Assistant Quarry Manager in Carmarthen

Location: Carmarthen

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Recruiter: Tarmac

Job Hours: Full-time

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At Tarmac,

‘who you are’ matters. We want to get to know you. If you share our values and are proud of a job well done, collaborative in working well with others and ambitious to make things better, then have a read of what we have on offer.

Are you a Site / Quarry Manager/ Supervisor looking for your next role? Then we may have just the role for you.

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Assistant Quarry Manager to join and lead our friendly operations team at our Tarmac Torcoed Asphalt Plant in Porthyrhyd near Carmarthen, South Wales. As well as Porthyrhyd and Carmarthen this site is accessible from Llanelli, Gorslas, Ammanford, Gorseinon, Swansea, Morriston, Neath, Ystradgynlais, Port Talbot, Lampeter, Newcastle Emlyn, St Clears and the surrounding areas.

Here at Tarmac, we are working hard to create a dynamic and inclusive environment and it’s important that our people come from a variety of different backgrounds.

Role Responsibility

The Assistant Quarry Manager will manage and be accountable for all operations on the Asphalt Plant. Safety and operational standards are the fundamentals of the role with cost control, people management, delivery to customer needs and performance improvement being key. Managing plant compliance with business policies and procedures and ensuring that legislative compliance is also a strong aspect of the role.

As Assistant Quarry Manager you will also be responsible for:

Managing, coaching and developing a highly skilled, fit for purpose and extremely motivated team to ensure business continuity and reduce business risk

Leading change and continuous improvement initiatives, whilst maintaining disciplined stock management processes and producing operational reports

Understand different methods of winning and extracting raw material

Knowledge of techniques employed to load extracted minerals and viable options to transport extracted minerals and its applications within the industry, including feeding, crushing, screening, washing, separation, classification and beneficiation techniques

Understanding Quarry Regulations enabling a Reg 8.1d appointment

All aspects of budgetary control for the Plant

Maintaining and implementing existing and new, Standard Operating Procedures, risk assessments and training your staff on the same

Managing and overseeing the safe operation of the plant and the planned preventative maintenance of all of the site’s equipment fixed and mobile with responsibility for your own safety and that of colleagues and business partners

Reporting and investigating any unsafe or hazardous working practices

Issuing of safety briefings and toolbox talks to your operational team

Managing proactively both mandatory training and developmental training of your staff and keep an up-to-date training matrix

Collating and report on monthly performance KPI for your business unit for the Area Operations Managing and driving operational performance through KPI’s

Ensuring appropriate Contractor and visitor inductions are carried out in line with company procedures

This role is a Days role Monday to Friday, but flexibility is key to this role with the expectation to be available to meet with our plant’s operational and customer needs as well.

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate for the role of Assistant Quarry Manager will have proven experience working in Quarrying Operations/Asphalt Operations. The successful candidate for the role of Assistant Quarry Manager will also have:

Diploma in Quarry Technology/FdSc Extractives Technology

SHE NVQ Level 4/QCF Level 6

IOSH/NEBOSH would be advantageous

Full knowledge of Risk Assessments and Safe System of Work Systems

Working knowledge of production processes, H&S and Environmental policies

Strong IT skills including a high level of competence with SAP and the Microsoft packages – Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Ability to multitask and manage change

Why Us

In addition to the role of Assistant Quarry Manager we offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives and benefits:

Bonus scheme

Enhanced holiday entitlement

Contributory pension scheme

Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.

Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice

Access to join our Employee Communities inc. BAME; LGBTQ+; Working Parents

Training and development opportunities

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About Tarmac

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Tarmac is the UK’s leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business. Our company combines the knowledge and expertise of two of the construction industry’s most iconic brands: Tarmac, the pioneers of the modern road and Blue Circle, the company that patented Portland Cement.

Our innovative products and solutions not only safely deliver the infrastructure needed to grow the UK economy today but also help to create a more sustainable built environment for the country’s long term future. We have contributed to some of the UK’s biggest construction projects, including The Sainsbury Laboratory, Wembley Stadium, Heathrow Terminal 5, Blackpool Sea Defences, The Shard and London 2012.

We have over 150 years of experience and directly employs around 7,000 people across a nationwide network of over 400 sites. Our solutions span aggregates, asphalt, cement, lime, offsite manufacturing, readymix concrete, road contracting services, building products and recycling services. This unique combination of people, technology and assets enables us to offer customers unrivalled choice, innovation and flexibility.

Safety is at the core of our business, and underpins the way we operate; beginning with a commitment to providing a safe environment for all employees, as well as contractors and the communities around our sites. We are one of the largest recyclers of construction materials in the UK and a net consumer of waste. We're also one of the UK’s largest landowners, providing environmental stewardship for thousands of acres of countryside. Tarmac is part of CRH plc. CRH is a leading global diversified building materials group, employing c.87,000 people at c.3,800 operating locations in 31 countries worldwide. With a market capitalisation of c.€27 billion (March 2017), CRH is the largest building materials company in North America and the second largest worldwide

Prior to its acquisition by CRH from Lafarge SA and Anglo American Plc on 31 July 2015, the business was known as Lafarge Tarmac.