Quarry Foreman

Geopros , Inc. is currently seeking a Quarry Foreman for a client based in the Antelope Valley, CA area. The Quarry Foreman will be based at one of the handful of quarries in the area. The ideal candidate will posses strong leadership qualities and will have experience training and leading people in the aggregate mining industry.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Plan and direct the daily operations for a sand and gravel plant.
• Manage a crew of approximately 5-6 Quarry Employees
• In partnership with Safety and Environmental staff, continue to develop, promote, and maintain high levels of performance throughout the operation to ensure compliance.
• Direct production efforts in the most cost-efficient manner and maximize the utilization of equipment.
• Proactively troubleshoot and resolve operational, manufacturing, and maintenance problems to ensure minimum costs and maximum availability.
• Hands on repair of plant equipment, knowledge of safety requirements required operating a rock and sand mining operation.
• Identify opportunities, develop strategies, and execute the plan for operational improvement.
• Working closely with the sales and quality control teams, ensure adherence to internal and external quality control requirements for all aggregate products.

• Continuous exposure to extreme heat, extreme cold, extreme noise, and working outdoors .
• Must wear protective equipment while at the location .
• Extended hours may be required, based on workload.

• Good communication skills working with others, organizing other mine and quarry personnel to perform tasks. Take lead of existing maintenance repair crew to complete required daily duties.
• Good written skills while performing needed plant reports, ordering materials, and repair logs.
• Sound knowledge of Part 46 MSHA safety training/OSHA regulations, environmental regulations as they apply within mining and processing operations.
• Experience and knowledge of modern maintenance technology and methods.
• Must be able to use hand tools required for all plant maintenance, repair, and new installations
• Must be able to stick weld and cut metals proficiently. Work at elevated heights when required.
• Requires stationary position, traverse, move, transport, and the ability to significant degree to operate, activate, use, prepare, inspect, place, detect, or position
• Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently
• Job involves standing and walking most of the time, but also involves sitting for brief periods of time
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear, to communicate with employees/visitors