Foreman/woman
2 weeks ago
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**Mission & role of the function**:
**To ensure the efficient operation of the site operations in terms of the Health and Safety, Environmental, Quality and service through the successful and effective supervision of the Unit.**
**Seek to improve the efficiencies and existing performance levels.**
**Control activities to the highest possible standard, maintaining a high level of supervision always**
**Key accountabilities**:
**We are currently looking to recruit a General Foreperson at Low Gelt, Brampton, Cumbria.**
**This is a good opportunity for an ambitious individual to gain experience within the quarry operations division of a successful company, the role is hands on from the start and will provide knowledge and experience in a production environment with opportunities for training and to acquire further qualifications.**
**The main activity of the role involves leading, directing and supervising the operational team to achieve its performance objectives.**
**The performance emphasis for this unit includes.**
**- Health and Safety: Operating to the highest level of health and safety objectives in line with Hanson’s Health and Safety Plan.**
**- Environmental: Operating to the highest level of environmental objectives in line with Hanson’s Environmental Management Plan.**
**- Compliance: Ensure all statutory legislation and company regulations are adhered to with respect to all operational activities.**
**- Operations: Achieve optimum Rail production levels in line with commercial activity at the lowest operation cost.**
**- Continually advance operational improvements to improve efficiency with the Rail production functions.**
**- Distribution: Working with the logistics function to ensure operational procedures are such that highest customer service levels can be achieved.**
**- Quality: Working with the technical function to ensure operational procedures are such that the highest quality levels are achieved.**
**- Personal: To join IOQ and continue your own progress by means of CPD (Continuous Professional Development) and by attending training courses and seminars as determined by Hanson.**
**- Sustainability: To identify, develop and implement improvements to the sustainability of the site**
**- Plant Operations: To ensure maximum plant availability by good maintenance program being achieved.**
**- Directing: Provide leadership to the site teams, ensuring that operational goals and expectations are understood, and personnel are proactively developed.**
**Key measures for the role are**:
**- Site profit performance**
**- Operating KPI’s**
**- Capex project performance and post appraisals**
**- Statutory and company compliance levels**
**- Customer satisfaction levels**
**Key relationships**:
**- Manager**
**- Unit Manager**
**- Area Operations Manager**
**- Regional Director**
**- District Sales Managers**
**- Area Sales Managers**
**- Support Function Managers. Emphasis on SHE functions**
**- Technical Management Team**
**- Concrete General Managers**
**- Asphalt General Managers**
**Job requirements**:
**- Full UK Driving license.**
**- Mobile Plant experience.**
**- Previous experience is desirable although full training will be given.**
**- A good general education standard as there is a large amount of Quarry Regulation requirements to be fully understood and adhered to.**
**- Applicants should be reliable & have an organized but flexible approach.**
**- Self-starter, energetic**
**- Hands-on approach**
**- Open-minded to new ideas**
**- Practical**
**- Results focused**
**- Motivational leader**
**- Team-orientated**
**- Excellent communicator**
**- Strong people management skills**
**- Health and Safety knowledge**
**- Implementation of Procedures and Schemes**
**- Planning and Organization**
**- The ability to be able to undertake basic training & instruction including toolbox talks**
**- Obtain level 4 QCF in Health and Safety**
**- The delegation of tasks and disciplining of employees under your direct control to achieve the required standard relation to Health & Safety and Quality**
**- To comply with direct instruction from your General Foreperson / Manager**
**- Control of contractors to ensure they are operating safely and following all relevant company procedures**
**- To maintain Stock Control and minimize waste of materials used on site -i.e., gas oil, whilst also minimizing the effec
