Cement Production Manager
About The Position
Heidelberg Materials is one of the world's largest suppliers of building materials. Heidelberg Materials North America operates over 450 locations across the U.S. and Canada with approximately 9,000 employees. What You’ll Be Doing Lead daily cement production operations across raw milling, pyroprocessing, and finish milling to achieve safety, quality, and efficiency targets. Drive continuous improvement by partnering with cross‑functional teams to optimize throughput, reduce energy consumption, and improve production reliability. Promote a proactive safety culture by modeling safe behaviors, ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements, and reinforcing consistent safe work practices. Analyze production data to identify trends, troubleshoot process issues, and implement sustainable operational improvements. Coach, mentor, and develop production supervisors and operators to build capability, engagement, and high‑performance teamwork. Coordinate production scheduling, kiln campaigns, and product changeovers in alignment with plant and commercial needs. Collaborate closely with maintenance, process engineering, and quality teams to ensure equipment readiness, process stability, and product consistency.
Requirements
- Ability to lead complex continuous‑process manufacturing operations with strong focus on safety, process discipline, and operational excellence.
- Proven capability to diagnose and resolve cement manufacturing process issues using data, analytical tools, and sound decision‑making.
- Demonstrated strength in coaching and developing diverse, multi‑shift production teams and fostering accountability.
- Ability to work collaboratively across operations, maintenance, engineering, and quality functions in a dynamic plant environment.
- Cement industry experience in a process or production leadership role, with strong understanding of kiln, mill, and end‑to-end clinker/cement manufacturing processes.
Responsibilities
- Lead daily cement production operations across raw milling, pyroprocessing, and finish milling to achieve safety, quality, and efficiency targets.
- Drive continuous improvement by partnering with cross‑functional teams to optimize throughput, reduce energy consumption, and improve production reliability.
- Promote a proactive safety culture by modeling safe behaviors, ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements, and reinforcing consistent safe work practices.
- Analyze production data to identify trends, troubleshoot process issues, and implement sustainable operational improvements.
- Coach, mentor, and develop production supervisors and operators to build capability, engagement, and high‑performance teamwork.
- Coordinate production scheduling, kiln campaigns, and product changeovers in alignment with plant and commercial needs.
- Collaborate closely with maintenance, process engineering, and quality teams to ensure equipment readiness, process stability, and product consistency.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary, $109,950 to $146, 597, and participation in our annual incentive plan
- Highly competitive benefits programs
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with an automatic company contribution as well as matching contributions
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
