About Us:
Heidelberg Materials provides the materials to build our future. Our future is sustainable. Our future is digital. And it goes beyond cement, aggregates and ready-mixed concrete. Heidelberg Materials North America, previously known as Lehigh Hanson, operates more than 450 locations with approximately 9,000 employees in the U.S. and Canada.
Position Overview
Heidelberg Materials is seeking a Production Supervisor to support our Delta, BC cement operations. The role with report directly to the Production Manager and will lead a 24/7 unionized production team ensuring safe, efficient, and reliable operations while meeting production, quality, and environmental objectives.
What You'll Be Doing
- Lead and supervise shift crews to maximize production performance while maintaining safety, quality, and environmental standards.
- Monitor plant operations, troubleshoot operational issues, and make timely decisions to support continuous cement manufacturing processes.
- Coordinate with maintenance and other departments to investigate equipment failures, resolve issues, and improve operational continuity.
- Administer the collective bargaining agreement and apply company policies, procedures, and safety programs consistently.
- Collaborate with fellow supervisors during shift handovers, outages, shutdowns, and special projects to ensure seamless 24/7 operations.
What We Are Looking For
- High School Diploma required; technical college education in mechanical, electrical, or process control systems preferred.
- Proven leadership and supervisory experience in an industrial, manufacturing, mining, heavy industrial, or cement environment.
- Experience leading a unionized workforce and working within a collective bargaining environment strongly preferred.
- Ability to make sound decisions, manage multiple priorities, and lead effectively in a fast-paced operation.
- Strong technical aptitude with the ability to troubleshoot operational, quality, environmental, and equipment-related issues.
- Cement manufacturing experience and knowledge of raw mix, clinker, cement production processes, process control systems, and laboratory systems are preferred.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office; experience with SAP and Kronos is an asset.
Work Environment
- Rotating 12-hour shift schedule supporting a 24/7 operation: three days on, three days off, three nights on, three days off.
- Primarily plant-based role requiring regular exposure to moving mechanical equipment, elevated noise levels, dust, heat, varying weather conditions, and other industrial environments.
What we have to offer:
- Competitive base salary and participation in our annual incentive plan
- Highly competitive benefits programs
- Pension retirement savings plan with an automatic company contribution as well as matching contributions
- Our pre-employment process includes: reference checks, a medical screening, a criminal record check and a drivers abstract check.
Skills Required
- High school diploma
- Leadership and supervisory experience in an industrial, manufacturing, mining, heavy industrial, or cement environment
- Ability to make sound decisions, manage multiple priorities, and lead effectively in a fast-paced operation
- Strong technical aptitude and ability to troubleshoot operational, quality, environmental, and equipment-related issues
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office
- Technical college education in mechanical, electrical, or process control systems
- Experience leading a unionized workforce and working within a collective bargaining environment
- Cement manufacturing experience and knowledge of raw mix, clinker, cement production processes, process control systems, and laboratory systems
- Experience with SAP and Kronos
What We Do
Heidelberg Materials is a global manufacturer of building materials, including cement, aggregates, ready-mixed concrete, and asphalt, committed to leading the industry toward carbon neutrality and a circular economy.
