Line of Business: Aggregates
Pay Range: $77,180.00 – $102,899.99
About Us
Heidelberg Materials is one of the world's largest suppliers of building materials. Heidelberg Materials North America operates over 450 locations across the U.S. and Canada with approximately 9,000 employees.
We are seeking a safety-focused, results-driven Quarry Pit & Primary Production Supervisor to lead daily pit operations, primary crushing activities, and autonomous haul truck operations. This position plays a critical role in ensuring safe, efficient, and reliable production while fostering employee engagement, operational excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.
What You'll Be Doing
- Lead and promote a strong safety culture by ensuring compliance with company policies, MSHA regulations, and operational procedures.
- Supervise daily pit operations, including drilling, blasting, loading, hauling, primary crushing, and autonomous haul truck activities to meet production objectives.
- Optimize equipment utilization, workforce productivity, and production processes to maximize efficiency and operational performance.
- Coach, develop, and support team members through performance management, training, and accountability.
- Collaborate with maintenance, plant operations, and leadership teams to resolve operational challenges and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
What Are We Looking For
- Proven ability to successfully lead teams in quarry, mining, aggregates, heavy industrial, manufacturing, or similar production environments.
- Strong knowledge of safe work practices, regulatory compliance, operational risk management, and continuous improvement principles.
- Demonstrated capability to manage complex production systems, mobile equipment fleets, and emerging technologies, including autonomous haul truck operations.
- Effective communication, leadership, problem-solving, and decision-making skills with the ability to influence positive outcomes across teams.
- Proficiency in production planning, operational reporting, performance metrics, and computer-based business systems.
Critical Experiences
- Leading frontline operations in a quarry, surface mining, aggregates, heavy industrial, or related production environment.
- Managing production crews, mobile equipment fleets, contractors, and multiple operational priorities simultaneously.
- Coordinating drilling, blasting, loading, hauling, crushing, and material movement activities to achieve production goals.
- Supporting the implementation and optimization of technology-driven solutions, including autonomous equipment and fleet management systems.
- Driving continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, operational efficiency, equipment performance, and employee engagement.
Critical Skills
- Demonstrated leadership and team development capabilities with a strong commitment to safety leadership, employee engagement, and regulatory compliance.
- Proven ability to plan, coordinate, and execute production activities while optimizing operational performance and resource utilization.
- Experience overseeing autonomous haul truck systems, mobile equipment fleets, and technology-driven mining or production operations.
- Strong root cause analysis, problem-solving, and data-driven decision-making skills to improve safety, reliability, and productivity.
- Effective communication, stakeholder collaboration, change management, and continuous improvement capabilities with the ability to lead organizational and operational initiatives.
Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering, Geological Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Construction Management, Business Management, or a related field preferred; equivalent combinations of education, industry training, certifications, and relevant operational leadership experience will also be considered.
- Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in quarrying, surface mining, aggregates, heavy industrial manufacturing, or a related production environment with increasing operational responsibilities.
- Minimum of 3 years of supervisory, lead, or frontline leadership experience directing employees, contractors, or production crews in a production-driven environment.
- Demonstrated success leading production teams, coordinating complex operational activities, and achieving safety, production, quality, and performance objectives.
- Experience managing mobile equipment operations and leveraging fleet management technology, process automation, autonomous haul truck systems, or advanced operational control systems to improve operational performance.
Physical Demands of the Job
- Ability to work safely in an outdoor quarry and mining environment with exposure to varying weather conditions, including heat, cold, wind, rain, dust, noise, and vibration.
- Frequently walk and traverse uneven terrain, gravel surfaces, active mining areas, quarry pits, crushing operations, and maintenance work zones.
- Regularly climb stairs, ladders, elevated platforms, and mobile equipment while safely accessing and inspecting operational areas throughout the site.
- Perform field inspections and operational audits requiring standing, walking, bending, kneeling, crouching, reaching, and climbing for extended periods.
- Safely work around heavy mobile equipment and moving machinery while utilizing required PPE and occasionally lifting or carrying materials weighing up to 25 pounds.
Work Environment
- Primarily works in an active surface mining and aggregate production environment with exposure to varying weather conditions, dust, noise, vibration, and heavy mobile equipment.
- Regular interaction with production personnel, contractors, maintenance teams, and autonomous haul truck systems in a dynamic operational setting.
What We Offer
- Competitive base salary, $77,180 to $102,900 annually and participation in our annual incentive plan.
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with an automatic company contribution as well as matching contributions.
- Highly competitive benefits programs, including:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision along with Prescription Drug Benefits
- Health Saving Savings Account (HSA), Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- AD&D, Short- and Long-Term Disability Coverage as well as Basic Life Insurance
- Paid Bonding Leave, 15 days of Paid Vacation, 40 hours of Paid Sick Leave and 10 Paid Holidays
Equal Opportunity Employer - Minority / Female / Veteran / Disabled.
