Position Responsibilities:

CSR – Corporate Social Responsibility

·         Provide leadership in administering Holcim safety, health, and environmental policies

·         Engage and inspire employees towards the establishment and maintenance of a positive safety culture.

·         Understand OH&S standards and performance objectives/targets.

·         Lead and manage appropriate programs/activities to ensure compliance with applicable company policies and legislative laws and regulations.

SEP – Sustainable Environmental Performance

·         Understand and operate in accordance with company programs, policies and legislative requirements to ensure that environmental standards and performance objective targets are met.

BCM – Better Cost Management

·         Optimize overall equipment effectiveness at the lowest sustainable cost of maintenance

·         Develop maintenance budget and be accountable for results based on defined Key Performance Indicators

·         Plan major maintenance projects and develop capital investment recommendations for the plant

·         Manage capital and maintenance projects

·         Maintain all plant systems and equipment

·         Organize and lead the organizational unit/operations to ensure efficiency, quality, service, and cost-effective management of resources.

·         Lead the workforce to ensure efficiency, quality, service, and cost-effective management of resources.

·         Forecast and manage budgets; Monitor, measure and report on operational issues; Analyze results and initiate appropriate action to achieve/exceed business objectives and targets.

·         Build effective partnerships with other organizational units and shared services to maximize best practices to achieve operational excellence.

PMI – Permanent Marketing Innovation

·         Responsible for electrical, mechanical, and specialized maintenance, engineering, and general plant services

·         Utilization of project management methodology for plant operating improvements and facility management

·         Develop and implement a strong reliability-centered maintenance program

·         Develop innovative strategies to improve departmental initiatives and ensure continuous improvement.

HRE – Human Resource Excellence

·         Responsible for training, development and involvement of maintenance personnel within all areas of the plant

·         Provide leadership, guidance, and direction for the maintenance organization in a manner consistent with company values, and ensure alignment with plant and company goals

·         Create a high performance environment through "engaged" employees; Champion and conduct effective performance management; Coach and develop management capability for continued organizational effectiveness.

·         Support HR programs and policies.

Position Dimensions:

Think the Business

·         Demonstrates understanding of the key industry trends and conditions and how they will affect one's own area.

·         Pursues initiatives and priorities in own area that are fully aligned and build on one another, driving the success of all; Integrates and balances big-picture concerns with day-to-day activities, raising key issues where appropriate.

·         Consistently makes sound decisions on everyday issues and problems, balancing information gathering with decisiveness.

·         Makes prudent decisions regarding expenditures, which effectively balance benefit, cost and impact; Draws the major conclusions from financial reports and analyses to support important decisions and actions; Forecasts revenues and costs associated with business opportunities in a timely manner.

Deliver Results

·         Identifies and plans the main action steps, contingencies and resources required to accomplish objectives; Delegates tasks and the associated accountabilities that are within the capabilities and responsibility of the assigned staff; conveys clear expectations for assignments; Tracks progress of others on key activities, and intervenes when goals are not being met in order to redirect efforts.

·         Identifies customers' current (and future) requirements, expectations, and needs; Pursues ways to improve customer service or removes obvious obstacles;

·         Creates opportunities to interact with customers and asks for their feedback; Effectively uses existing tools to consistently track performance against customer requirements and ensure progress is being made.

·         Achieves work objectives.

·         Works with others or gathers their input to enhance work processes or structures.

Act as a Role Model

·         Demonstrates an openness to new ideas, assumptions, and opportunities. Takes advantage of available opportunities to update knowledge, skills, and abilities.

·         Always shows clear consistency between words and actions; Willingly takes personal responsibility and ownership for own actions and their consequences; Consistently treats people fairly and respectfully.

·         Proactively raises and fully considers ethical issues and implications before making business decisions; Provides consistently truthful facts and information, even if the message conflicts with own interests.

Energize People

·         Energizes others by clarifying the broader purpose, impact, and mission of their work. Inspires action in others that is self prompted and initiated

·         Convinces others to set ambitious and challenging stretch goals and high standards of performance

·         Looks for opportunities to celebrate and reward significant achievements of others.

·         Listens carefully and attentively to others' opinions and ideas; Supports the open expression of all information and viewpoints.

·         Manages Performance: Sets & communicates objectives; Provides balanced, accurate feedback on how others are performing, being specific and timely as well as tactful; Recommends and assists others with developmental activities.

·         Provides honest, helpful feedback to others on their performance; Provides useful on-the-job coaching & suggestions for improvement; Recommends developmental activities to other when the opportunity arises.

·         Cultivates networks with people across a variety of functions and locations within the organization.

·         Brings individuals and groups closer together based on common goals and interests; eliminates "we vs. they" thinking;

·         Proactively involves others in decisions and plans that affect them; Actively and skillfully facilitates discussion to ensure that everyone's viewpoint is heard.

·         Facilitates the resolution of conflicts or disagreements between self and others, constructively focusing on the issues rather than individuals.

Experience & Educational Requirements:

·         Bachelor's degree required, engineering or related field is strongly preferred

·         Minimum 5 years of combined management level and cement industry experience in a supervisory/managerial role

·         Proficient with computers, especially Microsoft software products, AutoCAD and SAP

·         Knowledge of maintenance planning and systems implementation

·         Good understanding of and experience with reliability centered maintenance and condition monitoring