(CEN) MINING & CRUSHING TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST

Job Description

Plan and coordinate the aggregates and mining knowledge and best practices sharing, throughout CEMEX expert networks in order to improve cost efficiency and ensure technology availability for production, maintenance and quality.

Main Responsibilities

• Establish, analyze and supervise policies, procedures and metrics to ensure competitiveness of aggregates and raw materials operative assets and reserves during its complete lifecycle.
• Organize and coordinate the necessary expertise networks related to production, maintenance and quality control for quarries, in order to facilitate a swift movement of relevant knowledge across the company.
• Analyze and coordinate the quarries operations needs (i.e. human resources, development programs, safety training, equipment and software) in order to conduct company-wide actions to solve them.
• Establish and coordinate global policies and guidelines aimed at ensuring reserves planning, exploration, exploitation, and site reclamation, complying with all legal requirements.
• Direct technology evaluation efforts in the company for mining and aggregates processing, to establish acceptable technologies and suppliers.
• Formulate technology investment plans to be proposed to the Operations for their 3-year plans.
• Develop and coordinate global initiatives to support the operations enhance efficiency, maintenance availability, quality and management.
• Define and analyze metrics of production, maintenance and quality technology, and selection of technology for CAPEX above US $1.0 million.
• Approve technology selection for aggregates related CAPEX between US $1.0 -15.0 million.
• Define and analyze metrics of initiatives potential for launching them CEMEX worldwide.
• Conduct  periodical audits of aggregate and raw materials quarries from technical, environmental and legal perspective.

Position Challenges

• Develop and coordinate a global network from scratch for a business that perceives itself as local.
• Establish an acknowledged contact point for all aggregates and mining business units in the company.
• Achieve peers recognition as an expert in geology, mining and aggregates processing.
• Multicultural environment and different local construction culture makes harder to develop a global approach.

Qualifications

• Bachelor and Masters in Geology, Mining, Engineerin, Administration.
• Knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, JDE/SAP.
• Proficient Spanish and English language
• Experience
  • 8-10 years in Quarry Operations
  • 3-5 years in Corporate Management
• Technical Skills
  • Formal and informal recognition as aggregate and mining expert.
  • Technical savvy in aggregate and mining technology.
  • Deep understanding of geology, mining, crushing, classifying, washing, loading, transport
  • Deep knowledge of aggregates quality and the aggregates, cement and admixtures interactions
  • Mining and aggregates operations management experience
  • Cement, admixtures and ready mix knowledge at proficiency level.
• Strategic and Analytical thinking
  • Ability to define and solve multi-variable problems.
  • Structured & analytical, being capable of detecting relevant facts for integral problem solving.
  • Ability to work effectively with others to accomplish common goals.
• Personal Skills
  • Highly motivated, proactive, self driven person.
  • Deep business oriented analytical thinking.
  • Outstanding communications skills, both oral and written.
  • Leadership, team player, advisor, charismatic, ethical.

Internal/External Relations

INTERNAL

• Countries
• Cement/Aggregates
• Planning
• Legal
• Environment
• HR
• Safety

EXTERNAL

• Suppliers
• Professional Organizations
• Customers
• Regulators
• Universities

CEMEX Diversity and Inclusion Statement

At CEMEX, we recognize the diversity of the world in which we live and in which we do business. We respect diversity, we address the inclusion and non-discrimination of any talented person, regardless of gender, physical ability, age, sexual orientation, culture, ethnicity, religion, political affiliation, marital status, pregnancy / maternity / paternity, and nationality. We promote a culture of equity for the construction of a sustainable business and the well-being and development of CEMEX employees.