Operations Manager

Job ID: 529577

Eco Material Technologies, a CRH company, is North America's leading producer and marketer of supplementary cementitious materials.

The company applies innovative technologies, materials processing capabilities, and technical expertise to recover, process, and supply fly ash, natural pozzolans, and other advanced materials for concrete production.

Its operations include managing coal ash from active power generation as well as recovering and processing ash from legacy storage sites for beneficial use.

Eco's extensive distribution network and customer support provide reliable access to high-quality products that improve concrete strength, durability, and workability while supporting lower-carbon construction.

Job Summary

The Operations Manager leads production department to efficiently manufacture and ship budgeted amount of product while meeting safety, environmental, and quality objectives.

Ensures practices are in alignment with company vision in the above areas.

Work closely with maintenance, quarry, quality, process to provide leadership, guidance, and direction for plant operations to ensure alignment to plant and company goals.

Partners with the marketing department to understand customer demand.

Job Location

This role will work out of our location in Franklin, TX.

Job Responsibilities



* Comply with Eco Material Technologies Safety Policies and Procedures


* Manage all areas of production, including the development of Standard Operating Procedures, training of staff, and implementation of operations systems


* Direct shift production teams in all aspects of safety, quality, adherence to production schedule, labor efficiency, waste management, maintenance schedule, and cost


* Optimize existing processes to improve plant efficiencies; including troubleshooting and resolving process issues as they occur.

Development of key indicators and metrics that will ultimately tie to plant efficiencies.


* Work closely with QC department to ensure product quality meets customer, market, and industry expectations


* Direct the effective and efficient use of plant production equipment and people


* Provide leadership to department employees by directing, coaching, supporting and delegating as the situation requires


* Assist plant manager in anticipating future needs of the plant including input into improvement plans


* Develop and maintains a technically advanced and safety conscious team


* Establishing and setting of annual department and personal objectives for self and all staff that are aligned with the plant and organization goals and objectives.

Completion of mid-year and annual performance appraisals of department staff.


* Maintain positive working relationship with other departments and Group Management to allow smooth plant operation


* Additional major functions include planning, annual budgeting and monthly forecasting, reporting of department's effectiveness, safegua...