Maintenance Manager Lafarge Canada Vancouver

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Maintenance Manager Lafarge Canada Vancouver

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Maintenance Manager
Lafarge Canada Vancouver, BC

As the global leader in innovative and sustainable building materials, we’re committed to shaping a greener , smarter and healthier world. At Lafarge Canada Inc., safety comes first, collaboration matters and diversity is celebrated with people who share our desire to continually make our materials better.

Do you have the drive, the skills, and the passion to join us?

Overview

The Maintenance Manager (Marine) is an execution-oriented position that has the primary responsibility for ensuring the operational serviceability of all marine assets within the Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete Marine Division. As such, the Maintenance Manager (Marine) has ownership of planning and executing on operational maintenance activities. This includes developing work packages, managing maintenance budgets (operational and capital funds), managing contractors and maintaining asset certification. The Maintenance Manager (Marine) is a mobile position that requires 24-hour accessibility to sites and the ability to handle time sensitive and remote problem solving. The Maintenance Manager (Marine) must be highly structured in their work approach and the ability to manage relationships across multiple unions, Government agencies and contractors.

Responsibilities

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 weekly toolbox talks and drill procedures
Reviews completed FLRAs 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
Maintains and updates the five-year maintenance plan for GVA Marine
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.
Participates in the development of GVA Marine CAPEX files; administers and tracks CAPEX spend.

Operations Management

Interacts with crews and industry experts to develop best practices, processes and to ensure vessel activities are optimized and costs are best in class.
Effectively use Lafarge resources and programs to drive operational excellence.
Manages the development and review of KPI’s for maintenance activities.
Chairs periodic meetings with external stakeholder groups on berth operations and asset utilization

Maintenance Management

Ensures all assets meet and maintain legal certification requirements
Manages, through external and internal resources, the complete maintenance of tugs, barges, barge conveyor systems and berths within GVA Marine.
Ensures a robust preventative maintenance program is in place that tracks and monitors operating hours.
Establishes contracts with external service and product suppliers to support operational and maintenance requirements.
Maintains a live communication system to capture, track and monitor repair progress.
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 for GVA Marine 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

Identifies training development needs for tug engineers and shore maintenance staff
Reviews timecards and overtime trends for unionized 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

Dimensions:

Direct Reports: two unionized Hourly (Millwrights, Heavy Duty Mechanic)
Indirect Reports: Six unionized hourly (Marine Engineers)
Relationships: Works closely with Cement, Ready Mix and Aggregate divisions for berth maintenance and providing technical support for Marine facilities. Must maintain strong working relationship with the Aggregate Plant Managers, Aggregate Depot Manager and the BC Heavy Mobile Equipment Manager to ensure resources are effectively managed and to develop and roll-out maintenance best practices. Works closely with industry maintenance facilities and contractors for both operational and deep maintenance activities. Works with government agencies to ensure legal compliance.
Annual Revenue: $20-25 M
Volumes: 3.5-4.0 MTPY
Three Class II voyage tugs, 8 flat deck barges, 1 self-offloading barge, barge conveyors, four ramp berths, three depot berths, marine division workshop facilities.

Specific Accountabilities

Operational maintenance budget for GVA Marine
Capital investment budget for GVA Marine
Class Certification for all vessels under Canada Shipping Act 2001

Education

Qualifications

Engineering degree (preferred), Business degree or combination of technical education and experience
Project Management professional designation (or equivalent) highly preferred

Experience And Skill Set

Minimum of eight years in the marine industry, five years of progressive management experience
Proven team leadership
Proven project management experience of capital projects over $2M
Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
Strong communication, negotiation and change management skills
Good knowledge of marine asset management and working in unionized environment
Ability to foster and grow a strong safety culture
Independent thinker
High capacity of working under pressure and stress
Able to effectively use computer systems
Knowledge of applicable regulations

As part of our dedicated focus on the health and safety of all employees, a pre-employment medical, including drug and alcohol testing and a criminal record check, may be required.

LafargeHolcim

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.

See more opportunities at www.lafarge.ca/careers .

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.

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