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Location: MississaugaPosition OverviewCarbon Upcycling Technologies (CUT) is seeking a Plant Operations Manager to oversee the operations of our commercial-scale cement (SCM) production facility utilizing CO₂ for decarbonization. This role based out of Mississauga, will ensure optimal plant performance, site safety, and continuous improvement in production processes.Accountabilities include maintaining clear and timely communication with the operations team, monitoring plant performance, and providing regular progress and cost updates to the CUT management team.This is a full-time position, in person position starting as soon as possible.
The ideal candidate will be local to Mississauga & area.Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee all aspects of plant operations, including production controls, daily supervision, weekly safety audits, and performance management.
- Supervise and actively participate in daily plant activities, meetings, and reviews, ensuring effective communication and coordination.
- Direct and engage plant staff to ensure production activities adhere to project specifications, safety standards, and schedules.
- Manage operational issues efficiently to prevent delays and ensure continuous productivity.
- Coordinate work with specialty contractors and visiting client representatives to maintain project alignment.
- Assist in developing the operational plan, production and maintenance plan, reviewing operational work packages, and evaluating plant staff's operational plans, procedures, equipment forecasts, and execution strategies.
- Monitor costs, equipment usage, material preparation, work front availability, and three-week lookahead schedules to ensure smooth operations.
- Track daily activities, audit manpower, and approve Labor Equipment and Material (LEM) reports as required.
- Review daily work permits and coordinate with the site owner as needed.
- Provide regular reports on production progress, manpower projections, and expenditure forecasts.
- Lead and participate in site meetings, including safety meetings and daily toolbox talks.
- Facilitate progress meetings and staff coordination discussions to ensure alignment and issue resolution.
- Conduct field walkdowns and audits for Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE), ensuring corrective actions are implemented for a safe and clean worksite.
Qualifications:
- A minimum of 10 years of heavy industry plant operations and management experience.
- Operations experience in a cement, potash, oil and gas, clean energy or similar heavy industry-mineral processing environment required.
- Knowledge and understanding of plant site health and safety practices in a cement, potash, or similar heavy industry-mineral processing environment required.
- Solid understanding of multi-discipline plant operations, with demonstrated experience in production management, equipment maintenance, and process optimization.
- Mechanical or Electrical trades certificate or diploma is an asset.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Able to read engineering drawings, operational work packages, schedules, and guide staff to execute them according to plan & specification.
- Valid driver’s license, Standard First Aid, MS Office (Word, Excel & Project).
About usAt Carbon Upcycling, your work truly matters. Here, every contribution you make drives meaningful progress toward a low-carbon future. We’re not just solving today’s problems; we’re building solutions that will shape the world for generations to come. Carbon Upcycling is the carbon and waste circularity company, enabling industries to transform their CO2 and solid waste into enhanced low-carbon cement products. Our mission is to be the most impactful carbon technology company of the decade – a goal we will measure by the amount of CO2 we reduce through capture and abatement.
Our target? 4 million tonnes of CO2 reduction by 2030! Joining Carbon Upcycling means stepping into a fast-paced, high-performance environment that challenges and empowers you to grow like never before. You’ll work on cutting-edge solutions to some of the world’s most complex challenges, gaining real responsibility and seeing the results of your efforts daily. This is a place where ambition meets action, and where your work has a direct and measurable impact on the future we’re striving to create. Join us on our journey! Join us at Carbon Upcycling to help shape the future of sustainability through groundbreaking technologies and impactful leadership.
