2nd Shift Plant Superintendent

Position Overview

Tilcon Connecticut Inc., a CRH company, is seeking a second‑shift quarry superintendent to oversee production and maintenance operations across multiple quarry sites. The superintendent is responsible for budgeting, inventory control, capital planning, and regulatory compliance. The role requires leadership, technical knowledge of quarrying processes, problem‑solving skills, and collaboration with first‑shift supervisors and third‑shift maintenance foreman.

• Directs, supervises, and evaluates team; sets performance expectations, provides training, and evaluates performance.
• Directs, supervises, and oversees production; coordinates daily activities to meet production goals, manages material flow, and ensures material quality meets specifications.
• Coordinates maintenance planning; oversees machinery and equipment use, coordinates daily inspections, and ensures preventive maintenance is performed to minimize downtime.
• Directs, schedules, and oversees external contractors (electricians, plumbers, excavators, roofers, painters, landscapers, etc.).
• Ensures safety compliance; enforces all safety, health and environmental policies and procedures. Conducts daily safety inspections and investigations as needed.
• Develops and monitors department budget; orders equipment and supplies, monitors inventory, and makes requests for capital outlay expenditures as needed.
• Develops, implements, and supervises preventative maintenance and renovation programs for plant, buildings, grounds, mechanical and electrical, utility, and safety and security systems.
• Prepares specifications for physical plant projects; estimates costs of equipment, materials, labor and supplies; prepares bid specifications for projects, equipment and contracted services; oversees site and building projects performed by outside contractors.
• Ensures proper disposal of hazardous and controlled wastes in compliance with regulations and guidelines; works directly with outside agencies such as MSHA, OSHA, MIOSHA, and local and state health departments as required.
• Manages logistics; coordinates with other departments, vendors and external carriers to ensure efficient operations, including loading/unloading of materials and timely delivery.
• Assists in managing and planning large maintenance projects across various aggregate locations.
• Contributes to strategic planning by evaluating and projecting future facility needs and proposing options to achieve them.
• Wears proper safety equipment while at plant sites.
• Ensures all subcontractors adhere to CRH, MSHA and OSHA safety rules and regulations. Works with company safety professionals to assure contractors conform to required health and safety procedures and practices, with a focus on risk assessment.
• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned by management.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities or be able to explain and demonstrate that they can perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodations, using some combination of skills and abilities.

• Bachelor’s degree (B.S. or B.E.) or equivalent experience in quarry production.
• Experience in quarries and maintenance management, strategic planning and execution.
• Experience creating, working within and/or administering an assigned budget.
• High standard of ethics, integrity, and trust.
• Strong work ethic and high standards for safety in the workplace.
• Proven ability to develop relationships and to work with teams as both a leader and a participant.
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills; building rapport, listening, presenting, giving and receiving feedback.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and facilitate change.

• Ability to analyze and interpret financial data and present it in a consumable way.
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Project management skills.
• Knowledge of advanced computer skills especially in Excel and PowerPoint, but also including Microsoft Office, Project, AutoCAD, and structural analysis software.
• Energetic, forward‑thinking and creative individual with…