Assistant Cement Plant Manager

Heidelberg Materials • Harleyville, SC

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Cement Plant Manager partners with the Plant Manager to lead safe, reliable, and efficient cement manufacturing operations, coordinating priorities across departments. The role drives plant performance across the cement manufacturing process, leads and develops supervisors and department leaders, coordinates production and maintenance priorities, and promotes safety, environmental compliance, continuous improvement, and process optimization. It also supports operating and capital planning and steps in for the Plant Manager when needed, providing plant-wide leadership during operating issues, off-hours events, and other situations requiring management direction.

The position is based in a heavy industrial cement manufacturing facility and requires regular presence throughout production, maintenance, and outdoor operational areas. Work may involve varying weather conditions, dust, noise, moving equipment, and elevated work areas. Appropriate personal protective equipment is required and provided.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to lead leaders and cross-functional teams while building a culture centered on safety, accountability, inclusion, and continuous improvement.
• Broad understanding of cement manufacturing or comparable heavy-process operations, connecting production, maintenance, reliability, quality, and environmental priorities.
• Ability to understand and improve complex manufacturing processes, interpret plant operating data, and translate performance trends into practical corrective actions.
• Working knowledge of process-control and maintenance-management systems and ability to use plant systems and operating data to support decisions.
• Capability to lead through plant disruptions, shutdowns, and changing operating conditions while coordinating employees, contractors, and technical resources and aligning safety and business priorities.
• Sound financial and business judgment, including ability to evaluate operating costs, budgets, performance variances, and capital investment opportunities.
• Ability to collaborate across plant functions and engage frontline, supervisory, technical, and leadership levels to solve problems and deliver results.
• Technical education in engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent technical and operational capability developed through cement manufacturing experience.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Plant Manager to lead safe, reliable, and efficient cement manufacturing operations and coordinate priorities across departments.
• Drive plant performance using measures such as kiln availability, clinker and cement production, specific heat and power consumption, and overall equipment effectiveness.
• Lead and develop supervisors and department leaders by setting expectations, strengthening accountability, and building capabilities.
• Coordinate production and maintenance priorities, including planned shutdowns and turnarounds, to improve equipment reliability and execute work safely and effectively.
• Champion safety and environmental culture, reinforce safe work practices, support incident investigations, and maintain compliance with applicable requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement and process optimization with operations, maintenance, quality, engineering, and other plant teams to improve throughput, energy efficiency, reliability, quality, and operating cost.
• Support operating and capital planning; use production and financial data to understand performance, manage costs, prioritize investments, and develop action plans for performance gaps.
• Step in for the Plant Manager when needed and provide plant-wide leadership during operating issues, off-hours events, and other situations requiring management direction.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary of $123,660 to $164,873 annually.
• Participation in the annual incentive plan.
• Highly competitive benefits programs.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with an automatic company contribution and matching contributions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed