Process Improvement Specialist

Build Your Career. Build America's Future.

Vulcan Materials Company is the nation's largest producer of construction aggregates and a major producer of aggregates-based construction materials including asphalt and ready-mixed concrete. When you join Vulcan, it's more than starting an exciting career - you get to make a difference for millions of people every day across the country.

When you join Vulcan, you join a dynamic culture in which career development is encouraged, excellence is rewarded, and diversity is valued. No matter the role or the location across the country, every member of the Vulcan team lives through the Vulcan Way: doing the right thing, the right way, at the right time.

What You'll Do:

Visit Plants. Prioritize, coordinate, and participate in pit processing and improvement reviews. Work with plant manager and area manager on a monthly basis to check goal progress, review Pit/ Plant KPIs and cost performance, develop short term improvement actions, and follow up on projects.

Collaborate. Effectively engage with other support functions (Central Services, Procurement, Finance, Mine Planning and Geology, etc.) to ensure an overall coordinated approach on projects, engineering, and/or management of outside resources for projects.

Participate in Production Planning. Set production targets (production and cost) for each plant segment. Assist local management with understanding possible growth areas and how those changes will impact the bottom.

Define Key Performance Metrics. Define key metrics and ensure standardization in data collection. Drive a clear and transparent view of operational success.

Ensure Compliance and Proper Training. Ensure assigned plants are in compliance with company policies, practices, and standards, including Electrical Upgrades, and Automation Upgrades. Develop trainings to educate facilities and small groups on bottleneck identification and improvement plans. Ensure all employees understand the tools and resources that are available to help them manage their business, including knowledge of systems capabilities for pulling historical information.

Maintain Relationships. Maintain relationships with the general managers, area managers, and plant managers in your assigned plants. Work with them to define, develop, share, and drive implementation of agreed upon best practices.

Champion Continuous Improvement. Collect and organize information to identify process improvement opportunities through plant site visits and plant process reviews. Utilize innovation and historical information to make high quality, informed decisions. Conduct process engineering of "everyday" type projects (conveyor install, pit moves, etc.) to include control system automation.

Skills You'll Need:

Education. Bachelor's degree is preferred.

Experience. Must have ten years of engineering experience in a heavy industrial, civil/mechanical engineering, or mining environment. Must have experience with aggregate facilities engineering. Industrial experience is preferred. Asphalt and Ready Mix Concrete experience is preferred.

Interpersonal Skills. Must have the ability to effectively influence change. Must have the ability to effectively maintain relationships with key internal and external customers.

Project Management Skills. Must have the ability to lead safe and timely completion of projects at or below budget. Must have the ability to control scope to avoid cost creep or expansion.

Mentoring Skills. Must have the ability to mentor and coordinate the training and development of operations personnel.

What You'll Like About Us:

Great Company Culture. Our people share a competitive drive for excellence in an environment of trust, teamwork, open-mindedness, and communication.

Safe. Industry leader in health and safety standards. We are committed to creating a safe work environment and protecting all employees and customers.

Meaningful Work. What sets us apart is the work we do impact daily lives - and every employee contributes. Our aggregates produced are used to build roads, schools, hospitals, airports, and housing throughout the United States.

Health Benefits. Medical, Dental, Vision programs, plus much more.

Rest and Relaxation. Paid vacation, personal floating days, and paid holidays.

Prepare for the Future. 401(k) with company match and contribution.

Training and Development. We see our development programs and helping our employees meet their goals as a key part of our business.

Vulcan Materials Company is committed to employing a diverse workforce. You will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability. You also have the right to be free from discrimination for medical needs arising from pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.