Position Summary
The Precast Operations Manager is responsible for the safe, efficient, and profitable day-to-day operation of the precast concrete plant, with direct accountability for both hollowcore (extruded or slipformed) and wetcast (formed structural and architectural) production lines.
Responsibilities
Production Leadership
- Direct daily production across hollowcore beds and wetcast forms to meet schedule
- Develop and enforce a master casting schedule that balances bed turn rates, form availability, crane time, curing windows, and shipping commitments.
- Lead daily production huddles, weekly planning meetings, and monthly operations reviews; report KPIs (yield, cycle time, scrap, downtime, on-time shipment) to senior leadership.
- Drive continuous improvement using Lean, 5S, root-cause analysis, and standard work; champion shop-floor initiatives that reduce cycle time and increase first-pass yield.
Hollowcore Production
- Oversee daily bed cycles including bed cleaning, strand pulling and tensioning, extruder/slipformer operation, sawing/coring/notching, lifting, and stockpiling.
- Manage prestressing operations to ACI 318, PCI MNL-116, and project-specific requirements; ensure stressing logs, elongation calculations, and de-tensioning procedures are followed and documented.
- Maintain and troubleshoot extrusion or slipform machines including auger/feeder wear, vibration tuning, mix consistency, and machine pace.
- Optimize zero-slump mix performance for green strength, surface finish, void quality, and release strength; coordinate with QC and the batch plant on aggregate gradation, moisture, and admixture adjustments.
- Manage cut-sheet generation, plank layout, camber tracking, and yard inventory of hollowcore product for efficient order picking and load building.
Wetcast Production
- Direct form setup, rebar and prestressing strand placement, embed and blockout installation, pour, consolidation, finishing, curing, stripping, and patch/repair for structural and architectural wetcast elements.
- Manage self-stressing beds, soffit forms, battery molds, and side forms for product families including inverted-tees, L-beams, rectangular beams, columns, double-tees, solid and sandwich wall panels, stair units, and architectural cladding.
- Ensure mix designs, slump/spread, air content, and temperature meet project specifications; coordinate with QC on cylinder breaks, match-cured specimens, and strip strength verification.
- Coordinate with engineering, drafting, and project management on piece tickets, embed schedules, and shop ticket changes; review and sign off on first-piece inspections for new products.
Safety & Compliance
- Champion a zero-incident safety culture; lead daily JSA/toolbox talks, monthly safety committee meetings, and incident investigations with corrective and preventive actions.
- Maintain rigging, crane, forklift, and overhead bridge crane programs including operator certification, daily inspections, and load testing schedules.
- Drive hazard recognition for stressing operations, hot work, confined space (forms, voids), silica exposure, hot strand release, and concrete handling.
Qualifications
- Minimum 5–7 years of progressive experience in precast/prestressed concrete operations, with at least 3 years in a plant or operations management role.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience running hollowcore production using extrusion or slipform technology.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience managing wetcast production of structural and/or architectural precast elements (beams, columns, walls, double-tees, stairs, panels).
- Working knowledge of prestressing operations, strand stressing logs, de-tensioning, and release strength requirements.
- Strong financial acumen
- Proficient with ERP/production scheduling systems (e.g., Tekla EPM, eCAD/eBOM, AS/400, JD Edwards, or similar) and Microsoft Office.
- Excellent verbal and written communication; ability to lead from the shop floor as comfortably as from the conference room.
Working Conditions & Physical Requirements
- Plant and outdoor yard environment with exposure to dust, noise, vibration, fumes, heat, cold, and wet conditions.
- Required PPE includes safety glasses, hearing protection, steel-toe boots, hi-vis, gloves, and respiratory protection where indicated.
- Schedule may include early starts, evenings and on-call response to support double shifts.
We appreciate the interest of all applicants and will be contacting candidates whose skills, experience and qualifications best meet the requirements of the position.
Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities in the recruitment process.
Pay: $85,000.00-$100,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Vision care
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Stratford, ON N4Z 1H3: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Application question(s):
- What are you salary expectations?
- Do you have experience working in precast concrete?
Experience:
- Operations management: 5 years (preferred)
Work Location: In person
