What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Operations position at Judge Direct Placement?
This position will provide strategic and operational leadership for open-pit sand and gravel mining operations across North, Central, and East Texas. The Director will be responsible for ensuring compliance with MSHA safety standards, delivering efficient and high-quality production, and driving business growth and profitability.
Day to Day Responsibilities
Safety Leadership
- Champion a culture of safety excellence, ensuring all employees and operations comply with MSHA, federal, state, and local regulations.
- Promote proactive safety practices to achieve consistent, incident-free performance.
Strategic and Operational Leadership
- Establish vision, direction, and strategies to achieve operational and business objectives.
- Align regional operations with overall corporate goals, ensuring efficiency, quality, and customer service standards are met.
- Identify and implement operational improvements to optimize production and reduce costs.
Financial and Business Management
- Manage operating and capital budgets and support forecasting activities.
- Monitor and interpret financial performance, ensuring profitability targets are achieved.
- Evaluate pricing, market conditions, and cost structures to support sustainable business growth.
Talent and Team Development
- Lead, mentor, and develop a diverse team of operations and equipment managers.
- Ensure recruitment, training, and retention strategies are executed to provide optimal staffing and team performance.
- Promote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and employee engagement.
Operational Excellence
- Oversee production processes and equipment reliability across multiple mining sites.
- Ensure effective resource allocation, logistics, and maintenance practices to meet demand and support long-term growth.
- Drive performance measurement and accountability across all operations.
Key Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Minimum of 5 years of progressive leadership experience in the construction materials industry (aggregates, asphalt, ready-mix concrete, or related).
- Demonstrated success in leading large-scale operations, with experience managing 100 employees across multiple sites or states.
- Strong operational and commercial understanding, with proven ability to balance production, sales, and customer service priorities.
- In-depth knowledge of financial management, including budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis.
- Mining experience in both wet (dredge) and dry (drill/blast/crushing) operations.
- Experience in sand, gravel, and hard rock mining environments.
- Familiarity with multiple product lines (aggregates, hot-mix asphalt, ready-mix concrete, road construction) strongly preferred.