ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

You’ll be working for a Richmond, BC based dynamic concrete recycling and manufacturing company. We pride ourselves for our innovative products, inclusive organizational culture, good employee engagement, distinct company values, and broad career prospects.

Reporting to the CEO, The Operations Manager of our Aggregate & Precast divisions is an execution-oriented position that has the primary responsibility for ensuring the operational serviceability of all assets within the Lock-Block Ltd. Division. As such, the Operations Manager has ownership of planning and executing on both operational and deep level maintenance activities. This includes developing work packages, managing maintenance budgets (operational and capital funds), managing contractors and maintaining asset certification. The ideal candidate must be highly structured in their work approach and have the ability to manage relationships across multiple stake holders.

WHY WORK FOR LOCK-BLOCK LTD.?

- Competitive Wages
- Employee Benefits after 3 months (Medical, Dental, Life Insurance, Employee Assistance Program, travel insurance); RRSP matching)
- Support For Additional Training
- We Aim To Promote From Within
- Paid Overtime eligibility
- Work perks
- Company sponsored social events

WHAT YOU WILL GET TO DO…

Health and Safety:

- Demonstrates a commitment to communicating, improving and adhering to safety policies in all work environment areas. Promotes a positive safety culture through leadership by example
- Ensures safe and healthy working conditions in sites under his/her responsibility
- Ensure strict compliance with all health and safety rules and country regulations
- Reviews and participates in weekly toolbox talks and drill procedures
- Reviews completed work orders by maintenance staff to identify compliance and opportunities for safety improvement
- Maintain membership on the Joint Health and Safety Committee

Financial Management

- Develops and implements strategies to achieve cost reduction goals and continuously looks for opportunities for improvement
- Implements, maintains and reviews a five year maintenance plan for facility & yard
- Contributes to the monthly financial review of the P & L and Balance sheet. Communicates and builds actions accordingly.
- Produces monthly, quarterly and annual maintenance spend forecasts.




- Reviews and approves expenditures for the yard

Operations Management

- Interacts with crews and industry experts to develop best practices, processes and to ensure precast and crushing activities are optimized and costs are within budget.
- Effectively use Lock-Block Ltd. resources and programs to drive operational excellence.
- Manages the development and review of KPI’s for maintenance and operational activities.
- Oversee materials and supplies as well as inventory

Maintenance Management

- Ensures all assets meet and maintain legal certification requirements
- Establishes contracts with external service and product suppliers to support operational and maintenance requirements
- Implements and maintains a live communication system to capture, track and monitor repair progress
- Implements and maintains a live requisition system that captures requests and ensures requests are addressed in a timely manner to meet operational needs
- Raises, maintains and closes out work orders
- Maintains a documented body of knowledge with respect to maintenance tasks carried out
- Utilizes structure project management approaches to initiate, plan, execute, manage and close capital projects
- Undertakes purchasing of materials and services for maintenance and operational requirements

People Management

- Hire, train, coach and discipline employees
- Reviews timesheets and overtime trends for employees
- Reviews employee performance on a periodic basis

Continuous Improvement

- Establishes and maintains KPIs to drive continuous improvement strategy
- Periodically reviews existing processes to identify opportunities for improvement
- Proactively develops process innovation in conjunction with internal and external stakeholders

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR…

Education

- Engineering degree is an Asset or combination of technical education and experience
- Project Management professional designation is a big asset

Experience and Skill Set





- Minimum of eight years of experience in heavy industry with five years of progressive management experience
- Proven team leadership
- Proven project management experience of capital projects
- Multiple years of financial and account reporting experience
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
- Strong communication, negotiation and change management skills
- Independent thinker
- High capacity of working under pressure and stress
- Able to effectively use various computer systems and software such as Microsoft Office, Maintenance management software etc…
- Knowledge of applicable regulations (ie. WorkSafe BC, Employment Standards, Environmental)
- Comfortable working in an outdoor manufacturing workplace

Competencies:

- Planning
- Priority settings
- Action oriented
- Problem solving
- Technical skills
- Process management
- Organizing

- Conflict Management

WE ARE…
Lock-Block Ltd. is a fast-moving, diverse, team-driven, performance-oriented, innovative player that has revolutionized the construction industry by introducing several new construction systems.For over 38 years, Lock-Block Ltd. has been a leader in several construction markets, such as retaining wall modules, concrete recycling, and highway barriers.The Lock-Block Ltd. manufacturing facility encompassing several divisions (Concrete Plant, Aggregate Plant, Fabrications, and maintenance shops, etc.) is one of the most extensive concrete facilities in the lower mainland, BC.

For more information, please visit our website, www.lockblock.comPlease apply with your resume and a cover letter indicating Operations Manager in the subject line. We thank all candidates who apply; only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Job Types: Permanent, Full-time

Pay: $90,000.00-$140,000.00 per year

Benefits:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Dental care
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Vision care

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Richmond, BC: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

- Bachelor's Degree (required)

Experience:

- management: 5 years (required)
- heavy industry: 8 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Driver's License (required)

Work Location: In person

📌 Operations Manager (Canada)
🏢 Lock-Block
📍 Canada