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Why work for Lafarge?:
General Duties:
Safety and Environment:
Maintenance:
Qualification Profile:
Environment:
Safety:
Other:
As part of our dedicated focus on the health and safety of all employees, a pre-employment medical, including drug and alcohol testing and a criminal record check, may be required.
As the global leader in innovative and sustainable building materials, we’re committed to shaping a greener, smarter and healthier world. At Lafarge Canada Inc., safety comes first, collaboration matters and diversity is celebrated with people who share our desire to continually make our materials better.
Do you have the drive, the skills, and the passion to join us?
Overview:
Lafarge is looking for an experienced Asphalt Plant Operator to join our fast pace operation, the duties of an Asphalt Plant Operator include, but are not limited to the following.
Responsibilities:
General Duties:
- Fully trained in the operations and capability of running an Asphalt plant ideally Astec
- Ability to run mixing operations on the plant in order to ensure material quality and compliance with specifications
- Ability to handle multiple responsibilities simultaneously, and deal effectively with people using a facilitative approach including scaling, ticketing and assisting in asphalt orders
- Required to understand general knowledge and intermediate computer skills
- Communicates and promotes safety, compliance, and environmental requirements in alignment with Company standards
- Provides excellent customer service to internal and external customers by addressing issues, questions or concerns in a timely manner
- Monitors operational effectiveness through analysis of Key Performance Indicators
- Ensure consistent production to meet daily orders
- May require considerable physical activity, must be capable of heavy lifting, bending and twisting
- Responsible for completing the daily checklist, journal and reports
- Offloading hot asphalt oil
- Performs other duties as assigned
- Continuously communicating with plant operators, truckers, quality control and dispatch
- Demonstrates a commitment to communicating, improving and adhering to safety policies in all work environments and areas
- Creates an atmosphere of teamwork
- Seek out and implement Best Practices
Safety and Environment:
- Adhere to all company safety and environmental practices and policies – training provided
Maintenance:
- Operate and perform routine maintenance on heavy equipment and plants including keeping accurate and thorough records of plant performance and production
Qualifications:
Qualification Profile:
- Minimum of 5 years of Asphalt operations/production-related experience.
- Heavy machinery/equipment experience
- Intermediate computer skills using Microsoft Office applications and Astec, Apex, SAP systems
Environment:
- All spills must be first contained and the proper authorities notified immediately thereafter (follow written procedure)
- Monitor by daily completion of Plant check-list
Safety:
- Contribute toward the overall success of the safety program by following set rules procedures and practices
- Identify and report workplace hazards and make positive suggestions for their elimination or control
- Generally, perform duties in the safest manner prescribed
- Required PPE must be worn at all times
Other:
- This position will require weekend work and may include night shifts. The position often requires overtime and working in all types of climate
As part of our dedicated focus on the health and safety of all employees, a pre-employment medical, including drug and alcohol testing and a criminal record check, may be required.
LafargeHolcim:
As we are reinventing the way the world builds, we need world-class talent to join our Lafarge Canada team: people who are passionate, driven by curiosity and keen to grow, learn, develop and thrive in our high-performance culture.
Whatever you do, you will make a difference here. Because we know that your passion and curiosity are the natural resources the world needs.
Check out our YouTube channel to learn more about our operations and see all career opportunities at www.lafarge.ca/careers.
We thank you for your interest. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Lafarge is committed to the principles of employment equity and encourages the applications from women, visible minorities, and persons with disabilities.
