Barnsdale Bar Quarry Quarry Manager

Company Background

FCC Environment (FCC Environment is the trading name for FCC Environment (UK) Limited and FCC Environment Services (UK) Limited) is a leading UK waste and resource management company, which is part of a global group with a strong heritage in providing services for communities and businesses. Our vision is to be the environmental company of choice, delivering change for a sustainable future.

FCC Environment’s core business centers on collection, resource recovery and renewable energy providing services for local authorities and commercial customers. To make our skills and expertise easily accessible to our customers, our business is grouped into five core services:

Municipal services – household waste collection, street cleansing, parks and gardens maintenance.

Business waste solutions –waste collection and recycling services for small and large companies.

Recycling – material recycling facilities, household waste recycling centers.

Green energy –recovery of energy from waste.

Waste Processing –industrial waste treatment, hazardous wastes and landfill disposal.

We operate over 200 facilities in England, Scotland and Wales and employ around 2,500 employees. We recycle 1.2 million tonnes of waste each year.

FCC Environment is part of the FCC Group which is a leading international infrastructure, environmental services and green energy company present in more than 50 countries with 90,000 employees.

You will be working for our subsidiary company Darrington Quarries Ltd, which is a long established quarrying company operating in Yorkshire. Darrington Quarries has six limestone quarries and one sand quarry they are all situated close to the A1 from Doncaster in the south to Tadcaster in the north.

Role Purpose

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To manage Barnsdale Bar Quarry.

Key Responsibilities

Operate the Quarry in accordance with the Health and Safety document.

Ensure management control and supervision of all activities on site. Report accidents to the general manager and investigate the

circumstances. Ensure that daily inspection books are completed and defects

reported. Liaise with Area production Manager and the Health and Safety

Representative on Health and Safety issues at the workplace. Work in accordance with Environmental Management System and

promote environmentally considerate work practices. Develop and promote good communications and professional

relationships between all levels of staff and employees on site. Plan, organise and direct drill and blast resources in a safe and cost

effective manner. Ensure that employee timesheets are recorded accurately and

processed in a timely manner. Checking that the quarry's production levels are maintained safely to

schedule. Balancing sales and output by liaising with sales and commercial

teams. Altering the quarry's production system in accordance with the

materials required. Experience with excel, word, outlook. Providing the Area Production manager with information and statistics

on the quarry's performance. Maintaining up-to-date records and dealing with a range of paperwork. Ensuring that key Health and Safety legislation (Quarries Regulations

1999), implemented throughout the site. Keeping up to date with relevant legislation and industry developments. Maintain the inspection systems and checklists in accordance with the

IMS system. Closely monitoring all areas of the quarry to ensure that extraction and

processing work is carried out to the highest standard. Undertaking regular site inspections and risk assessments in order to

comply with all health and safety regulations and our IMS system.

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Examining the materials produced to ensure that a high quality of product is maintained.

Qualifications and Experience (preferred)

Experience in quarrying. The applicant must hold as a minimum NVQ 3 and be prepared to

advance to NVQ 4 or present day equivalent qualification. Be a member of the Institute of Quarrying. Having a current Shot Firing Blast Design Certificate would be an

advantage. Technical acknowledge/experience on mobile machines, and fix

plants.

Personal Qualities

Strong leadership skills involving a multi-disciplined team.

Commitment and determination to meet personal objectives. Strong drive and resilience.

Proven ability to select and build strong teams. Strong leadership qualities, skilled in delivering measurable results through others.

A highly credible leader, with strong people skills capable of developing and motivating widespread teams.

Good people development skills and leadership qualities; able to coach and inspire staff to broaden their outlook and raise their expectations.

Ability to work collaboratively at all levels in a capacity of adding value to the decision making process.

Ability to re-evaluate priorities, responding quickly and positively to change is imperative.

Proven success of influencing at the highest level both internally and externally.

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Performance driven with the ability to deliver added value and assist in the improvement of operational performance.

Sufficiently resilient and robust to effectively manage third parties.

Other Information

Location – Barnsdale Bar Quarry, Kirk Smeaton, Pontefract, WF8 3JX.

Direct reports – Area Production Manager and General Manager.

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