Heidelberg Materials North America
A leading supplier of construction materials, focusing on cement, concrete, aggregates, and innovative solutions.
Quarry Foreman
Lead quarry operations, ensuring safety, efficiency, and environmental compliance.
Job Highlights
About the Role
The Quarry Foreperson at Coldstones Quarry in Harrogate is responsible for the safe, efficient, and environmentally compliant operation of the quarry on a day‑to‑day basis. This role involves leading a team of qualified operatives, coordinating production planning with site colleagues, suppliers, and contractors, and ensuring that labour, plant and materials are utilised cost‑effectively while minimising downtime. • Ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental policies. • Lead and motivate a team of qualified operatives. • Supervise daily quarry activities for efficient labour, plant, and material use. • Coordinate production planning with site colleagues, suppliers, and contractors. • Promote a strong safety culture and minimise downtime.
Key Responsibilities
- ▸safety compliance
- ▸team leadership
- ▸production planning
- ▸labour utilisation
- ▸plant management
- ▸material usage
What You Bring
The ideal candidate has proven experience in a quarrying or aggregates environment, a strong working knowledge of health, safety and environmental regulations, and a track record of supervising operational teams. They must be organised, proactive, able to work under pressure, and committed to continuous professional development and improvement. • Proven experience in quarrying or aggregates. • Strong knowledge of health, safety, and environmental regulations. • Experience supervising operational teams. • Organised, proactive, and able to work under pressure.
Requirements
- ▸quarrying
- ▸aggregates
- ▸health safety
- ▸regulations
- ▸team supervision
- ▸organised
Benefits
Heidelberg Materials offers a competitive salary, bonus incentives, generous pension and life assurance, and long‑term career opportunities within a well‑established operation. Employees benefit from a flexible working model, 27 days of holiday plus bank holidays, sabbatical options, and a comprehensive suite of family‑friendly policies. The company fosters an inclusive culture that values openness, transparency and individual achievement, providing extensive support for diversity, disability accommodations, and mental wellbeing. Programs include employee networks, paid volunteering days, wellbeing resources, and a range of family‑friendly benefits such as enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, IVF, and neonatal care support. • Competitive salary with bonus incentives. • Generous pension, life assurance, and employee discounts. • 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, flexible/agile working and sabbatical options. • Family‑friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, IVF, and neonatal care support. • Inclusive culture with employee networks, volunteering day, and wellbeing programmes.
Work Environment
Onsite