Safety Management

- 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

Process Control

- 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.

Production Functions

- 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

Quality

- 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

Operational Management

- Participates in Production/Maintenance Meetings - Assesses potential equipment purchases to ensure maintainability, parts, maintenance, instructions, prints, adequacy of design, and installation work

Documentation

- 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

Environment/Workplace

- Organizes cleanliness and housekeeping of the workplace

- Prepares environmental reports based on process data

Performance Measurements

- 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

Human Resources

- 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