Craig Carrier
Superintendent
Stanford
Summary
Dynamic Superintendent with extensive experience at Mercer Stone, excelling in optimizing quarry operations and enhancing safety protocols. Proven track record in equipment maintenance and inventory management, fostering strong team dynamics and customer satisfaction. Skilled in problem-solving and decision-making, ensuring high-quality product delivery while maintaining compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
Overview
37
37
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Superintendent
Mercer Stone
01.2016 - Current
- Management of daily operations/site activities for the quarry and the crushing plant (overall plant operations), ensuring optimal timely productivity by overseeing quality control processes, guaranteeing the delivery of high-quality products to clients.
- Optimization of quarry operations and production outputs by implementing efficient planning and resource allocation strategies, conducting regular quarry assessments, ensuring equipment maintenance, and timely purchasing of necessary materials to ensure continued operations.
- Optimization of the crushing plant through maintaining of the service schedule and overseeing timely repairs and obtaining of necessary parts.
- Maintaining safe working conditions by enforcing strict safety policies and procedures for all employees while ensuring adherence to standards, timely safety training, and documentation of safety training records. This includes investigating and reporting on accidents, injuries, and near-miss incidents to senior management as well as follow-up training on safety when needed.
- Implementation of quality control measures for accurate sampling and analysis of mined materials to ensure consistency in product specifications.
- Supervision of crews to maximize quality and work efficiency while overseeing material usage, managing man hours, maintaining safety standards, and keeping timely and efficient production including the administrative side of entering time into the payroll system.
- Optimization of blasting operations through careful planning, precise calculations, and thorough post-blast evaluations to minimize adverse impacts on surrounding areas.
- Staying up to date on MSHA guidelines while coordinating and overseeing regulatory inspections as well as corrective actions for code violations.
- Reduce downtime within the quarry through proactive maintenance planning and quick resolution of equipment issues which includes maintaining equipment/maintenance schedules while also overseeing repairs and parts ordering for equipment and the rock crushing plant to minimize downtime and extend service life.
- Management of vendor relationships for procurement of necessary supplies and obtaining potential cost quotes/bids, ensuring timely delivery and cost savings.
- Ensuring customer product needs while overseeing day-to-day operations by working with customers, decision-makers and vendors.
- Optimization of customer satisfaction by maintaining open lines of communication, addressing concerns promptly, and ensuring product standards.
- Conducting the interviewing, hiring, and training of new employees while coordinating training of existing employees on systems, equipment, and safety protocols while applying best practices and proper mining production methods to ensure compliance with regulations.
- Overseeing employees while providing feedback on job performance and safety procedures including administering disciplinary actions if necessary.
- Development of strong team dynamics by fostering open communication, providing constructive feedback, and promoting collaboration among staff members.
- Maintaining hands-on industrial knowledge in mining and heavy-duty construction equipment for myself and my employees.
Equipment Maintenance Manager
Caldwell Stone Company
11.2001 - 12.2015
- Supervision of quarry/plant employees' daily responsibilities and schedules including the recording of employee time for payroll.
- Oversight and maintenance of inventory levels for explosive material used in blasting.
- Maintenance and servicing of all vehicles and equipment along with recordkeeping through implementation of a comprehensive preventive maintenance program including establishment of documented protocols for preventive maintenance procedures, thus decreasing equipment issues and reducing downtime.
- Managing parts for heavy machinery including ordering of additional inventory to ensure reduced downtime for critical pieces of machinery through proactive identification and resolution of issues and implementing corrective actions to prevent future occurrences effectively reducing breakdown rates over time.
- Maintaining/increasing productivity by reducing downtime, allocating tasks, and maintaining high standards of safety, product, and work quality.
- Optimized supply levels to keep stock within ideal parameters for expected needs.
- Oversight and scheduling of safety training for all employees with maintaining training and safety records including maintaining accident and injury reports, if applicable.
- Enhanced safety compliance by conducting regular equipment inspections and enforcing strict adherence to safety protocols.
- Communication with MSHA inspectors and coordination of regulatory inspections and corrective actions on violations, if applicable.
- Maintaining customer relations and building new and repeat customer business
- Communication with sales associates while deciding upon purchase orders for the plant operations.
- Responsible for the interviewing, hiring, and training of new employees while ensuring ongoing training and close employee mentoring for existing employees depending upon skill level.
- Maintaining hands-on industrial knowledge in mining and heavy-duty construction equipment for myself and my employees.
Journeyman Line Technician A
Kentucky Utilities
01.1992 - 10.2001
- Responsible for all aspects of electrical construction, including overhead and underground distribution, troubleshooting, and customer service.
- Estimated material use, ordered supplies/materials, and kept inventory for a 5-county area while ensuring availability of required materials for daily projects.
- Tracked materials and time required for construction, maintenance/repair on specific projects to ensure customers' needs were consistently being met on a timely and cost-effective basis.
- Worked directly with customers while installing service to individual locations as needed, resulting in a more consistent overall customer satisfaction.
- Maintained employee timesheets for four crews while accurately entering records into the company-based payroll system ensuring timely and accurate paychecks.
- Conducted weekly safety meetings for co-workers and supervisors, providing work and home safety awareness to employees.
Department Manager/Support Team
Walmart
01.1988 - 12.1991
- Assistant to management team responsible for ordering and maintaining inventory of goods for department.
- Assisted in general store operations including cash office duties, training of new stock clerks, and performing duties of stock clerks when needed.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY 05.2001 -
High School Diploma -
Lincoln County High School
Stanford, Ky 05.2001 -
Skills
Worker supervision, discipline, education, and training
Organizational effectiveness balancing environmental awareness
Contractor management, oversight, and relations
Facility management and Quality standards
Site safety management, protocols, and recordkeeping
Inventory management and purchasing
Equipment maintenance, repairs, and recordkeeping
Customer service
Problem-solving and self-motivation
Decision-making and Problem-solving abilities
Certification
CPR/First Aid Certified, Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
Timeline
Superintendent
Mercer Stone
01.2016 - Current
Equipment Maintenance Manager
Caldwell Stone Company
11.2001 - 12.2015
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Eastern Kentucky University
05.2001 -
High School Diploma -
Lincoln County High School
05.2001 -
Journeyman Line Technician A
Kentucky Utilities
01.1992 - 10.2001
Department Manager/Support Team
Walmart
01.1988 - 12.1991
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