Area Operations Manager
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Job overview
Heidelberg Materials seeks an Area Operations Manager to lead multiple sites and their leadership teams, oversee safety and regulatory compliance, manage operating budgets, and drive continuous improvement. The role includes capital project scoping and execution, with regular travel across the assigned area. The company operates building-materials locations across the U.S. and Canada.
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About Us
Heidelberg Materials is one of the world's largest suppliers of building materials. Heidelberg Materials North America operates over 450 locations across the U.S. and Canada with approximately 9,000 employees.
What You'll Be Doing
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Lead several sites with six direct reports and 100 indirect reports. Demonstrate safety as a core value across assigned operations; conduct field observations, safety meetings, incident investigations, and ensure corrective actions are completed and sustained. Ensure compliance with MSH, DOT, and environmental requirements (e.g., permits, stormwater, air, reclamation); maintain audit reediness and partner with EHS on inspections a reporting.
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Lead and develop plant/site leadership teams; set expectations, coach performance, support staffing plans, and build a culture of accountability, engagement and continuous improvement.
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Own operating budgets for assigned area. Review monthly results, identify variances, and implement cost-control actions to effectively scale to current sales demands.
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Identify and execute continuous improvement initiatives (lean/CI) that improve throughput, yield, energy efficiency, and quality; standardize best practices across sites.
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Lead CAPEX scoping for site improvements (safety, compliance, plant upgrades); develop business cases, manage project execution, and ensure start-up meets performance targets.
What Are We Looking For
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Bachelor’s degree in Mining/Engineering, Operations/Industrial Management, Business, or related field; equivalent experience considered
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7+ years of operations leadership experience in aggregates/mining or related heavy industrial operations; multi-site leadership preferred
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Strong working knowledge of MSHA and a demonstrated ability to lead safety culture and regulatory compliance
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Experience managing budgets and cost drivers; ability to improve productivity, reliability, and cost per ton
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Strong leadership, communication, and collaboration skills with the ability to develop teams and lead change
Conditions of Employment
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Successful candidate must submit to post-offer pre-employment physical examination, drug/alcohol screen, and background check
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Some positions require FMCSA-regulated ongoing drug and alcohol testing
Work Environment
- Must be willing to travel regularly within the assigned area (typically 50%–75%), mostly day trips and occasional overnight trips.
Req ID JR10019669
As part of our hiring process, we may use AI-assisted tools to support the screening and evaluation of candidate applications and interviews. These tools help streamline the initial assessment, but all decisions about candidate advancement are made by human recruiters and hiring managers. While technology supports early steps, every interview will be handled by experienced recruiters and hiring managers to provide a personal touch.
How this job compares
Set against the 8,293 open Operations Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Illinois median$75–98K/yr219 salary ranges
- Illinois median$20–28/hr23 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 301 open Operations Manager jobs in Illinois and 8,293 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience — more than three in four Operations Manager postings that state a minimum ask for (median 4 years, across 6,249 postings).
- Education
- 1,745 of the 8,293 open Operations Manager jobs (21%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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