Job Description
Assistant Plant Manager
Job Description
Department: Assistant Plant Manager
Reports to: Plant Manager
Effective Date: 1/6/2025
Job Summary:
The Assistant Plant Manager will assist the Plant Manager in leading day-to-day activities in all phases of the aggregate operations process, including compliance with safety and environmental regulations, site planning and development, quality control, and maintenance.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
• Assists with recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and training new staff.
• Assists with overseeing the daily workflow of the site.
• Assists with providing constructive and timely employee performance evaluations.
• Assists with handling discipline and termination of employees in accordance with company policy.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Follows all company safety and environmental policies and MSHA, FRA, EPA, DOT, and SDDANR.
• Communicate effectively with all team members.
• Build and maintain positive working relationships with coworkers, supervisors, contractors, and customers.
• Provide strong leadership, training, coaching and team building to all team members to help support the operational functions.
• Assist in planning the daily operations schedule to ensure optimal utilization of plant equipment, personnel, and inventory.
• Work in coordination with the Plant Manager and Sales Team to determine required inventory and production demands.
• Direct and supervise production activities from drilling, and blasting to Quality Control of finished product.
• Analyze production and quality control to ensure quality products are received by the customer.
• Assist the plant manager in managing the plant’s financials but ensuring adherence to all budgets and financial goals.
• Identify improvement activities to help reduce costs and improve operating efficiency across the plant.
• Develop and review key performance reports to ensure optimal plant performance by analyzing metrics and developing best practices.
• Audit and monitor preventative maintenance programs to limit work stoppage, downtime, or other disruptions in the plant equipment and rolling stock.
• Inspect and oversee repairs of plant equipment and rolling stock.
• Daily site inspections for safety and production performance.
• All other duties assigned.
Required Skills/Abilities:
• Excellent communication/interpersonal skills.
• Must be able to provide strong leadership and mentorship to team members, both direct and indirect reports.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Must demonstrate knowledge and understanding of rock mining, MSHA regulations and QC systems.
• Must be mechanically inclined and have the ability to read and understand plant drawings and schematics.
• Experience in drilling, blasting and inventory control.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Good work attendance is a must.
• Ability to work safely in a team environment.
• Valid Commercial Driver’s license (class A) is preferred but not required.
Education and Experience:
• High School diploma or GED.
• Relevant technical school education is preferred but not required.
Physical Requirements:
• Ability to stand, squat, bend, walk for long durations.
• Able to work outside in all types of weather conditions and tolerate loud noises.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds at times.