What are the responsibilities and job description for the Executive Equipment Director position at Colas USA?
Colas Inc. is the corporate office of Colas USA, a materials and heavy highway / infrastructure leader that began operations in 1979 with the acquisition of Barrett Paving Materials. The headquarters office of Colas Inc. is located in Morristown, New Jersey, but our employees also work within our eight (8) subsidiary companies operating throughout the United States from New York to Alaska.
The Colas USA Family of Companies provides competitive pay, outstanding benefits, career advancement opportunities, professional education, and extensive training for every employee. We pride ourselves on upholding the highest standards of safety, environmental conservation, and ethical conduct as we strive to grow our infrastructure products and services through empowering and developing our people, fostering innovation, utilizing new technology, and maximizing vertical integration at all levels of the company's value chain. To learn more about the Colas USA Family of Companies, please visit www.colasusa.com.
Job Summary
As Director of Equipment you will play a key role in the alignment and harmonization for equipment across Colas Inc. Collaborating with local company equipment teams, you will develop strategies and practices that increase equipment performance and efficiency.
Main Responsibilities
Improve Equipment and Shop Performance & Efficiency
- Oversee team of managers dedicated to the support of all aspects of asset reliability.
- Analyze Shop P&L for all Colas Inc. divisions, as required
- Develop a comprehensive training program for maintenance technicians, asset managers and equipment operators.
- Facilitate asset reliability program implementation for Colas Inc. companies, working with local equipment managers and teams.
- Working with local company equipment managers to develop a 3 &10-year CAPEX plan budget for Colas Inc.
- Lead dashboard evalaution for consolidation and enhancement across multiple functional areas, in collaboration with the data team.
- In collaboration with local equipment managers review division CAPEX priorities and define the CAPEX priorities for Colas Inc. Processes
- Working with local equipment manager and Colas USA, define common processes for Colas Inc., Maintenance, CAPEX, Rental, etc.
- Support the construction equipment and heavy truck RFQ process and establish TCO.
- Lead and facilitate equipment and resources sharing between divisions, working with Colas Inc. and Equipment managers to create efficient solutions.
- Safety Working with local divisions, coordinate safe work practices and procedures.
- Review safety incidents in shop or involving equipment, when required, work with equipment managers to build action plans to minimize chances of re-occurrence
- Implement new safety procedures and work practices.
- Support M&A due diligence process.
Education And Requirements
Colas Inc. and its subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity Employer. For details on the specifics of this commitment, please click here to view the EEO document. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to :
Please contact Colas Inc. at or send an email to ColasRecruiter@colasinc.com.
