Line of Business: Aggregates
Pay Range: $77,180.00 – $102,899.99
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
