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Overview

Ensure safe, day to day operations, maintenance and quality of AF from the Geocycle pre-processing facility at Brookfield. The Incumbent will provide leadership in the optimization of Alternate Fuels & Raw Materials (AFR) use in the manufacturing process. In addition, the incumbent will manage and maintain business relationships with external customers and carriers contributing to a consistent seamless flow of Alternate Fuels & Raw Materials to the pre-processing facility and plant. The incumbent will also coordinate and align with the Brookfield Cement plant management and ensure compliance with the service level agreement (SLA).

Responsibilities

Safety:

• Serve as a role model in the areas of safety, leadership, teamwork, customer focus, and continuous improvement to ensure alignment with the company’s vision and critical success factors.
• Ensure that waste acceptance criteria are properly followed.
• Ensure adherence to AFR OH&S directives
• Support local businesses with Contractor Safety Management (CSM) compliance and training, and third party pre-qualification platform process simplification and accountability on deliverables.
• Ensure ACert compliance.

Site Management

• Responsible for daily/routine operation of the ARM & AFR program at Geocycle Brookfield monitoring inventory levels, ensuring optimum utilization of space, and proper inventory rotation based on “first in/first out” principle.
• Pre process waste inbound material and deliver material to co-processing within terms of the SLA signed between plant and platform.
• Responsible for operational safety & effective use of resources to minimize cost and maximize feed to the kiln operations.
• The incumbent will be responsible for site management of fuel unloading, pre-processing and transfer station; including, material receiving and load documentation, inventory tracking, delivery orders, environmental and safety compliance, and routine repairs of both the pre-processing and liquid fuel facility. Manage routine daily operation of the pre-processing facility in accordance with established procedures and schedules.

Quality & AFR Management

• Responsible for accurate analysis, evaluation, and handling of materials received at the pre-processing platform and compliance to AF quality as per SLA.
• Coordinates the QA/QC program with the cement plant.

Maintenance

• Organize (preventive) maintenance on machinery to ensure high availability of production line.
• Ensure efficient manpower utilization and maintenance regimes and repairs.

Logistics Management

• Oversee AFR receptions with internal and external customers, and carriers.
• Coordinate and complete calibration and repairs of analytical equipment to maintain functionality and accuracy for all AFR streams.
• Provide onsite leadership to all vendors and haulers that bring Alternate Fuels & Raw Materials to the plant, directing traffic, ensuring uninterrupted flow of traffic, etc.
• Responsible for management of fuel unloading and transfer station; including, material receiving and load documentation, inventory tracking, delivery orders, environmental and safety compliance, and routine repairs.

Leadership

• Interact and promote efficient teamwork with plant personnel.
• Provide professional and development/coaching to Geocycle & plant resources on a frequent basis and where required clarify roles and responsibilities for the Geocycle operations.

Reporting & Performance

• Ensure the implementation and tracking of performance indicators and achieved results.
• Ensure AFR information is accurately captured into WFMS, SAP, etc and drive compliance with permitted requirements at all times.
• Provide regular reports and updates to local and regional management as required.
• Produce AFR reports and analysis, and give feedback to Sales Managers (co-processing Mgr), regarding profitability of each stream, as well as advise discontinuing of streams and re-negotiate economics in case some streams are not generated good EBITDA or GAV.

Business Development

• Develops and manages a portfolio of fuels and raw materials to achieve the best sustainable value for the Brookfield cement operation and balance day-to-day management of existing accounts and waste streams with market development to secure new opportunities.

Relationship With Others

• Interact with team members on a regular basis to gather or communicate information, solve problems and meet deadlines.
• Work with sales and customers to meet their needs and communicate our position. Main contact between Geocycle and the Brookfield Cement Plant

Dimensions

• Financial Scope: GAV: $10-20mio
• Direct reports: 4
• Volume of AFR: >30,000T

Qualifications

Educational & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Engineering, Logistics or Chemistry
• Minimum of five years of progressive experience within a logistics, waste management or industrial environment.

Knowledge & Skills

• Possess strong negotiation and influencing skills
• Prior experience negotiating complex contracts (e.g. multi-site, significant value, etc.)
• Ability to develop and maintain strategic relationships
• Ability to influence and develop others
• Possess superior communication skills (written, verbal, presentation)
• Experience on driving change in complex organizations
• Ability to drive and lead effective change in a complex multi-product line environment
• Analytical, goal driven, customer focused, and business savvy

Job-Specific Competency Profile (Lominger)

• Business Acumen
• Intellectual Horsepower
• Managerial Courage
• Drive for Results
• Organizational Agility
• Strategic Thinking

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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.

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.

Lafarge Canada Inc. welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. In Ontario, our organization/business is committed to fulfilling our requirements under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.