors, and managers to identify production process best practices and implement. Perform workplace audits and streamlining processes within area of responsibility.
• Use process mapping to identify and eliminate inefficiencies
• Be proficient in the technical aspects of sales, barge- and ship-loading, quality control, and production processes as well as general management aspects of the business
• Follow up on improvement opportunities and aid site management to realize improvement goals
• Assist with the transferring best practices across the organization and deliver training modules in conjunction with the HC Aggregates Academy
• Develop benchmarking studies, coordinate peer-based site reviews and support improvement discussions with the site and area management
• Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems
• Carry out time and motion studies to support productivity improvements
• Monitor the completion of tasks and ensure good performance and record on appropriate systems
• Consistently promote high standards through personal example and roll out through the team so that each member of the team understands the standards and behaviors expected of them
• Conduct risk assessments of processes and tasks in the department

Preferred Experience and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in mining, mechanical, electrical, chemical, or industrial process engineering or related field, or at least 2 years of experience in the aggregate or related industry; or an equivalent combination of both
• Strong knowledge of lean manufacturing principles
• Good communication and project management skills. Ability to play an active part in projects that require interfaces with multiple stakeholders and both management and frontline employees
• Desire to understand the commercial, technical, and financial aspects of the business and how they relate to each other
• Desire to learn the ability to diagnose and optimize production steps for blasting, extraction, loading & hauling, crushing & screening, load-out, maintenance, and site management. Ability to relate above processes to site geology and commercial markets
• Ability to apply technical recommendations in pragmatic, hands-on way to the actual operating environment
• Desire to engage in change management
• Knowledge of process flow analysis systems (ex. Aggflow), quality management systems (ex. Stonemont), enterprise resource planning systems (ex. JD Edwards), computerized maintenance management systems (ex. COGZ, Maximo) and proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite of products

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation package and paid time off vacation policy, benefits, and pension plan
• Opportunities for training, development, career growth within a global organization
• A diverse, inclusive, supportive, and innovative work environment with best in-class people

Work Environment

• Role operates in an office and manufacturing environment with moving mechanical equipment, inclement weather, heat, humidity, elevated noise levels, and dusty conditions.
• Our pre-employment process includes reference checks, a medical including drug & alcohol testing, and a criminal record and drivers abstract check may be required.

Life in Sechelt boasts a temperate West Coast climate, access to beautiful and varied land and marine environments, a wide range of community amenities and activities and a vibrant cultural scene. Residents enjoy outstanding 'small town' quality of life with access to services (health, education, finance, retail) both locally and via easy access to BC's Vancouver Region. For more information on Sechelt, please visit www.district.sechelt.bc.ca.