MOHAMED WARDIGHI
Columbus
Summary
Plant Management // Mining Management // Business Unit management.
Adaptable manager able to handle plants, mining operations and construction materials business needs and challenging obstacles with flexible and proactive mindset. Keep jobs on-target and satisfy stakeholders consistently for projects of all sizes
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Plant Manager
The Shelly Company - CRH
07.2024 - Current
- Plant Manager of Columbus Limestone.
- Responsible for a 5+ million tons per year operation with approximately 65 employees (60 hourly and 5 salaried).
- Full P&L and budgeting : weekly cost control and monthly forecasting.
- Management of aggregates production and KPI tracking.
- Maintenance management : scheduling repairs and ordering parts.
- Environment management: Dust and water sampling, daily and monthly inspections, etc.
- Responsible person for Health & Safety training at Columbus Limestone.
- Stakeholders management.
Quarry Manager
Buzzi Unicem Usa
11.2023 - 07.2024
- Managed budgets, expenses, and financial forecasts for quarry operations
- Implemented continuous improvement initiatives to streamline workflows while maintaining high standards of safety and quality
- Coordinated production schedules to meet Production & Quality Departments demands
- Collaborated with corporate engineers and geologists to plan mining strategies and optimize resource extraction
- Conducted regular site inspections to identify hazards and implement corrective actions
- Supervised team of workers, providing guidance, motivation, and performance evaluations
- Monitored extraction processes to ensure efficiency and quality control
- Trained employees on safe operation of equipment and machinery
Quarry Superintendent
Buzzi Unicem USA
07.2022 - 11.2023
- Cement Plant Quarries superintendent
- Production management : Limestone, raw materials for Clinker & Cement production
- Quarries operations management : Preparation, Stripping, Drilling, Blasting, Loading, Powered Haulage
- Safety management : Coaching, Monitoring & Implementation of the company policy
- Quality management : Continuous Coordination with Quality department to meet requirements (Grades of limestone, CAO, C3S)
- Coordination about environmental issues (Mercury, THC)
- Collaboration with Maintenance department to schedule repairs & preventive maintenance over the crushing plant
- Collaboration with local management and corporate offices about reserves updates & Mining plans
- Managing the Mobile Equipment fleet : Schedule repairs, Collaboration with dealers, coordination with purchase department
- Coordination with Management & Purchase department : Purchase Requisitions & Orders, Work Requests & Orders
- Coordination about Capital projects (Annual & Extensions)
- Skills : Oracle, Office, Mining software
- Budget, Cost Control
- Human resources : Quarry crew : 7
- Mechanic shop : 3
Quarries Director
CCGT GROUP
01.2019 - 06.2021
- Safety management : Training, Coaching, inspections, policy implementation
- Production management : Annual production: 4.5 Million tons of quarries products and construction materials (Sands, Gravels)
- Mining Operations management : Drilling, Blasting
- Management of the sales department: Development of customer portfolio, Billing etc
- Maintenance management : 10 Crushing plants and fixed installations (Jaw, Impact & Gyratory crushers, Screening, Conveyors, Storage …) : Total capacity: 15,000 Tons / Day
- Maintenance management : Mobile Equipment fleet (Excavators, Loaders, Haul Trucks, Cranes...)
- Management of purchases and supplies (CAPEX, OPEX : Services, Consumables, spare & wear parts...)
- Management of technical and administrative files with stakeholders (Renewal of operating licenses and permits, Bonding...)
- Cost control & Financial analysis
- Budgets & Forecasts
- Human resources management: 300 people, Union facility
Quarries Manager
MOJAZINE GROUP SA
06.2018 - 12.2018
- Alluvial Aggregates Quarries : Annual production : 900,000 tons
- Roads & Concrete Products: Sands, Gravels
- Sand washing plant: Washed sand
- Mixed Grade & All in
- Quality management
- Maintenance management: Crushers, Screens, Conveyors, hydrocyclones, etc
- Human Resource Management: 50 people
- Massive rock Quarries : Open-pit : Annual production: 400,000 tons
- Mining of massive rock deposits (Drilling, Blasting…)
- Roads & Concrete Products: Sands, Gravels
- Mixed Grade & All in
- Quality management
- Maintenance management: Crushers, Screens, Conveyors, etc
- Human Resource Management: 30 people
Operations Manager
ATLAS CEMENT SA (CIMAT)
06.2017 - 06.2018
- Production Manager of concrete activity : : Head of the sites: RIAD AL ANDALOUS, NATIONS BEACH, TANGIER 1, TANGIER 2 : Sales of 240 000 Cu Yd of Concrete /year
- Concrete quality management (Strength & Consistency)
- Study and programming of new concrete formulations
- Logistics Management (Powered Haulage & Pumps)
- Sales and technical interface support
- Supply management (Aggregates, Cements, Admixture, etc.)
- Human resources management: 20 people
Quarry Operations Manager
COLAS SA
04.2013 - 05.2017
- SDGT site in partnership with HOLCIM : Annual production of 400,000 Tons of aggregates (Crushed & washed Sands, Concrete & Roads Gravels, All in & mixed Grades)
- Technical and budgetary planning, management and coordination of commercial quarrying products
- Monitoring of Portfolio & Customer specification
- Technical assistance to customers
- HSE management : Hygiene, Safety, Environment
- Quality management
- Maintenance management (Electrical Energy, Crushers, Screens, washing station, etc ...)
- Budget preparation and Cost control
- Skills : SAP, Office
- Management of the administrative interface and relationship with stakeholders
- Human resources management: 30 people
Underground Engineer
MANAGEM GROUP (Metallurgical Company Of Imiter)
10.2011 - 03.2013
- Manager of sectors Imiter South & Imiter 1 : Production respectively of 8 000 & 18,000 tons of Silver ore / Month
- Planning and monitoring of underground production sites
- Monitoring and application of the 'safety first' approach in production and construction sites
- Study of technical and economic feasibility of mining projects
- Budget preparation and Cost control
- Monitoring and optimization of technical ratios and operating costs
- Preparation of MDP (Mining Development Plan) & SP (Strategic Plan)
- Storage management and consumable supplies
- Human resources management: 120 people
Education
M.D. - Project Management
The Pennsylvania State University
05-2025
Bachelor of Science - Geotechnical Engineering
Mohammadia School of Engineers
Rabat, Morocco11-2011
Skills
Project Planning
Geotechnical Knowledge
Drilling and Blasting Techniques
Production Scheduling
Microsoft Office, Oracle, SAP, DF3
Budgeting and Cost Control
Health and safety compliance
Regulatory Compliance
Technical reporting
Performance Monitoring
Inventory Management
Site Inspections
Conflict Resolution
Languages
Arabic
Native or Bilingual
English
Native or Bilingual
French
Native or Bilingual
Italian
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Plant Manager
The Shelly Company - CRH
07.2024 - Current
Quarry Manager
Buzzi Unicem Usa
11.2023 - 07.2024
Quarry Superintendent
Buzzi Unicem USA
07.2022 - 11.2023
Quarries Director
CCGT GROUP
01.2019 - 06.2021
Quarries Manager
MOJAZINE GROUP SA
06.2018 - 12.2018
Operations Manager
ATLAS CEMENT SA (CIMAT)
06.2017 - 06.2018
Quarry Operations Manager
COLAS SA
04.2013 - 05.2017
Underground Engineer
MANAGEM GROUP (Metallurgical Company Of Imiter)
10.2011 - 03.2013
M.D. - Project Management
The Pennsylvania State University
Bachelor of Science - Geotechnical Engineering
Mohammadia School of Engineers
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