Materials Operations Director (NY Region) in Brewster, New York at Peckham Industries

Job Summary

As a Materials Operations Director overseeing multiple Quarry and Asphalt Plants, you will lead and manage the operations of several sites within your region. Your responsibilities will include ensuring efficient production, adherence to safety protocols, and maintaining environmental stewardship across all locations. In this expanded role, you will supervise regional managers and plant managers, coordinate equipment maintenance schedules, and foster collaboration between different departments to meet regional production goals. You will also be accountable for regional budgetary management, controlling expenses, and achieving key performance indicators (KPIs) related to production output, safety standards, and financial objectives across the region. Additionally, you will play a crucial role in strategic planning and continuous improvement initiatives to drive the overall success and growth of the business within your region.

Essential Functions

1. Safety: Uphold and reinforce a strong safety culture across all regional sites by engaging team members, prioritizing zero incidents, and ensuring compliance with company and federal safety policies and procedures. Proactively implement corrective actions and safety measures to maintain a secure workplace throughout the region.

2. Humility and Loyalty: Demonstrate leadership by promoting team mastery and humility across all sites. Provide the necessary leadership, resources, and processes to ensure consistent, quality-driven operations and the ongoing development of team members within the region

3. Ownership and Caring: Take ownership of the safe operation of multiple quarry and asphalt plants, ensuring the delivery of quality products that meet customer specifications and expectations. Collaborate with the Technical Services department to ensure regional compliance with operating permit conditions and environmental regulations, while aligning with the strategic operating plan for mine site development across all locations

4. Communication: Effectively communicate with customers and team members across the region to enhance value through quality, service, production, and scheduling. Foster a collaborative environment where team members from different sites feel comfortable sharing ideas, best practices, and lessons learned.

5. Mastery: Develop and implement personalized development plans for team members across the region to enhance their skills and knowledge. Cultivate a culture of leadership within the regional team by empowering individuals to take ownership and initiative. Collaborate with team members to set clear and achievable goals aligned with regional and organizational objectives.

6. Measurement: Plan and establish work schedules, assignments, and production sequences across all sites to achieve regional production and performance objectives. Work towards financial goals by developing regional annual budgets, managing inventory, and planning capital expenditures.

7. Obligation: Identify and resolve regulatory, safety, personnel, and production issues across the region promptly, either directly or by collaborating with cross-functional teams. Oversee payroll, budgeting, accounts payable, financial reporting, compliance, and financial analysis at the regional level. Ensure accurate financial operations, regulatory compliance, and provide insights for strategic decision-making across the region.

8. Innovation: Implement preventative maintenance schedules across all sites to minimize downtime. Coordinate regional production scheduling, raw material procurement, and maintenance efforts with a focus on preventive maintenance and continuous improvement.

9. Respect and Engage: Serve as the primary advocate for operations within the community across all sites, fostering respectful engagement with neighbors, local agencies, governmental bodies, and the broader community at the regional level.

Requirements, Education and Experience

1. Bachelor’s degree in engineering, materials science, mining, or a related field. Equivalent operational leadership experience may be considered in lieu of formal education.

2. Demonstrated commitment to safety leadership, environmental stewardship, and sustainable operating practices, with a proven record of fostering a strong safety culture.

3. Proven management experience managing multiple quarries, aggregate, asphalt production, and related operations with accountability for safety, operational performance, and margin contribution, and customer service.

4. Demonstrated ability to develop and execute operational strategies that drive operational excellence, cost efficiency, and capacity optimization.

5. Experience operating and leading aggregate production, quarry operations, hot mix asphalt production, materials management, and logistics.

6. Excellent communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with customers, regulators, suppliers, community stakeholders, and members at all levels of the organization.

7. Led teams with a track record of delivering on performance improvement initiatives and Capex projects.

8. Well versed with industry regulations, environmental requirements, MSHA standards, permitting, and compliance programs affecting quarry and asphalt operations.

9. Proficiency with business management, financial reporting, operational analytics, and production management systems.

10. Valid driver's license and ability to travel regularly between quarry, asphalt plant, and operating locations.

11. Legal authorization to work in the United States.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

The actual rate or salary offered will be determined based on job-related factors, including relevant experience, education, qualifications, skills, and other legitimate business considerations, consistent with applicable law and the Company’s compensation practices.

Travel

Position may require up to 75% travel by personal vehicle to offices throughout the state of New York, and New England based on the needs of the business.

Work Environment/Physical Demands

Heavy work that includes moving objects up to 50 lb. or more. This position works on or near moving mechanical parts and loud equipment. Requires the ability to sit or stand for long periods of time as well as lifting, pulling, bending, kneeling, squatting, climbing, walking, reaching, driving, and repetitive motion.

Values:

At Peckham, you will experience our values wherever you work: corporate offices, plants, quarries, or paving operations. We share a common set of values - safety, integrity, dedication, and efficiency which are embedded in how we show up every day. Ours is a culture where we protect family and friends, our word is our bond, we are committed to serve and results matter. Our values are the foundation of our growth and we believe will pave the way for future success.